Gretsch Guitars
Vintage Gretsch 6106 Princess
The 6106 Princess was one of Gretsch’s Corvette solidbody guitars that they had hoped would be huge sellers and outdo Gibson and Fender. However, the line didn’t do quite as well as they had hoped. Still, these inexpensive solidbody guitars were fairly popular, mainly thanks to their low prices.
The Princess and several other models debuted [...]
Vintage Gretsch 6106 Songbird
The third in the series of Gretsch Rally guitars, the 6106 Songbird is similar to the 6104 and 6105 Rally models. These models weren’t much different from other guitars on the market at the time. In fact, when they were released in 1967, they were seen as yet another set of guitars featuring dual HiLoTron [...]
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 [...]
Vintage Gretsch 6104 Rally
The 6104 and 6105 Rally models weren’t really anything exceptional when they hit the market in 1967. In fact, they’ve been called yet another guitar with dual HiLoTron pickups. There were many similar guitars available at the time, but the 6104 Rally featured one thing some of the others didn’t: a variety of color combinations [...]
Vintage Gretsch 6103 Streamliner
Gretsch’s 6103 Streamliner is a take on the 6123 Monkees model. However, that model simply didn’t sell very well, and Gretsch attempted to remake it as the 6102 and 6103 Streamliner models so that it would sell better. While the two models are very similar in design, there are some differences. The 6103 model is [...]
Vintage Gretsch 6102 Streamliner
The 6102 Streamliner is actually a take-off of the 6123 Monkees model. However, the 6123 wasn’t a very good seller, so Gretsch attempted to take the basic concept of the instrument and make it into a guitar that players would actually buy. The result was the 6102 and the 6103 Streamliner models. They were very [...]
Vintage Gretsch 6101 Country Club Stereo
When Gretsch first introduced the Country Club series, they probably had no idea it would become one of their most traditional guitars. Today, the Country Club is ranked as one of Gretsch’s top guitars, and many want to get their hands on one. However, some of the guitars in the series, such as the 6101 [...]
Vintage Gretsch 6080 Van Eps
Back in 1968, George Van Eps and Gretsch came together to create a number of different guitar models. The 6080 Van Eps is one of these. George Van Eps was a pioneer of the seven-string guitar, and while he had previously built his own instruments, after partnering with Gretsch, the company began mass producing his [...]
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 [...]