Gretsch guitars in the 1940s

Through the 1940s, Gretsch family / Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn controlled the Gretsch name, and 1 plant built it: Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway).^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1 era touch the 1940s across 1 line. Nothing changed inside the decade, so every Gretsch from these years is the same version on its line.

Year by year

Eras in the 1940s

Other brands in the 1940s

• Epiphone in the 1940s
• Gibson in the 1940s
• Harmony in the 1940s
• Ibanez in the 1940s
• Martin in the 1940s

Gretsch, year by year

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1. 1
   gretschguitars: support/historygraded primary

   • "in 1883… Friedrich Gretsch… founded his shop in Brooklyn"Gretsch in the 1940s: owners and plants
2. 2
   acousticmusic: guitar music research/guitar information/large shop guitar builders/gretschgraded secondary

   • "Manufacturing continued for 3 years at the 60 Broadway factory"Gretsch in the 1940s: owners and plants
3. 3
   guitarinsite: gretsch factoriesgraded community

   • 60 Broadway, Brooklyn (1916)Gretsch in the 1940s: owners and plants
4. 4
   craveguitars: brands gretsch six-string synopsisgraded community

   • in 1916, manufacturing and offices moved to larger premises, still in BrooklynGretsch in the 1940s: owners and plants

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