Guitar Story
Guitar Story
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Gretsch Guitars (official blog). Graded primary. Open the original.
Official company blog (primary as company history, but a 2013 retelling). It dates the buyback to January 1985 whereas gretschguitars.com/support/history (S034) says 1984. Month of 2013 post per URL only. Archived 2026-10-15 via Directus URL import (llm:claude-opus-5-5). Excerpts verified verbatim against the live page 2026-10-15: C359, C360, C361, C362.
3 facts on this site cite this source, across Gretsch. A quoted passage is the text the fact relies on.
| Fact | Years | Records | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.H. Baldwin & Co. owns Gretsch[1] | 1967–1984 | Gretsch, D.H. Baldwin & Co. | The sale was completed on July 31, 1967. … parent company Baldwin United declared bankruptcy in late 1983. |
| Baldwin Piano & Organ Co. (Richard Harrison) owns Gretsch[1] | 1984–1984 | Gretsch, Baldwin Piano & Organ Co. (Richard Harrison) | As of summer 1984, Baldwin CEO Dick Harrison owned Gretsch. |
| Fred Gretsch Enterprises, Ltd. (Fred W. and Dinah Gretsch) owns Gretsch[1] | 1985–now | Gretsch, Fred Gretsch Enterprises, Ltd. (Fred W. and Dinah Gretsch) | He bought Gretsch from Harrison in January 1985. |
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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