Gretsch Players Edition & Reissue Edition Guitars

89
May 2016 Guitarist
review
1 & 3. Chet Atkins never
liked the cattle and
cactus inlays of his
original signature
guitar. They had both
been removed by
the late 50s
2. The DeArmond-made
DynaSonic single coils
were replaced in 1958
with humbucking
Filter’Trons. Guild
started fi tting
them to its electric
hollowbodies soon
afterwards
4. One of the many
subtle concessions to
the modern age, this
Bigsby bridge would
have originally been
intonated for a wound
third string
5. Gretsch loved its
cartoon sketches. This
Falcon graces the thick
plastic pickguard,
back-sprayed with
gold paint
6. With its proprietary
knurled metal knobs
and strap buttons,
original Gretsch
guitars had plenty
of unique features.
Yamaha recently, er,
borrowed the design
for its Revstar guitars
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