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The history of the Gretsch 6130 Round-Up and 6121 – and how boozy lunches threatened quality control

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Paige Davidson / Well Strung Guitars The Gretsch 6130 Round-Up premiered in 1953, but ...
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The history of Gretsch electric guitars: how guitarist, demonstrator and designer Jimmie Webster’s innovations of the ’50s and ’60s shape That Great Gretsch Sound to this day

If the record-buying public had warmed to Jimmie Webster’s ‘Touch System’ two-handed tapping technique, then the Gretsch brand that we know today might never have existed. Webster was an accomplished ...