Guitar of the Day: 1960 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet | Norman's Rare Guitars

#GuitarOfTheDay: 1960 Gretsch Guitar 6128 Duo Jet in Original Black finish with 2 PAF Filtertron Pickups. Store manager, Mark Agnesi, showing you how our #Gretsch 6128 #DuoJet sounds like here at #NormansRareGuitars. For any questions you may have or price inquires please give us a call at 818-344-8300. So what do you guys think?
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[@mikeymojo8299]

#NoThumpinThursday #Gretsch6128DuoJet 1) Ghost Riders in the Sky/The Outlaws 2) Twist and Shout/The Beatles(Isley Bros) 3) OHIO/CSN&Y those filtertrons sound magnificent, great demo @markagnesi Hey Jen 🎥🎸

[@johnmuldoon8295]

The Outlaws? Don't think so.

[@DietzCE]

If someone doesn't buy this incredibly beautiful and RARE guitar right now they are crazy. Great demo, too. Make America Rock Again.

[@GeoffreyGentryMusic]

One of the greatest guitars I have seen on here in a while.

[@aceoflame2816]

Can't go wrong with a Duo Jet! What a beautiful guitar.

[@charlespatrick1572]

Thanks, Mark. Loved Ohio! I had to immediately drop to D and play it. Great song. Came into my mind every time I'd drive my truck past Kent State in Ohio. Rest in peace, young people.

[@aarontadlock8165]

I want to make a shout out to Mark.....great work keep it up.... you are a big piece of what makes "Norman's Rare Guitars".....AWESOME!!

[@PDInfantryman]

Did anyone else get their Gretsch on? Duo Jets are so sexy in sound and body.

[@dragoonphotography5847]

Missing Mark’s reviews so much. Actual information and history about the instrument.

[@emilmaze]

Agreed. I stopped watching GOTD after he left

[@BawlsMahoney]

That shout out made my fucking day! Thank you Mark & Jen!

[@jeffreypinnow]

To clarify, Ray Butts designed the filtertron pickup for Chet Atkins and his Gretsch Signature model. My personal favorite pickup.

[@bobsteel6916]

Duo Jett, SWEET!!! Another Awesomely outstanding Mark video!!!

[@lauramoore9659]

I'm THRILLED that ROCK N ROLL will never die cuz it makes me TWIST N SHOUT!

[@michaelmerritt1722]

Nice playing on CSNY Mark! Beautiful black guitar! Love the sound! Thanks guys! Byeeeeeee!!!!

[@diegocraigdallie]

Beautiful, some days ago, I saw a beautiful silver jet on a store near my grandma's house. It stole my eyes for a moment xD

[@saintbrando]

Nice demo Mark! This show is getting better and better! Can’t wait for the DVD release of season 1 with bloopers! Cheers! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥⚡️🎸🎸🎸🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

WOWIE WHAT A GREAT BOX SUCH A FINE INSTRUMENT!! THE NECK P UP TONES, WOW CERTAINLY A GUITAR TO GET I CAN'T THINK ABOUT IT OR I'LL DO SOMETHING DADUMB A TRUE ROCK & ROLL GUITAR JUMPING TONES AND DIRTY THIS MODEL CAN RING LIKE A BELL IN CHET ADKINS CAPABLE MASTERFUL HAND THIS IS TO DIG AND PLAY... GO CAT GO !! CARLOS GUITARLOS USA HIGHLAND PARK L.A. 90042

[@jamesjohnson5333]

HEY CARLOS GOT TO ACTUALLY DRINK MY COFFEE TODAY !....LOL BUT YOU DONT OWE ME A COFFEE JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO . YOU ROCK DUDE.

[@christophervaldez8746]

CARLOS, YOU WERE GREAT IN "THE BOYS NEXT DOOR".

[@raymondrodgers281]

One of the best GOTDs ever. Really. You guys raised the bar today. Kudos.

[@taylorfusion]

I always learn so much watching this channel

[@davidcampbell4174]

Now that sounded nice. You are right about those PU's, what a unique sound. Thanks to both of you for knocking out another show.

[@randychicoine6953]

I will be 46 April 6 thanx bro love the show all the way from Toronto Canada

[@7viewerlogic670]

Beautiful Gretsch!!

[@shoobror8291]

Hey! My brother Sean Crown, has his birthday tomorrow (friday) and he wouls totally shit his pants if he saw you announcing it! He has cancer and he has watched all of your vids at the hospital. It would mean the world for him ❤️

[@neatspy]

That bridge pickup was amazing

[@jamesjohnson5333]

Now thats a kick ass guitar love that thing

[@clamfingers5124]

Woah, nailed that tone. Thanks.

[@ronlight7013]

"I work at a strip mall in the Valley." Great start of a lyric, Mark!

[@fluroflash2803]

Please play some Rory Gallagher... Thanks for a great gotd Mark and Jen

[@editorjuno]

The other switch positions are OK, but that bridge pickup alone is spectacular.

[@guitarocd9984]

Bridge pickup sounded awesome.

[@dmatt1116]

That great Gretsch sound!

[@VermeerMichel]

You learn something every day, first time the term ‘hum’ and ‘humbucker’ got linked to each other in my brain 😳

[@c.jarmstrong3111]

Dream guitar right here

[@williamanderson3402]

Every time I see a Gretsch in the thumbnail, I say out loud, “Aw fuck yeah.”

[@DanaLeeGibson]

Yes always gets it done!!!

[@TheLocalZeroChannel]

Love it. Don't love it better than a bass, but i love it.

[@StevenAlwine]

Kinda weird Thursday? What a spectacular guitar. Haven't been this happy with the GOTD since you did a Guild Starfire. Speaking of which, you should do another Guild Starfire.

[@mikeoutlawpunk]

Love the channel n love that Duo Jet

[@greensombrero3641]

Mark, thanks for the pic with my kids on Thurs...it's a framer! The gretsch is fabulous.

[@NightWing7923]

Hell yeah, love me some Gretsch guitars! 😍😍

[@christophermay4998]

That's definitely a keeper......nice choice Mark.....👍👍 nicely done on your selection of songs.....liked them all.....as always great job Jenn and Mark.....👍👍

[@vinicioserafini5929]

Modern TV Jones sound Amazing but those old filtertrons just have that little something special.

[@johneason6540]

Dude you are exceptional in your knowledge of guitars. Have we ever seen Jen in front of the camera.

[@gusdupree2508]

John Eason yes ,once for sure for two seconds and in the reflection of a pickguard once or twice

[@Desert9999]

Very cool guitar and excellent playing here as always

[@Bodyknowledge77]

No alert Thursday! And bass..I'm ok with one of those.. 1. The Outlaws "Ghost Riders In The Sky" 2. The Beatles/Isley Brothers "Twist And Shout". CSNY "Ohio" I bet you'd pet a Gretsch...

[@masterrick2759]

Bodyknowledge 77 I did not get an alert either, but did for their vids

[@whatever4065]

Love that gentle Gretsch growl... and the checking on this one ... how many kidneys does it cost?

[@burchtylerm]

I heard y’all had some tremors out there today! (Luckily from what I read no real damage or injuries) When I read it I assumed it must have been Mark playing something with 4 strings for thumping Thursday. I was wrong, but I guess this pretty slick Gretsch will do. Nicely done!

[@stkbkr1]

I love me a Gretsch! Rock on!!!

[@jeffhollidy5194]

Sweet classic Gretsch sound

[@BrianFromTN123]

Commercial right in the middle is' Twist & Shout". It was great.

[@michaelgonzalez7304]

Gretsch Jet debut year: 1953 (Not '55 sorry Mark) Gretsch Jet Guitar names and specs made and built at 60 Broadway in Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY: 6121 Chet Atkins: Orange Pine Top or Knotty Pine Top (rare) finish, gold hardware, rosewood or ebony fingerboard with either western, cloud, or thumbnail inlays, DeArmond or Filtertron pickups, and Bigsby tremolo. 6128 Duo Jet: Black or Cadillac/El Dorado Green (rare) finish, nickel or gold hardware (rare), rosewood or ebony fingerboard with either mother of pearl, cloud (George Harrison), or thumbnail inlays, DeArmond (George Harrison) or Filtertron pickups, and Gretsch G tailpiece or Bigsby tremolo (George Harrison). 6129 Silver Jet: Silver Sparkle drum wrap finish, nickel or gold hardware (rare), rosewood or ebony fingerboard with either mother of pearl block, cloud, or thumbnail inlays, DeArmond or Filtertron pickups, and Gretsch G tailpiece or Bigsby tremolo. 6130 Roundup (Rare): Orange Pine or Knotty Pine (rare) finish, rosewood fingerboard, western inlays, DeArmond pickups, and cowboy belt buckle tailpiece. 6131 Jet Firebird: Red finish, rosewood or ebony fingerboard, mother of pearl block, cloud (Bo Diddley), or thumbnail (Malcolm Young) inlays, DeArmond or Filtertron pickups, and Gretsch G tailpiece, Bigsby tremolo, or Burns tremolo. 6134 White Penguin (Rare): White finish, ebony fingerboard, mother of pearl block, cloud, or thumbnail inlays, DeArmond or Filtertron pickups, and Gretsch G Cadillac tailpiece, Bigsby tremolo, or Burns tremolo.

[@paulstanley3019]

Yup!

[@kevinsmith7657]

Damn that ax sounds incredible

[@GL64]

Siiiiiiiick guitar. Love it.

[@finnnahrung81]

Gotta love twist and shout!😂

[@HellcatCustoms]

Now those humbuckers sound amazing!

[@DavidGarcia-pi9wn]

They’re not humbuckers They’re Filter’Trons Complete different in design and sound It’s like comparing a jet to a lp

[@HellcatCustoms]

@@DavidGarcia-pi9wn Strange how Gretsch call them "humbuckers" 🤔 www.gretschguitars.com/support/specs-explained/pickups

[@DavidGarcia-pi9wn]

@@HellcatCustoms maybe the cheaper ones Proper Filter’Trons are completely different in sound and build It’s like how a jet is built like a arch top but looks like a les Paul and a les Paul is a very traditional solid body Not saying your wrong Just saying they’re too different to be labeled humbuckers

[@HellcatCustoms]

@@DavidGarcia-pi9wn You're absolutely right about two completely different tones, but Gretsch came out with patent applied for humbucking Filtertrons right around the same time as the Seth Lover PAFS. Same basic principle of 2 single coils, canceling the hum, but also two totally different sounds.

[@joebodynobody764]

Love me some Gretsch

[@AdmiralQuality]

It's the counter-wound *coils* that get rid of the hum, Mark. The magnets are just flipped to keep the string signal in phase otherwise they'd almost completely cancel out. (And in a Gibson PAF there's only one magnet anyway, the pole pieces are steel dummies that extend from it and help shape the field to intersect with the strings. Not sure offhand about these ones, might be the same -- it's hard to shape alnico into adjustable screw pieces as it's rather brittle so usually when the poles are adjustable they're not actually the magnet itself, just steel screws which are magnetized by the alnico bar magnet hidden underneath them.) Magnets don't "pick up" the signal, coils do. The magnet is just there to magnetize the string and create fluctuations in the magnetic field as the string vibrates which is *picked up* by the coils. If the magnetic field doesn't move nothing is picked up, it has to move/fluctuate to induce current in the coil(s). That's why you have to spin an electric generator vs. just putting a permanent magnet near a coil which of course does not produce any current (if it did we'd have infinite free power). And when there's only one coil the environmental hum from all the electrical appliances nearby is picked up. You cancel that out by providing an opposing coil and mixing it, either in parallel but more typically in series, with the sensor coil and having either an opposing magnetic field on the second coil or no magnetic field (making it a "dummy" coil). A single coil pickup would still pick up environmental hum even if you took the magnets right out. Strip Mall Physics 101.

[@gusdupree2508]

Admiral Quality reverse wound style?

[@AdmiralQuality]

"Reverse" and "counter" being synonyms, yes. That's why when you put a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup in a Strat the in-between combo switch positions (2 and 4 on a 5 position switch) hum-cancel. You form a humbucking pickup with the combination of single coils with opposing (there's another synonym) coil winding directions. But you don't create an "out of phase" sound, as the reversed magnet polarity counteracts the reverse winding direction which puts the string signal back into phase with the other pickup. The environmental hum however is not affected by or caused by this static magnetic field (again, you'd still have it with no magnets at all) so it does cancel out.

[@gusdupree2508]

Admiral Quality sciencey

[@AdmiralQuality]

If you say so. It's actually really basic stuff. Still, Mark gets it wrong almost every time (and I deliver a physics lecture almost every time). I do appreciate that he's rattling this stuff off the top of his head and it's possible to misspeak, but I think he's got more than a little bit of that guitar player stubbornness and love of old wives' tales/misinformation. He really should take a few minutes to absorb this, it's the fundamentals of how his instrument works.

[@HBSuccess]

Admiral Quality I tend to agree, he should get this stuff right, but we forgive Mark his trespasses as he forgives those who would trespass against him. And Jen.

[@anthonynonya]

I knew there would be an early Beatles song in the playlist. And that bridge is crazy with those big knurled saddles, I wonder if those are common on Gretsch's. Great GOTD as usual, thanks! :)

[@JoeGomez1]

YES

[@clutchcarabelli8054]

I'm taking bets on whether Mark just sold that guitar :-) and am with Carlos I love thumping Thursday but that was Soooo worth it

[@chrisperry132]

One word. Niiice !!!!!!

[@timgroves3606]

great choice of guitar. Do more Gretsches

[@crusherbmx]

Gotta get a Gretsch!!

[@tomjohn3364]

Wow super cool machine!!!!! Mark your breaking my heart. Always loved these things. Now show us them vox guitars you been hiding.

[@eddieschneider6578]

It’s black and Jen loves it

[@MrStranger1944]

I can dig it.

[@gusdupree2508]

Mr.Stranger fender jazz 62 haha people are gonna start talking

[@mikeymojo8299]

Mr.Stranger DUG

[@ch8049]

You made it sound great....

[@martinmartin8871]

killer guitar! old bobbins and wires magnets still with plenty gause. All gassed up thank you!!! I now have G.A.S.

[@jodyhendrix5876]

Very cool

[@muserediscovered3750]

Gretsches are my fave...

[@zankyalbo2208]

Don't forget the Champagne Jet. If that one lasts a half-hour, I'd be surprised.

[@liamcleary2378]

Hey mark, my 18th birthday is this Friday. I love the show ive been watching for over a year now! Could you maybe play some Clapton for the Friday show?

[@matt_ess153]

Best guitar of the day !

[@titok49]

alohaaaa!!!mark and Jen!!!

[@RockHardRiffs]

Oh man yeah. Just yeah...👍🏻

[@giulienk]

Give us some AC/DC next time you have some Filtertron under your pick! Great guitar!

[@lucasfaustino6043]

Awesome tones !!

[@sickb2200]

1. Ghost Striders 2. Twist One Out 3. Orlando Love those guitars. Coulda played a cool Malcom riff on that bridge pup.

[@kommi1974]

Orlando? LMAO. I believe you mean "Ohio." LMAO

[@STAY-GOLD-VINYL]

kommi1974 wtf huh lol

[@sbolfing]

Ghost RIDERS in the Sky! Twist & ShoutOhio

[@lauracastles3940]

"Twist And Shout"...?

[@angeredcheese1332]

Ghost riders is stuck in my head for a week every time you play it. I need to buy a gretsch already tho

[@chrishenderson9130]

Nicely played! Fucking nailed Ohio!

[@aarontackett6739]

Nailed the Uncle Neil tone! Bravo

[@AdmiralQuality]

When he dropped the D I shouted "Cinnamon Girl". Wrong, but close. ;)

[@wezzlyn]

Yeah he did.

[@gusdupree2508]

Admiral Quality it should double drop d for both Ohio and cinnamon if you notice he used his thumb to fret the f#

[@AdmiralQuality]

I've had a friend tell me that too but I could swear Cinnamon is just a low D drop. That's how I always play it, anyway. Pretty sure I've heard Neil tuning to and from it too and it's just the one string. Could be wrong though. (Or maybe he's done it both ways.)

[@ismagui3320]

Do an Airline

[@billtaylor4897]

F;ING GREAT... Mark And Jen... Don't Go Chang'n

[@randychicoine6953]

The Neil young was sweet oh Canada awesome Mark

[@thomasballard66]

That was pretty fuckin great.

[@hambonesyndrome8767]

I kinda wish you played Knights of Cydonia. I know it was played on a Manson, but it’s got such a gretschy vibe.

[@douglaswalther8489]

Black Jacket and Black Gretsch Bad Ass.

[@DanButcher303]

I LOVE thumpin thursday !!!!!!! Seriously, I do.......

[@TheRockyhockey007]

back in black , goes nice with the Ramones tee , always dug the Gretsch guitars , the filtertrons are kinda cool tho you can sure tell its hollow , a big sound but not quite as deep or full as a solid body , love the black tho. hey ho lets go.

[@ilostmymind47]

Good wooooooo from Jen

[@AZWings]

Schwing! Oh yeah!

[@timlilly]

Nice. But I'm not into black, when you're a lefty like me that was the only colour that was around when I started playing. Yep the dusty black strat copy in the corner was the only choice!

[@Aussieknuckleheads]

Hasn't the switch just been turned around 180°?

[@erikmeyer2323]

Def the yes.

[@LPCustom3]

The tops on ALL Jets are Nitron drum shell material. They are laminated Maple with the Nitron layer on top.

[@mdotn9]

Hi!!

[@MrSchecter45]

My 28th birthday! I'm a weird fat guy love new schecters, 80s Ibanez and love the black beauty! I watch every day after work oh and I'm a self taught guitar teacher I teach at a music academy! Shout out please

[@Grayham4]

Ajit pai HAHAHA

[@promerops]

One might argue that the second song actually started out as "La Bamba" then segued into "Twist and Shout" (the latter, of course, having been adapted from the former by the Isleys. Jan Ackerman of Focus could often be seen playing a Les Paul equipped with a Filtertron in the neck position.

[@MrErdner]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. That was a rare guitar that was not "esoteric", but also wasn't a Gibson or a Fender. I'll bet it sells as fast as a Gibson or Fender. It sounded great, and as you pointed out, a Gretsch sounds like a Gretsch, not any other brand. Now, PLEASE, for "Flat Top Friday" tomorrow, bend the definition a little bit and do one of those gorgeous, rare, and non-esoteric DeAngelis arch tops that Norm showed in a recent video.

[@gusdupree2508]

George Erdner these are really about sales , he wants to move the most likely models, but one can hope ,those other really nice rare ones do get bought but he calls the buyer or they call to say what they want to precur, his shop was mentioned in spinal tap, studio pros , rock stars , celebrities come in everyday , gotd is to turn over recently acquired stuff and to ...oh nevermind