Gretsch Players Edition & Reissue Edition Guitars

93
May 2016 Guitarist
review
9. The Anniversary
nameplate refers
to the 1958 75th
Anniversary of Gretsch
– the company was
founded in 1883 by
Friedrich Gretsch
10. A distinctly modern
feature of the Player’s
Edition guitars is
these rear-locking
tuners. Along with the
lubricated nut and
‘string thru’ Bigsbys,
they enable simpler
re-stringing
11. The brass Rocking
Bar bridge was an
early Gretsch design
that the modern
Gretsch company
believes is the best
choice for the vibrato
performance
12. Gretsch and Bigsby
go hand in hand:
the company is now
owned by Gretsch,
who purchased it from
Ted McCarty in 1999.
McCarty had bought
the company in 1966
after he left Gibson
13. While the Player’s
Edition guitars
feature these ‘arrow-
through-G’ logo’d
knobs, they dispense
with the similar style
strap buttons in favour
of modern Schaller
strap locks
14. On an unbound
fi ngerboard, like this
Anniversary, those
thumbnail inlays act
as both side and face
markers. Neat
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