Model · Gretsch

Anniversary 6124/6125

A Gretsch electric, introduced 1958^[1], made until 1972. Built on the Gretsch Brooklyn line.

Blue Book mfg. 1958-1972 (S386).

How it changed

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Who owned it and where it was built

The eras of the Gretsch Brooklyn line in the years this model was made. The model rides on its line: when the owner or the plant changed, it changed for this model too.

Sources

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1. 1
   Blue Book of Guitar Values: Gretsch electric models (page 1)graded secondary
2. 2
   gretschguitars: support/historygraded primary

   • "in 1883… Friedrich Gretsch… founded his shop in Brooklyn"Era: Gretsch Brooklyn, 1958–1967
3. 3
   acousticmusic: guitar music research/guitar information/large shop guitar builders/gretschgraded secondary

   • "Manufacturing continued for 3 years at the 60 Broadway factory"Era: Gretsch Brooklyn, 1958–1967
   • "In 1967, Fred Gretsch, Jr. sold the Gretsch Company to… D. H. Baldwin"Era: Gretsch Brooklyn, 1967–1970
   • "merged Gretsch with Kustom in November 1979… Baldwin went bankrupt in 1983"Era: Gretsch Brooklyn, 1967–1970
4. 4
   guitarinsite: gretsch factoriesgraded community

   • 60 Broadway, Brooklyn (1916)Era: Gretsch Brooklyn, 1958–1967
5. 5
   craveguitars: brands gretsch six-string synopsisgraded community

   • in 1916, manufacturing and offices moved to larger premises, still in BrooklynEra: Gretsch Brooklyn, 1958–1967
6. 6
   GretschTech: The Baldwin Eragraded primary