frettedamericana | 1 decade ago
http://www.frettedamericana.com/product/2005-gretsch-billy-bo-jupiter
The 21st Century Version of the Elusive Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird
This beautifuly-built six year old but brand new guitar has all of the good looks of the original 1959 visionary Bo Diddley solid body model. It weighs in at just 6.30 lbs. and has a very comfortable nut width of just under 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Chambered mahogany body finished in black with a three-ply maple top finished in Firebird red. One-piece mahogany neck (also finished in black) with a very comfortable medium profile, and rosewood fretboard with 22 thin frets and pearloid Neo-Classic "thumbnail" position markers. Headstock with black overlay and inlaid pearloid Gretsch "T-roof" logo. The body has triple binding on the top and the neck and the headstock have single binding. Individual open-back Grover StaTite tuners with oval metal buttons. Serial number "JT05 118031" and "Billy Bo" signature in white on the back of the headstock. One Gretsch TV Jones Power'Tron pickup in the neck position and one Gretsch TV Jones Power'Tron 'Plus' pickup in the bridge position, with outputs of 5.00k and 7.90k respectively. Black Plexi pickguard. Four controls (two individual volume controls and master tone control on the lower treble bout and master volume control on upper treble bout) plus three-way pickup selector switch on upper bass bout. "Arrow-through-G" knobs with cross-hatch pattern on sides. Gretsch Adjustomatic bridge on pinned rosewood base. Gretsch "G" cutout tailpiece. This guitar is in mint (9.50) condition and is complete with all of the original case candy. Housed in its original Gretsch, three-latch black hardshell case with black leather ends and black plush lining (9.50).
