![]() ![]() These have since been discontinued, but I’ve always been intrigued by them. ![]() Part 2 to this story are the guitars Gretsch released based on ‘The Beast’. But Malcolm Young is Malcolm Young… he knows how to make that guitar do what it’s supposed to do. I’m not sure on the reasoning for this, but the extra string length would have certainly changed the sound. In recent times, Malcolm had the original Burns tremolo refitted, along with the floating Gretsch bridge. By this stage Malcolm had also been seen playing a Gretsch White Falcon, but after a repair it apparently had lost it’s mojo so The Beast moved back to #1. Whatever the case, the guitar stayed like this for many years.Įventually years later the black plastic was removed, exposing the original factory tremolo route. Something about the open holes appealed to Malcolm… maybe it was the almost acoustic guitar like sound it now had. Most importantly, the holes of the missing pickups were exposed. The Burns tremolo was removed and the hole covered with some black scratchplate material. Soon after, the distinctive red finish was stripped and a bad ass bridge was fitted. The guitar lasted like this for a while during their stay in London and through the 1976 Australian tour. I’m not sure how long the humbucker lasted in there but it I’ve read after a while Malcolm didn’t like the sound so he took it out, and the holes were covered with white scratchplate material. ![]() As can be seen in the photo and video, soon after Malcolm got the guitar, a Gibson humbucker was fitted to the middle position and it appears an extra volume knob was added to the top horn near the switches. ![]()
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