Description
What makes this guitar special: A fabulous player's grade Country Club with that well-played, true vintage look. The guitar is a bit of an anomaly, as the body appears to be from the mid to late '50s, but the neck is late '60s/early '70s. It was difficult to read the serial number due to the refin, but the neck date looks like 1971. However, the body features are from a much earlier period, so we deduced that the neck is probably a replacement. The refinish is not terribly good, but does appear to have been done quite some time ago. In fact, this guitar would be a great candidate to have the existing finish stripped & professionally redone. Regardless, it's a wonderful playing guitar with a warm, rich tone that needs a good home.
Cosmetic Condition: Lots of play wear - various nicks, chips, dents & dings; surface scratches, finish wear & some cracks in the binding. There's finish chipping along the center seam on the back of the neck & discoloration / scuff marks throughout the finish. The guitar has kind of a "beater" look to it, but a cool vibe nonetheless.
Neck: Nicely rounded maple neck with 3-ply binding & red side-dots. Ebony fingerboard with mother of pearl "thumbnail" inlays. Original frets show some wear, but still have play in them. 3-ply bound headstock with original Grover Imperial tuners. 1 11/16" nut width with zero fret; 25 1/2" scale length. Neck is straight & truss rod is functioning.
Body: Single-cutaway, hollow maple body with bound F-holes. "G" cutout tailpiece with Space Control bridge. Gold plexi pickguard with Gretsch logo. 17" lower bout; 2 1/2" depth. Guitar weighs 8 lbs 0.3 oz.
Pickups: Original DynaSonic single coils with 4-ply risers. The pickups sound great, but the wiring & knob controls are a bit funky, meaning they don't function like normal & the guitar could probably use a good re-wiring, but everything is working.
Case: Vintage '50s tweed hardshell case - pretty rough shape, but still serves its purpose well.
