*This is a used guitar in very good condition.
*This is a consignement item
*Observations: This is a great-sounding Gretsch Special Order Sunburst hollow body guitar. The documentation that came with this guitar call it a 1957, but the serial number and the product dating page on Gretsch's website point to an origin in '58. According to the documentation, the original owner of this guitar received it as a college graduaton gift from his father. The Father asked his friend, Fred Gretsch, to make this guitar for his son.
Overall the condition is in very good for a nearly 70-year old guitar. There are dents , dings gouges and significant finish checking all over the guitar. There is a holes indicating that a pickguard was installed at one time, but it has been lost. The pickup ring is cracked is several places and is missing small chunks of material. The chrome on the pickup is ringed with greenish oxidation but the other chrome parts have fared better. The set screw for the pickup is loose on the bass side. In order to reset it the pickup and pick up ring must be removed. This has not been done because the pickup ring will probably fall apart if removed by anyone but an experienced luthier.
The binding on Gretsch guitars from this era is very prone to cracking and crumbling and this guitar is no exception. Neck binding has cracked off on the treble side of the fretboard past the 22nd fret. On the bass side of the fretboard by the 21st and 22nd fret the binding is separating slightly. Elsewhere the binding has discolored and shrunken a bit but it is in better condition, although there are chips of finish that have crumbled away at the seams where the wood meets the binding.
Despite its cosmetic issues the guitar sounds great and still stands up as a great example of a classic era of American guitars.
$2,999.00 plus $30.00 shipping (Consignment)
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