“The White Falcon is a guitar of extreme beauty... there’s just no other way of looking at it. But I really couldn’t get on with it”: Darrel Higham on his Gretsch highs and lows – and why a 21st century rockabilly ace has a cheap Zoom multi-FX in his rig

Darrell Higham with a Gretsch 6120.

Darrel Higham is this our guest in this edition of Bought & Sold, our very own group therapy session for gear nut professionals to share their stories of the most significant electric guitars in their lives – not to mention their best guitar-buying tips.

Those familiar with Higham’s sound will not be surprised to learn that Gretsch guitars feature prominently. We might be forever reminding players that a Gretsch is not just for rockabilly, but when you do play rockabilly there’s nothing quite like That Great Gretsch Sound.