Guitar Story
Guitar Story
Model · Gretsch
A Gretsch electric, introduced 1954[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. Built on the Gretsch Brooklyn line.
Unveiled at the 1954 NAMM show per Guitar Player (S259, claim added); other pages read call 1954 a showpiece and give 1955-56 for production, not yet recorded as sources. 2026-10-15: Vintage Guitar says debuted July 1954 NAMM, shipped to dealers 1955 (S506); Blue Book mfg. 1955-1980 (S386); Wikipedia same split (S393). Unveiling 1954, first sales 1955; value left at 1954.
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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.
| Years | Owner | Parent | Plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–1967[6, 7, 8, 9] | Gretsch family / Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn | — | Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway) |
| 1967–1970[7, 10, 8, 9] | D.H. Baldwin & Co. | — | Gretsch Brooklyn (60 Broadway) |
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.
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