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Vintage Gretsch 6079 Van Eps
The 6079 Van Eps guitar was named after famed guitar player George Van Eps, and Gretsch did everything they could to capture his unique way of playing in this guitar. Van Eps pioneered the seven-string guitar, and he actually played a custom-built instrument until 1968, when he and Gretsch joined forces to create the 6079 [...]
Vintage Gretsch 6020 12-String
Gretsch has, on occasion, made a guitar that simply wasn’t as successful as some of its other instruments. The 6020 12-String is noted as being Gretsch’s attempt to break into the acoustic 12-string market, but unfortunately, it just didn’t succeed at all. It was only produced for a brief time during the late 1960s, and [...]
Vintage Grestch 6021 Town and Country
The Gretsch 6021 Town and Country and its sister guitar, the 6022 Rancher, are two of Gretsch’s most recognizable acoustic guitars. The Town and Country was a bit more subdued than the Rancher, but that didn’t make it any less popular. Unfortunately, while both guitars did develop a loyal following, these acoustic guitars never reached [...]
Vintage Grestch – 6014 Corsair
The 6014 Corsair was first introduced to the world as the Synchromatic 100. Gretsch released the Synchromatic 100 in 1939 along with the rest of the Synchromatic line. However, over the years, they eventually took the Synchromatic 100 and revamped it, turning it into the 6014 Corsair. While the rest of the Synchromatic line eventually [...]
Jimmie Rodgers Folk Guitar
Gretsch has made a number of great instruments, and the Gretsch 6003, or the Jimmie Rodgers Folk guitar, is one of them. This instrument goes by a number of other names: the Grand Concert, the Folk Singer, or just the Folk. But no matter what you call it, it was one of Gretsch’s main guitars [...]
Synchromatic 400
Built in 1939, the Synchromatic 400 was created during what is known as the early period of the vintage Synchros. This period, which is usually defined as the time between 1939 and early World War II, saw a number of Synchromatic guitars being built. These instruments, as opposed to those built between WWII and 1951 [...]
The Synchromatic 300
Being the middle child can often cause you to be overlooked, but that’s not the case with the Gretsch Synchromatic 300. While it’s smaller than the Synchromatic 400, that doesn’t mean it’s any less of a guitar. Both the 300 and 400 models first appeared in 1939. The Synchromatic 300 measured 17 inches and had [...]