NAMM 2014: Gretsch Custom Shop celebrates 10th anniversary with new models
Handbuilt by Stephen Stern and his team

NAMM 2014: Gretsch Custom Shop celebrates 10th anniversary with new models
NAMM 2014: This year's show in Anaheim sees the Gretsch Custom Shop celebrate its 10th anniversary with a series of jaw-dropping new guitars handbuilt by Master Builder Stephen Stern and his team.
A mixture of new models, reissues and 'Historical' recreations of actual vintage instruments that feature in Bacon & Day's Gretsch Book, the whole range is a sight for sore eyes and then some.
Here, we kick off with the 10th Anniversary Custom Shop Duo Jet. Click onwards for more!
Specifications
- Maple Top with White Pearl Motto – finished in trans red
- White Pearl binding
- Dynasonic pickups
- Synchro-Sonic bridge
- Script logo
- ’55-style body chambering
- ‘Cadillac’ tailpiece

Custom '53 G6192 Electro II
- Aged Amber Relic finish
- Curly maple top, back, sides and neck
- Dynasonic pickups
- Synchro-Sonic bridge

Custom '54 Roundup
- Trans Red/Brown Relic finish
- Knotty Pine top
- Dynasonic pickups
- Western ‘Belt Buckle’ tailpiece

Custom '55 Duo Jet - Historical
- Relic’d finish
- Dynasonic pickups
- Synchro-Sonic bridge

Custom '55 Silver Jet - Historical
- Relic’d finish
- Dynasonic pickups
- Synchro-Sonic bridge

Matching Pair - Custom Ice Blue Penguin and Falcon
- Ice Blue NOS finish
- Blue Sparkle binding
- TV Jones Classic pickups
- Space-Control bridge
Chris Vinnicombe worked with us here on the MusicRadar team from the site's initial launch way back in 2007, and also contributed to Guitarist magazine as Features Editor until 2014, as well as Total Guitar magazine, amongst others. These days he can be found at Gibson Guitars, where he is editor-in-chief.

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