Vintage Gretsch 6105 Rally
The creation of the Gretsch 6105 Rally guitar is one of the more interesting Gretsch business decisions. They seemed to be trying to make an instrument that was reminiscent of a racing car. 
The 6105 Rally features the same kind of racing stripes that many cars feature. These stripes don’t really do anything but add to the guitar’s overall look. Many players recognized this and passed on the 6105 and its sister guitar, the 6104. However, the fact that the Rally was incredibly cheap was certainly a selling point.
When it was introduced in 1967, the 6105 Rally featured dual HiLoTron pickups. However, there were already many different guitars featuring these pickups on the market, so it was nothing truly special. The only thing that really made it stand out was the fact that it came in many unique colors. Copper mist, bamboo yellow, and the now-classic rally green had never been used on guitars before.
The guitar did feature a few other oddities, including an onboard active treble booster switch. This wasn’t really useful since the HiLoTron pickups already gave the guitar a lot of treble. The Rally 6105 featured a double cutaway hollowbody and a rosewood fretboard. The fretboard markers were T-Zone tempered treble, and the neck and bridge both featured HiLoTron pickups.
In addition to the 6104 and 6105 Rally models, a Songbird model was also produced. It was slightly different than the other two. The Rally guitars were discontinued in 1970.
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