“These rare birds combine period-accurate features with some modern twists”: Gretsch's exquisite, limited run Penguin and Falcon are a pair of fine-feathered guitars to crow about

Gretsch G6136TG-58 Limited Edition 1958 Custom Falcon and G6134TG-58 Limited Edition 1958 Custom Penguin with Bigsby, photographed on a green leather couch,.

Today is a good day to be a Gretsch guitar fanatic with a little money to burn because the Nashville-based brand has just dropped a pair of limited edition high-end electric guitars in a Nightbird Emerald finish that is 100 per cent guaranteed to quicken the pulse.

We’re talking about the 1958 G6134TG-58 Custom Penguin and its bigger-bodied avian sibling, the G6136TG-58 Custom Falcon. Both come with gold hardware, a Bigsby B6GP vibrato, the Space Control bridge with pinned ebony base, Grover Imperials for that art deco vibe, and a pair of TV Jones Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity Filter-Tron electric guitar pickups.