Model · Gretsch

Duo Jet

A Gretsch electric, introduced 1953^{[1, 2]}. Built on the Gretsch Brooklyn line.

Duo Jet solidbody, 1953 per Guitar Player (S259). Continued past L005.

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. No end year is on record, so the last row runs as far as the line does. 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
   Wikipedia: wiki/Gretschgraded community
2. 2
   guitarplayer: gretsch 140th anniversary double platinum collectiongraded secondary

   • Duo Jet appeared in 1953.Duo Jet, introduced 1953
3. 3
   gretschguitars: support/historygraded primary

   • "in 1883… Friedrich Gretsch… founded his shop in Brooklyn"Era: Gretsch Brooklyn, 1953–1967
4. 4
   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, 1953–1967
   • "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
5. 5
   guitarinsite: gretsch factoriesgraded community

   • 60 Broadway, Brooklyn (1916)Era: Gretsch Brooklyn, 1953–1967
6. 6
   craveguitars: brands gretsch six-string synopsisgraded community

   • in 1916, manufacturing and offices moved to larger premises, still in Brooklyn