Gretsch Gives the Limited Quilt Classic Falcon a 1959 Core and Forge Glow Finish
The Japan-made G6136TGQM-59 pairs quilt maple, trestle bracing, Ray Butts Filter’Trons and a Bigsby in a ¥649,000 limited edition.
Oct 4, 2026
Credit: Gretsch (via source)
Gretsch has released the G6136TGQM-59 Limited Edition Quilt Classic Falcon, a Forge Glow hollowbody that combines a highly figured laminated quilt-maple body with details drawn from 1959. The 2.75-inch body uses period-style trestle bracing beneath a thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish, with aged-white binding and gold hardware framing the new color.
The guitar carries TV Jones Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity Filter’Tron pickups, a pinned Space Control bridge and a Bigsby B6GVT vibrato. Its maple neck has a Standard U profile, while the ebony fingerboard uses a 12-inch radius, 22 medium-jumbo frets and Neo-Classic thumbnail inlays. Shimamura lists an October 2 launch and a Japanese price of ¥649,000.
Why it matters
This is a substantial limited Falcon rather than a cosmetic-only variant: the 1959 bracing, Ray Butts pickups and Japanese build give collectors and working hollowbody players a specific vintage-modern package.
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Sources
- https://www.shimamura.co.jp/update/guitar-bass/2026/10/90845/(primary)
- https://www.bonedo.de/artikel/gretsch-g6136tgqm-59-limited-edition-quilt-classic-falcon-luxus-falke-mit-quilt-maple/
- https://gretschguitars.com/gear/build/hollow-body/g6136tgqm-59-limited-edition-quilt-classic-falcon-with-bigsby-ebony-fingerboard-forge-glow/2401531897