In honor of Duane Eddy, the "King of Twang," Gretsch announced the G6120DE Duane Eddy Signature Hollow Body guitar. This single-cutaway guitar pays homage to the rock 'n' roll innovator with classic styling and full, resonant sound. The new instrument combines features based directly on Eddy's original 1957 G6120 model with modern Gretsch features.

The G6120DE's bound single-cutaway hollow body has a three-ply maple back, sides and arched top, with trestle bracing and bound oversized F holes. The three-piece bound maple neck has a brass nut, lacquer finish and slim profile based on Eddy's original 1957 G6120, and it is topped with a bound headstock.

Other features include a 12-inch radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium frets and hump-block pearloid inlays; dual DynaSonic  single-coil pickups with three-position switching; a gold plexi pickguard bearing the Gretsch logo and Eddy's signature; modern Tru-Arc  bridge and Bigsby B6CBDE vibrato tailpiece, handle, and extra-long string-retainer pins; gold G-arrow control knobs and gold-plated, chrome and polished aluminum hardware; gold-plated Grover V98G Sta-Tite tuners; Dunlop Straplok system; Western Orange Stain lacquer finish; and a deluxe hard shell case.

Gretsch reflects on the musician's career: "Duane Eddy is still going strong in 2011, and he will be forever revered as an original guitar hero who put a deep and resounding twang into rock 'n' roll. On a string of late 1950s and early '60s instrumental hits, he used dramatic single-note melodies on the lower strings of his guitar, pronounced tremolo and vibrato, and liberal doses of echo to produce a signature sound that evoked souped-up cars on Saturday night one minute and the wide-open vistas of the Wild West the next. With unmistakably distinctive hits he became the most successful instrumentalist in rock history, charting 15 Top 40 singles from 1958 through 1963 and selling more than 100 million records worldwide."

"The G6120DE resonates with Eddy's amazing sound and his amazing rock 'n' roll legacy as a true 'Rebel Rouser' of an instrument," says Gretsch.

For more information on the new guitar, visit gretschguitars.com.