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.