Gilmour told us: In the early 60s in London, on Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road, there were various guitar shops. The accompanying photograph from February 2008 shows Gilmour playing the guitar at his Astoria houseboat studio for a television pilot arranged by Pink Floyd bassist Guy Pratt. The Gretsch White Falcon would become iconic when adopted by Stephen Stills and Buffalo Springfield, helping to give their performances and recordings a unique timbre on Stills’ solos.ĭavid Gilmour purchased this guitar from Guitar Trader in Red Bank, New Jersey, on 24th November 1980 and kept it for studio use. The guitar retailed for $600 in 1955, and it is believed that fewer than 300 of these instruments were produced between 19.
#1957 GRETSCH WHITE FALCON PROFESSIONAL#
With a snow white finish, 24 carat gold plating on the hardware and gold sparkle binding (sourced from Gretsch’s drum division), the guitar was designed for the professional player who wanted visual impact when on stage. Built on the outline of a 17-inch archtop, it was a 2 ¾-inch deep single cutaway electric with a spruce top and maple back and sides. The Model 6136, or The White Falcon, would be Gretsch’s most visually impressive and expensive guitar produced in the 1950s. Only be shipped with an independent scientificĬonfirmation of species and/or age, and you will Regulatory agencies in the countries of exportationĪs well as importation. Other countries require a licence from the relevant Property containing these materials, and some Several countries refuse to allow you to import You plan to import the lot into another country. The relevant customs laws and regulations beforeīidding on any lot containing wildlife material if Rhinoceros horn, whalebone certain species ofĬoral, and Brazilian rosewood. Other things, ivory, tortoiseshell, crocodile skin, Species of wildlife are marked with the symbol ~ Percentage) endangered and other protected
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#1957 GRETSCH WHITE FALCON FREE#
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