Analogous to Gibson`s levels and tiers assigned to the Les Paul series, Gretsch names and labels their Jet models. These axes come with single and double-cut bodies, as well as solid and semi-hollow. Special Jet is a single-cut guitar with completely solid body and it ranks below the standard and custom Jet models. Body of this six-stringer is made of mahogany. There is no top wood cover, nor Gretsch installs binding around the top. Both Cherry and Black variants are finished in urethane gloss. Simple wrap around bridge on top of the body is fronted by two USA De Armond 2000 single-coil pickups. Set in neck is also made of mahogany and it features a standard contour in the back. On top, there`s a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard.

Special Jet Full Specs

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Body Construction Single cutaway
Body Shape LP
Body Type Solid Body
Body Wood Mahogany
Bridge Stoptail
Bridge Pickup Type Minibucker
Controls Volume
Controls Tone
Fingerboard Material Rosewood
Finish Gloss
Fret Size Classical
Fingerboard Inlays Thumbnail
Hardware Chrome
Finish Urethane
Neck Joint Set neck
Neck Pickup Type Minibucker
Neck Shape Series Standard
Neck Wood Mahogany
Number of Frets 22
Number of Pickups 2
Number of Strings 6
Nut Width 1.6875" (1-11/16")
Pickguard Yes
Pickup Switch Type 3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length 24-3/4"
String Nut Syntetic Bone
Tuners Vintage Style
Custom Features: 2x USA DeArmond 2000 single-coil pickup
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Body Construction
Single cutaway
No
Body Shape
LP
L5S
Body Type
Solid Body
Hollowbody
Body Wood
Mahogany
Laminated Maple
Bridge
Stoptail
Vibrato
Bridge Pickup Type
Minibucker
Humbucker
Controls
Tone/Volume
Tone
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
Rosewood
Finish
Gloss
Urethane
Fret Size
Classical
Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays
Thumbnail
Offset Thumbnails
Hardware
Chrome
Chrome
Finish
Urethane
Urethane
Neck Joint
Set neck
Set neck
Neck Pickup Type
Minibucker
Humbucker
Neck Shape
Series Standard
C-shaped neck
Neck Wood
Mahogany
Maple
Number of Frets
22
21
Number of Pickups
2
2
Number of Strings
6
6
Nut Width
1.6875" (1-11/16")
1.6875" (1-11/16")
Pickguard
Yes
Yes
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length
24-3/4"
No
String Nut
Syntetic Bone
No
Tuners
Vintage Style
Vintage Style
1 User Review

tjfrank on 2011-08-27 20:42:48

This is basically a bare-bones guitar so one can play a guitar with DeArmond pickups and not pay a ton of money. However the quality just isn't there. The wrap-around bridge will not last and will become unstable over time; happened to my guitar, and I've heard other owners of this guitar say the same thing.

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Gretsch Guitars Special Jet 4.13 out of 5 based on 29 ratings

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