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I'm sure there won't be any "steals", but as my Grandmother used to say "thats an shitload of guitars"!
Bid in Property From The Gretsch Family Archives Auction on Mar 27, 2021 by Julien'''s Auctions in CA
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03-25-2021 03:39 PM
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A much wider range of styles of instruments than I was expecting.
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A lot of prototypes, half builts, molds. Cool stuff.
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Maybe no steals, but there are some steels - Search "sho-bud"
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I bet a couple weeks ago on one item at 18 inch Heritage Built synchromstic
with a serial number starting with 92, part of what I think of as the Golden era
Label signed by the founders: like my American Eagle and D’Angelico replicas
i’ll add some pics when it’s in hand
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Originally Posted by Crm114
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Yes, there went my Stim Check
It’s got the dimensions of a super Eagle: 42 1/2 long x 18 wide by 3 1/8 inch deep
heres a screen shot
Originally Posted by DMgolf66
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i was looking at that one, and the other synchromatic with the filtertron. i didn't need that one but i was curious about the heritage business. then my brother needed to fix his car and it cost me approximately one stimulus to help him out, so nothing for me. not that i needed one. already have a cool 90s g400. so welcome to the club.
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it’s good you were able to help
God never misses seeing what you do
Good man !!!
Originally Posted by feet
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i do appreciate that keep us posted on your new guitar. it's a rarity, so it's nice to see it made it's way here. it being heritage made, it's supposed to be unusually good. enjoy it!
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It is a Super Eagle, wearing a few bits of Gertsch clothing.
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It is interesting to note that a few of these guitars in this auction came from Randy Bachman's ( of Bachman Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who fame ) old collection.
When Fred Gretsch re-acquired the Gretsch Guitar brand name in the 1980's, he approached Bachman to use some of Bachman's Gretsch guitars as templates for new production Gretschs. Apparently, a lot of the original template guitars had been destroyed in a fire. Bachman had amassed hundreds of Gretsch guitars, and kindly loaned out many of his guitars to Fred Gretsch, and in return received prototype #1 for each model.
Fast-forward years later, and Bachman sold his collection back to Gretsch. At the time of the sale, Bachman's Gretsch collection had skyrocketed to over 380 guitars.
Back to this current auction, there's a hefty 28% buyer's premium, and the auction house has not provided any meaningful information regarding the condition of each guitar. There's also only 1 photo of each guitar, and very few of the guitars come with a case. It's like an eBay listing from hell.
Sone interesting guitars...
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Originally Posted by redcap
Some interesting insight into this whole sale.
Yep, its located in Beverly Hills so im not surprised by the high "Buyers Premium". I put a few bids in today, but got whooped.
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These comments are accurate. It's a pig in a poke. (If you're not a hillbilly, you'll have to look that up. But if you need to look it up, you've got no business around Gretsches!)
I did pick one up yesterday also. I was able to review some other pics prior to bidding. This one came with a TKL case.
It needs a bath. The binding needs scraping in areas. And it should be buffed out. The neck is straight. There is no fret wear.
I'll check it out when it arrives. The electronics work, but if it has a thicker top, I may put a single mounted pickup in it.
Fortunately there are a few people in Kalamazoo that know their way around a Heritage.
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Originally Posted by Marty Grass
Was it a 2-day auction?
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Yup
two day auction
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Yup
two day auction
there were over 900 items
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Originally Posted by DMgolf66
These guitars are not for every player. I get that. But they have a great acoustic and amplified sound.
In my view these were a fair deal. The White Falcons were going for double often at this auction.
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I picked up one of the Heritage built Synchromatics, too. I will update you when it arrives. It looks like a 17 " with a floater.
Ted
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Originally Posted by Easy2grasp
It's a beautiful instrument. The wood is amazing.
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Originally Posted by redcap
The auctioneers, especially one of them, drew out bids effectively. He had a personality and taunted bidders in a friendly way. It seemed to work.
My perspective is that putting on a professional auction is difficult with a lot of moving parts in the months preparing for it. If they do a good job, it is unlikely that the buyer will get a great discount, although it does happen sometimes. The auction overhead is high enough that getting a fair price is not a bad outcome. If you want to do better, you need to decide your bids before the auction and have a disinterested person place them, like your spouse for example. You also need to know the overhead. In this case there was a 28% auction fee, a 2% credit card fee and shipping.
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Here are the differences I noticed.
The model numbers are different. G410 is the Heritage model. Yours is a GGP415M. (M is for natural.)
The f holes are a different design.
The neck binding is thinner than I've seen on any Heritage.
There are no nibs on yours.
The neck has a tongue on yours. I haven't seen a tongue on any Heritage yet.
The natural finish on yours is darker than the Heritage Gretsches.
The pickguard is turquoise, not wood.
The middle stripe in the neck is black, not reddish mahogany.
The strap lock is on the upper bout. Heritage didn't do that on the others.
Yours looks like a 17". To my knowledge Heritage only made the "Eldorado" Gretsch (18").
The pickup on yours isn't a Heritage.
All that being said, the auction did state that Heritage built it. Presumably there is a label attesting to that. And Heritage was a custom shop back then, and if Gretsch asked for those features that are on your guitar, Heritage would comply. Regardless, yours is a drop dead gorgeous guitar, and I'm very serious about that. It reminds me of the guitars Aaron Cowles built. It has the same natural shading, smaller f holes, cutaway style, the maple figuring he personally loved. The pickup looks like a Johnny Smith, which would be hotter than the Heritages.
I bid on your guitar early on. Yours was the last of the ones I was interested in. I was tapped out at item 793. Yours was 828. I may have given you a little competition if money grew on trees!
I'm very curious about the label.
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[QUOTE=Marty Grass;1109605]It's actually slightly less. These are NOS instruments built by people I know with great care. They have never been in shops or sold. They are 18" bodies. I suspect they were tap tuned, as Heritage did for the D'Angelicos they built. The bodies actually are the same as the Heritage Johnny Smith 18", of which only two were made. I've added two videos demonstrating their potential.
These guitars are not for every player. I get that. But they have a great acoustic and amplified sound.
In my view these were a fair deal. The White Falcons were going for double often at this auction.
I should add that this was a charity auction too.
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