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From the Gretsch Professional Collection comes a cutting-edge update of the company's vintage classic electric guitar to fuel a new generation of guitarists looking to take their music into the future. The Gretsch G6229 Player's Edition Jet BT combines the harmonic resonance of a chambered mahogany body and maple top with the sonic potency of Gretsch's full-spectrum Broad’Tron BT65 humbuckers and the stability of their V Stoptail to deliver a staggering range of tone. From shimmery cleans to beastly overdrive, your every wish is this Jet's command.





Chambered mahogany body for harmonically rich tone





For the G6229 Player's Edition Jet BT, Gretsch starts with a select 1.85"-thick mahogany body and maple top combo that delivers strong, balanced midrange. Strategic body chambering provides smooth attack and extended, harmonically lush bandwidth while reducing weight ? which you'll definitely appreciate during marathon gigs! This chambered tonewood recipe, key to the classic Jet sound, serves as the tonal foundation to which Gretsch adds a pair of remarkable humbucking pickups.





Broad’Tron BT65 pickups for power and fidelity





The G6229 Player's Edition Jet BT is powered by Gretsch's outstanding Broad’Tron BT65 pickups. Designed by renowned pickup guru Tim Shaw, the BT65 harnesses this guitar’s broad sonic range and flawlessly delivers its extended lows, powerful mids, and smooth, clear high end in a masterful display of full-spectrum fidelity and wall-shaking power. You'll find the Player's Edition Jet has you covered for any genre-hopping live gig or recording session. From sparkling cleans to brutal overdrive ? and all tonal colors in between ? everything's on the menu. Guitarists at Sweetwater love these pickups. We're sure you will, too.





The hardtail Jet: a unique beast





If you're a hardtail player, Jets have likely been off your radar due to their ubiquitous vibrato tailpieces. The Gretsch G6229 Player's Edition Jet BT changes all that with an axe that gives you all the tuning stability and tonal solidity of Gretsch's anchored Adjusto-Matic bridge and V Stoptail ? a design that pays visual as well as sonic dividends. With its excellent pickups, chambered body, and V Stoptail, the Player's Edition Jet BT serves up an incredibly broad tonal palette as suitable for progressive metal and jazz fusion as it is for country and rock.





Gretsch G6229 Player's Edition Jet BT Electric Guitar Features:


A cutting-edge take on a classic Gretsch design


Acoustically rich chambered mahogany body and maple top


Mahogany neck with Standard U profile; 24.6" scale length


12"-radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and pearloid Big Block inlays


1.6875" Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut


2 Tim Shaw-designed Broad'Tron BT65 humbucking pickups


2 volume; 1 tone control; 3-position toggle pickup selector switch


Anchored Adjusto-Matic bridge; V Stoptail


Nickel hardware


Gotoh locking tuning machines


Gold Plexi pickguard with black Gretsch logo


Arrow-style control knobs


Strings: nickel-plated steel, .010-.046


Crafted in Japan