Gretsch guitars in the 1960s

Through the 1960s, Gretsch family / Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn and D.H. Baldwin & Co. controlled the Gretsch name, and 1 plant built it: Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

2 eras touch the 1960s across 1 line. The version changed in 1967. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Gretsch.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
1960	Gretsch family / Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1961	Gretsch family / Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1962	Gretsch family / Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1963	Gretsch family / Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1964	Gretsch family / Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1965	Gretsch family / Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1966	Gretsch family / Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1967	D.H. Baldwin & Co.	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)^{[2, 5, 3, 4]}	yes
1968	D.H. Baldwin & Co.	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)^{[2, 5, 3, 4]}
1969	D.H. Baldwin & Co.	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)^{[2, 5, 3, 4]}

Eras in the 1960s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
Gretsch Brooklyn	1916–1967	Gretsch family / Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)	secondary^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
Gretsch Brooklyn	1967–1970	D.H. Baldwin & Co.	Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway)	secondary^{[2, 5, 3, 4]}

Other brands in the 1960s

Gretsch, year by year

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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
gretschguitars: support/historygraded primary
- "in 1883… Friedrich Gretsch… founded his shop in Brooklyn"Gretsch in the 1960s: owners and plants
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 1960s: owners and plants
- "In 1967, Fred Gretsch, Jr. sold the Gretsch Company to… D. H. Baldwin"Gretsch in the 1960s: owners and plants
- "merged Gretsch with Kustom in November 1979… Baldwin went bankrupt in 1983"Gretsch in the 1960s: owners and plants
3
guitarinsite: gretsch factoriesgraded community
- 60 Broadway, Brooklyn (1916)Gretsch in the 1960s: owners and plants
4
craveguitars: brands gretsch six-string synopsisgraded community
- in 1916, manufacturing and offices moved to larger premises, still in BrooklynGretsch in the 1960s: owners and plants
5
GretschTech: The Baldwin Eragraded primary
- The sale was completed on July 31, 1967.Gretsch in the 1960s: owners and plants
- parent company Baldwin United declared bankruptcy in late 1983.Gretsch in the 1960s: owners and plants

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