Gretsch Book - Complete History Of Gretsch Electric Guitars - 108 Pages Hardcover
Gretsch guitars are cool! They have a rich and interesting history.
They are solid guitars that play well, and came out with a lot of interesting and innovative features. And Gretsch guitars have been played by a lot of famous and diverse guitar players through the years, including the likes of: Chet Atkins, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Brian Setzer, Jeff Beck, Bo Diddley, etc.
If you happen to own a Gretsch guitar, or you are interested in buying one someday, you will like and enjoy this book. It gives a history of the Gretsch guitar company, who founded it and how it happened. How the company changed through the years. Who were the different people in charge of the company. What decisions were made about the direction of the guitar company. What innovations and new models were designed and released. And lots of large color photos of all the cool guitar models that have been released through the years.
Here's a list of some of the cool and outstanding features of this book about Gretsch guitars:
- As you'd expect, a lot of large color photographs of famous Gretsch guitars. All the most popular models are shown.
- Tips on identifying the guitar you have or are considering. What type of hardware is used, does it have a zero fret, how many and what type of pickups, what control arrangement was used on the guitar. What type of bridge does the guitar have. What colors was the guitar originally made available in.
- There is a section for identifying the Gretsch guitars according to body style. There are numbered silhouettes of 20 Gretsch body styles. You simply select the outline that looks like your guitar and you can find out all about it.
- There is a chart of guitar serial numbers along with the approximate year they were used. You can use this chart to help identify the year of a Gretsch guitar you are interested in.
- There is a table type listing of all the guitar models, along with the years they were produced. This table is also divided up by country of origin.
- A historic look at a lot of magazine and newspaper ads that came out when new models of Gretsch guitars were released.
- Photos of original Gretsch guitar related documents: Purchase receipt from the 1950s of original Gretsch guitars. Gretsch guitar guarantee certificate. Reproductions of original factory quality control documents. Actual blueprints and schematics from the factory of certain design features of the guitars.
- Guitar player magazine covers featuring players using Gretsch guitars.
- Album covers of famous bands that feature Gretsch guitars in the photos.
- Catalogs and manuals.
- Original company leaflets showing some unconventional control layout on the guitar model.
- Pictures of factories and headquarters.
- A complete index to the text of the book.
Check out this book if you're an owner and a fan of Gretsch guitars. It'll give you the complete story of the history of the guitars, and a good look at the models that have been made through the years.
