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Premier Guitar Tours Gretsch Custom Shop

Posted: February 22, 2012

Premier Guitar‘s Rebecca Dirks recently got the VIP tour of the Gretsch Custom Shop by builder Stephen Stern.

Stern took Dirks through many of the amazingly striking Gretsch pieces he and his team have built.

Check out the video below:

Tags: Gretsch Custom Shop, Rebecca Dirks, Stephen Stern
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Gretsch Rocks 4th Annual Lake Havasu Rockabilly Reunion Festival

Posted: February 21, 2012

Blues skies and temperatures in the low 70s provided a backdrop for over 16,000 people who attended the 4th Annual Lake Havasu Rockabilly Reunion Festival 2012 over the weekend.

Attendees were treated to a spectacular carnival midway, hundreds of hot rod cars on display, 70 gorgeous ladies competing for the title of “Miss Lake Havasu Rockabilly” and “Psychobilly,” and an onslaught of twanging Gretsch guitars that dominated the main performance stage. Once again, Gretsch was one of the main sponsors at this family friendly event located near the shore in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.

Featured bands rocking their Gretsch guitars were The Chop Tops, Moonlight Howlers, Cash’d Out, Danny Dean, The Deadbeat Daddies, The Octanes, and The Rhythm Dragons. Included in the vendor village was Gretsch with a fabulous display of guitars and Gretsch Girl Kim Falcon signing her new poster for attendees free of charge.

One of the grand prizes for the weekend drawing was a Gretsch Guitar pin-striped by hot rod graphic artist (and guitarist/frontman for The Psycho Devilles band) “Hot Rod Walt” Richards from Atlanta, Ga.

As reported by Joe Carducci

Tags: Cash'd Out, Danny Dean, Kim Falcon, Lake Havasu Rockabilly Reunion Festival, Moonlight Howlers, The Chop Tops, The Deadbeat Daddies, The Octanes, The Rhythm Dragons
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MusicRadar Reviews Gretsch Electromatic G5448T Double Jet

Posted: February 21, 2012

MusicRadar’s Ed Mitchell recently weighed in on the Gretsch Electromatic G5448T Double Jet.

“It’s gold, sparkly and still as cool as your granny’s mood when you wake her at 4am with AC/DC riffs,” writes Mitchell.

In a nutshell, Mitchell said the G5448T Double Jet offers “great build quality, playability and tone,” and that it’s “well worth the asking price.”

Read the full review at MusicRadar.com

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Green Day Back in the Studio (with Gretsch)

Posted: February 17, 2012

Green Day is back in the studio recording a new album, and have even shared a quick video update. With drummer Tre Cool already in the Gretsch family, it was a bonus to see frontman Billie Joe Armstrong rocking a Gretsch axe.

Since the vid flashes so quickly, we thought we’d better check with the Green Day camp on the exact model. According to Billie Joe’s guitar tech, Hans, it’s the singer’s “’56ish (Gretsch) Anniversary.”