Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- electric guitars
Series name:
Dates of manufacture:
1955 to 1963
Production of the WHITE PENGUIN MODEL 6134 began in 1955 and ended in 1963. From around 1961 there were also double cutaway white penguins. Early models had a metal banjo armrest protecting the upper part of the body from the player's arm. The pickguard had a outlined penguin logo.
Specifications (24)
General
| Binding | gold binding |
| Finish colors | white finish |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Body
| Body material | mahogany body |
| Body shape features | double cutaway, single cutaway |
| Pickguard shape | raised pickguard |
Hardware
| Bridge | adjustable bridge, roller bridge |
| Hardware color | gold hardware |
| Tailpiece | G logo trapeze tailpiece |
| Tuners | Grover Imperial tuners |
Controls
| Controls material | jeweled control |
| Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard material | ebony fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | engraved humptop block fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Headstock inlays or logos | metal logo on headstock |
| Neck material | mahogany neck |
| Number of frets | 22 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | bound headstock |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Electronics
| Pickups brand and model | DeArmond pickup(s), Gretsch Filtertron pickup(s) |
| Pickups configuration | 2 pickups |
