Limited Edition Abbey Road Studiomatic™ Hollow Body with Bigsby®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 bracingClassic “C” shaped maple neck12” radius bound ebony fingerboard with pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail inlaysGraph Tech® TUSQ XL nutCustom Filter’Tron™ pickupsRumble Filter circuit with two-position rotary selector and push/pull pots for each pickupAdjusto-Matic™ bridge on secured ebony baseBigsby® B60 V-Cutout vibrato tailpieceCustom Abbey Road Studiomatic metal head badgeGold HardwareCustom hardshell case and exclusive case candy items includedAvailable in Classic Walnut StainHIGHLIGHTS:Custom Filter’Tron™ PickupsVoiced 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 CircuitInspired 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.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2sL2OyevO4Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Story Behind The Limited Edition Abbey Road RS201 Studiomatic | Gretsch Guitars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2sL2OyevO4)
