Gretsch Booneville AR

Name: Gretsch Booneville AR
Address: Booneville, AR, USA

Booneville, AR, USA^{no source}. Built for 1 brand on record.

Plant fire Jan 1973. Hagner Musical Instruments ran it c.Apr 1973-1978 for Baldwin

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Where it is

The point marks Booneville, AR, USA at city level. It shows the town, not the factory gate. Recorded place^{no source}.

Brands built here

Every headstock this plant has built for, on record. A contract plant can sit behind several brands at once.

Brand	Lines	Years
Gretsch	Gretsch Baldwin Arkansas	1970–1981^{[1, 2]}

Who ran the plant

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Years	Operator	Source
1970–1973	D.H. Baldwin & Co.	secondary^[2]
1973–1978	Hagner Musical Instruments	secondary^{[3, 4]}
1978–1981	D.H. Baldwin & Co.	secondary^{[1, 2]}

Production record

Years	Brand	Line	Role	Source
1970–1981	Gretsch	Gretsch Baldwin Arkansas	full build	secondary^{[1, 2]}

Owners while this plant was building

The plant stays the same across these rows; the company behind the name does not.

Years	Line	Owner	Parent
1970–1981^{[4, 5, 1, 2]}	Gretsch Baldwin Arkansas	D.H. Baldwin & Co.	—

Where its materials come from

No supply records for this plant yet.

Sources

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chicagomusicexchange: blogs/news/the evolution of the gretsch soundgraded community
- "moved to Booneville, Arkansas in 1970"Gretsch built here
2
jedistar: gretsch 2/ampgraded secondary
- "Production continued in Arkansas until 1981"Gretsch built here
3
bluebookofguitarvalues: acoustic guitars/manufacturers/gretschgraded secondary
- "Bill Hagner formed the Hagner Musical Instruments company"Hagner Musical Instruments ran it, 1973–1978
4
acousticmusic: guitar music research/guitar information/large shop guitar builders/gretschgraded secondary
- "Baldwin re-acquired control… in 1978"Hagner Musical Instruments ran it, 1973–1978
- "In 1967, Fred Gretsch, Jr. sold the Gretsch Company to… D. H. Baldwin"Era: Gretsch Baldwin Arkansas, 1970–1981
- "merged Gretsch with Kustom in November 1979… Baldwin went bankrupt in 1983"Era: Gretsch Baldwin Arkansas, 1970–1981
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GretschTech: The Baldwin Eragraded primary
- The sale was completed on July 31, 1967.Era: Gretsch Baldwin Arkansas, 1970–1981
- parent company Baldwin United declared bankruptcy in late 1983.