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Venus by Squire

Squire Venus

The Fender Jaguar was first introduced in 1962 as one of Fender's "Top of the Line" models. It's short scale made it less popular than the strats or teles. The Jaguar became popular with 60's surf bands. Offset double cutaway asymmetrical alder body, plastic/metal pickguard, short scale (22 fret) neck, rosewood fingerboard, pearl dot inlay, string mute, bridge cover plate, floating bridge/vibrato, chrome hardware, six on a side tuners, 2 strat-like singlecoil pickups, volume and tone controls, circuit selector slide switch, three preset slide switches. Guitars with factory custom colors or an ash body with gold hardware and blond finish bring about 20% more than other Jags. All finishes besides Sunburst are custom colors. Discontinued in 1975. Japanese-made reissues were introduced in 1994.

In 1965, the fingerboard was bound.

In 1966, dot fingerboard inlay was replaced by block inlay.

The Gretsch White Falcon, Model 6136, is one of the most beautiful guitars ever made. Gold Sparkle binding, jeweled control knobs, single round cutaway, archtop (spruce), maple body, bound f-holes, 21 fret ebony fingerboard with pearl block inlay, maple neck, "G" logo tubular trapeze tailpiece, adjustable bridge, "V" style bound white peghead, 3 per side Grover Imperial tuners, Gold Sparkle wings and logo on peghead, raised pickguard with the Gretsch White Falcon logo, all gold hardware, 2 DeArmond pickups, master volume knob is on the cutaway bout, 1 tone/2 volume controls and a 3 position switch. Made from 1955 to 1981. White finish only.

Yearly Changes:

1957, Filter-tron pickups replaced original item.

1958, arched maple top, thumbnail fingerboard inlay, horizontal peghead logo, roller bridge and tone switch (placed by pickup selector control) replaced original items, peghead mounted nameplate was added, though it was not placed on all instruments produced. Stereo output became optionally available (as Model 6137).

1959, second version of stereo output offered with 3 tone switches placed by pickup selector switch.

1960, double mute with 2 controls and back pad were added.

1962, double round cutaway body and Bigsby vibrato tailpiece became standard, it was offered as an option up to this time. Some models had a G logo tubular trapeze tailpiece. Stereo models had master volume control removed and pickup selector switch put in its place.

1963, mute controls were changed to switches.

1964, Gretsch G logo vibrato trapeze tailpiece and oval button tuners replaced respective items.

1965, offset dot fingerboard inlay above 12th fret was added, stereo tone switches were moved to lower bout and controls/switches were reconfigured.

1966, tuning fork bridge was added.

1972, Bigsby vibrato unit replaced Gretsch vibrato unit.

1972-1981, model was redesignated Model 7594.

1980, the non-stereo models were discontinued, and the double round cutaway stereo model (Model 7595) was available as a special order item.

Gretsch Literature: Jay Scott's Guitars of the Fred Gretsch Company.

Guitar Value: up to $18,000.

Source: Steven Cherne's Blue Book of Electric Guitars, 5th Edition

Gretsch White Falcon (shown with 6120)

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1950's Fender Stratocaster

Strat

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Flametop Les Paul

Les Paul

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1954 D'Angelico Excel

D'Angelico

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Gretch 6120

The Gretsch White Falcon, Model 6136, is one of the most beautiful guitars ever made. Gold Sparkle binding, jeweled control knobs, single round cutaway, archtop (spruce), maple body, bound f-holes, 21 fret ebony fingerboard with pearl block inlay, maple neck, "G" logo tubular trapeze tailpiece, adjustable bridge, "V" style bound white peghead, 3 per side Grover Imperial tuners, Gold Sparkle wings and logo on peghead, raised pickguard with the Gretsch White Falcon logo, all gold hardware, 2 DeArmond pickups, master volume knob is on the cutaway bout, 1 tone/2 volume controls and a 3 position switch. Made from 1955 to 1981. White finish only.

Yearly Changes:

1957, Filter-tron pickups replaced original item.

1958, arched maple top, thumbnail fingerboard inlay, horizontal peghead logo, roller bridge and tone switch (placed by pickup selector control) replaced original items, peghead mounted nameplate was added, though it was not placed on all instruments produced. Stereo output became optionally available (as Model 6137).

1959, second version of stereo output offered with 3 tone switches placed by pickup selector switch.

1960, double mute with 2 controls and back pad were added.

1962, double round cutaway body and Bigsby vibrato tailpiece became standard, it was offered as an option up to this time. Some models had a G logo tubular trapeze tailpiece. Stereo models had master volume control removed and pickup selector switch put in its place.

1963, mute controls were changed to switches.

1964, Gretsch G logo vibrato trapeze tailpiece and oval button tuners replaced respective items.

1965, offset dot fingerboard inlay above 12th fret was added, stereo tone switches were moved to lower bout and controls/switches were reconfigured.

1966, tuning fork bridge was added.

1972, Bigsby vibrato unit replaced Gretsch vibrato unit.

1972-1981, model was redesignated Model 7594.

1980, the non-stereo models were discontinued, and the double round cutaway stereo model (Model 7595) was available as a special order item.

Guitar Value: up to $100,000.00.

D'Angelico Literature: Frank W. Green's D'Angelico, What's in a Name

D'Angelico

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