RARE BIRD THE GRETSCH WHITE PENGUIN STORY
magine the meeting at the Gretsch HQ in Brooklyn. The firm’s bigwigs, including Fred Gretsch, Jimmie Webster and Duke Kramer, were talking about new models for 1956. The previous year had been a big one for the company: the Chet Atkins 6120 and the White Falcon were launched to considerable acclaim and, along with the hollowbody 6120, Gretsch had introduced a chambered version, the 6121. With that in mind, Jimmie thought it would be a good idea to make a matching ‘solidbody’ version of the high-end White Falcon. What’s more, he had a name
