A SEMI SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, DUO-JET RELIC

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FRED GRETSCH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, CORONA, CALIFORNIA, 2007
A SEMI SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, DUO-JET RELIC
The logo GRETSCH inlaid at the headstock, GRETSCH / Custom Shop / U.S.A. / Stephen Stern with a Gretsch 125th year anniversary plate on the reverse, labelled internally THE FRED GRETSCH / CUSTOM SHOP / Model No. G6128TDS / Serial No. UC07100307 / MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS SINCE 1883, fitted with a Bigsby tailpiece, together with an original Gretsch tweed hard-shell case, case key, truss rod adjustment key, black Ernie Ball strap, warranty and manufacturer's literature
Length of body 1715⁄16 in. (45.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This Duo-Jet Relic was acquired directly from Gretsch in 2007 as a spare for Jeff Beck's 1956 Gretsch Duo-Jet (lot 50). This relic-ed model was released in a limited edition of 75 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Gretsch.

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