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NAMM 2014: Gretsch introduces 2014 acoustic models

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By Rob Power published 23 January 2014

A 12-string white acoustic Gretsch? Yes please...

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NAMM 2014: Gretsch introduces 2014 acoustic models

NAMM 2014: Gretsch introduces 2014 acoustic models

NAMM 2014: Gretsch has rolled out its 2014 Rancher models, and they're a pretty handsome bunch.

We're particularly enamoured with the G5022CWFE Rancher Falcon Jumbo 12-string, because, well, look at it.

Click through our gallery for full specs and pictures.

For more information visit the official Gretsch website.

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G5022CWFE Rancher Falcon Jumbo

G5022CWFE Rancher Falcon Jumbo

G5022CWFE Rancher Falcon Jumbo press release

The G5022CWFE Rancher Falcon Jumbo gives players full-on Gretsch Falcon style, sparkling gilded appointments and onboard electronics for peerless amplified tone. Its jumbo cutaway body is finished in gloss white with dazzling gold-sparkle binding on the top, back, sound hole, fingerboard and headstock.

Other premium features include a solid spruce top with scalloped “X” bracing and classic Rancher triangular sound hole, maple sides and arched back, mahogany neck, 21-fret rosewood fingerboard with Neo-Classic™ “thumbnail” inlays, “V”-shaped headstock with vertical winged “Gretsch” sparkle logo, compensated bridge with rosewood base, deluxe tuners, gold-plated hardware, and Fishman® electronics. Also available with 12 strings as the G5022CWFE-12 Rancher Falcon Jumbo model.

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G5031FT Rancher

G5031FT Rancher

G5031FT Rancher press release

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Other features include a bound solid spruce top with scalloped “X” bracing and the classic Rancher triangular sound hole (with binding), mahogany sides and bound arched back, mahogany neck, 16-fret rosewood fingerboard with Neo-Classic™ “thumbnail” inlays, volume control, compensated bridge saddle with rosewood base, deluxe tuners, and gold-plated hardware.

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G5034TFT Rancher

G5034TFT Rancher

G5034TFT Rancher press release

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Other premium features include an arched maple top and back with binding, maple sides, classic Rancher triangular sound hole with binding, mahogany neck, 16-fret rosewood fingerboard with Neo-Classic™ “thumbnail” inlays, volume control, “rocking bar” bridge with rosewood base, deluxe tuners, and gold-plated hardware.

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G5024E Rancher

G5024E Rancher

G5024E Rancher press release

Gretsch’s G5024E Rancher dreadnought is an eminently affordable model with a beautiful Sunburst gloss finish, fine construction and appointments, and onboard electronics for peerless amplified tone.

Premium features include a bound solid spruce top with scalloped “X” bracing and the classic Rancher triangular sound hole (with binding), mahogany sides and bound arched back, mahogany neck, 21-fret rosewood fingerboard with Neo-Classic™ “thumbnail” inlays, compensated bridge with rosewood base, deluxe tuners, gold-plated hardware, and Fishman® electronics.

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