Gretsch Limited Edition Abbey Road RS201 Studiomatic Hollow Body with Bigsby and Gold Hardware, Ebony Fingerboard, Classic Walnut Stain

For nearly a century, Abbey Road Studios has shaped the history of recorded music and popular culture. The birthplace of some of the greatest recordings ever created, and a hotbed for the development of innovative techniques and equipment, Abbey Road is the home of music making.

Gretsch is proud to partner with Abbey Road on the development and release of a very special Limited Edition guitar – the Gretsch Abbey Road Studiomatic™ Hollow Body. Featuring custom Filter’Tron™ pickups, and a custom-voiced Rumble Filter circuit developed in collaboration with Abbey Road sound engineers, the Abbey Road Studiomatic™ is not only an homage to the continuing legacy of Abbey Road Studios, but also a unique and incredibly versatile guitar.

Features:

• 2.25” deep maple body with parallel bracing
• Classic “C” shaped maple neck
• 12” radius bound ebony fingerboard with pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail inlays
• Graph Tech® TUSQ XL nut
• Custom Filter’Tron™ pickups
• Rumble Filter circuit with two-position rotary selector and push/pull pots for each pickup
• Adjusto-Matic™ bridge on secured ebony base
• Bigsby® B60 V-Cutout vibrato tailpiece
• Custom Abbey Road Studiomatic metal head badge
• Gold Hardware
• Custom hardshell case and exclusive case candy items included
• Available in Classic Walnut Stain

Custom Filter’Tron™ Pickups
Voiced and studio tested in collaboration with Abbey Road sound engineers, these custom Filter’Tron™ humbucking pickups feature Alnico 5 magnets and a vintage-inspired voice that delivers quintessential Filter’Tron chime, balance, and articulation.

Rumble Filter Circuit
Inspired by a classic circuit developed at Abbey Road Studios, and developed in collaboration with a team of the Studios’ sound engineers, the exclusive Rumble Filter circuit provides two additional voicings that make this guitar an exceptionally versatile tool for the studio or stage. Devised by Abbey Road’s in-house team in 1954, the original Rumble Filter was designed to remove excessive low-end frequencies and add clarity to the sound and became a key tool in the studio team’s pioneering work to improve the fidelity of recordings.

Activated by a push/pull pot on each pickup’s Tone control, and controlled by a two-way rotary switch, the Rumble Filter offers what are essentially two different levels of high-pass filtering. This allows exceptional sonic flexibility without splitting the pickup coils, tightening up the bass response while allowing the higher frequencies to ring through, all while still retaining the full humbucking properties of the Filter’Tron pickups.

Specifications:

GENERAL
Model Number
2506419582
Series
Limited Edition
Color Classic
Walnut Stain
Number of Strings
6
Orientation
Right-Hand

BODY
Build
Hollow Body
Cutaway
Double Cutaway
Body Finish
Gloss
Body Shape
Electromatic® Hollow Body
Body Material
Laminated Maple
Bracing
Parallel Tone Bars
Body Binding
White with B/W/B Purfling
Body Back
Arched Laminated Maple
Body Top
Arched Laminated Maple
Body Depth
2.25" (57 mm)

NECK
Neck Material
Maple
Neck Construction
Set-Neck
Neck Finish
Gloss
Neck Shape
Classic "C"
Neck Binding
White
Scale Length
24.6" (625 mm)
Fingerboard Radius
12" (305 mm)
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Number of Frets
22
Fret Size
Medium Jumbo
Nut Material
Graph Tech® TUSQ®
Nut Width
1.6875" (42.86 mm)
Position Inlays
Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
Side Dots
Black
Headstock Binding
White

ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup
Custom Filter’Tron™
Neck Pickup
Custom Filter’Tron™
Pickup Color
Gold
Controls
Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup w/ Push-Pull for Rumble Filter), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup w/ Push-Pull for Rumble Filter)
Pickup Switching
3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Auxiliary Switching
2-Position Rumble Filter
Pickup Configuration
Filter'Tron™ / Filter'Tron™

HARDWARE
Bridge
Adjusto-Matic™
Hardware Finish
Gold
Tailpiece
Bigsby® B60 V-Cutout
Tuning Machines
Die-Cast Sealed Locking
Pickguard
Black Plexi w/ Gold Gretsch® Logo
Control Knobs
G-Arrow
Switch Tip
Gold

MISCELLANEOUS
Strings
Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
Strap Buttons
Strap Locks
Case/Gig Bag
Custom Hardshell Case Included

*Specifications subject to change without notice.