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Gretsch G6131 MY Jet Firebird Red Signature Limited Edition (The Beast) Malcolm Young.

This guitar is Malcolm Young's signature Gretsch model. The guitar was given to him by one of his older brothers when he owned a Gibson LS-6 single cut. He recorded the entire High Voltage album with his Gibson (the only album with this Gibson), which can be seen in an unofficial video for Baby, Please Don't Go. He also played his Gretsch from time to time. He ended up using it exclusively and recording with it until the end of his career because he broke the neck of his Gibson. Although the model appears to be original, it has already undergone modifications by Malcolm (but fewer than it will undergo in the future). The guitar can be seen in several official videos, such as
High Voltage, It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock N Roll), and Jailbreak (in which he wears a prison guard uniform).
He used it throughout his career, but the guitar bore no resemblance to what it looked like between 1974 and 1976 (i.e., its authentic red appearance).

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Here’s the Gretch G6137 stereo White Falcon (Project-O-Sonic) from 1959 that Malcolm Young used during The Back In Black Tour and the For Those About to Rock Tour

(Photo taken 23th July of 2025 in the Hard Rock Cafe of New York City)

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Gretsch G6131 MY-CS (1996), played and signed by AC/DC rhythm guitarist and co-founder Malcolm Young.
This Gretsch, produced in roughly 1,000 units, is a Custom Shop replica of Malcolm Young’s iconic 1963 G6131 Jet Firebird, known as “The Beast.” Though it wasn’t used on the Ballbreaker album (recorded in 1995 and released in 1996), the guitar saw action in later performances.

Outfitted with a single Humbucking FilterTron pickup and stripped of any tone controls, the guitar delivers a raw, unfiltered sound. Its distinctive tone stems from Malcolm Young’s aggressive wrist attack and the guitar’s dynamic response when plugged into a Marshall amp.

Released in the late ’90s as a signature model, it appears in the official music video for “Hail Caesar” (track seven on Ballbreaker), as well as in the video for “Cover You in Oil” (track two from the same album), though in a red finish—identical in specs to the yellow model.

I really like Malcolm Young of AC/DC, both for the person he was and for the guitarist he was. He was the one who inspired me to play guitar (he's a real inspiration to me). The next few photos will also feature Malcolm Young's Gretsch guitar, which I took the same week as the yellow Gretsch he played.

Photos taken 21th July of 2025 in front of the Guitar Center of L.A.

Photo of the Red one was taken on internet.

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Here’s a Gretsch G2420 Streamliner Hollow Body in the Vintage Sunburst finish, taken October 1 of 2024, in the city of Niort in France.
The body shape is a full hollow body with f-holes
The Pickups are two Broad’Tron humbuckers (a common feature in the streamliner series)
Her tailpiece is a Chromatic II tailpiece
She got Neo-classic thumbnail inlays
And a standard Gretsch streamliner headstock design

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The two Gretsch that I own
The first one is a Gretsch G5222 Eletromatic Double Jet
and a Gretsch G6136T White Falcon (from 2006)

(I will also post photos of other Gretch that I took in picture)

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