Legendary guitar slinger Brian Setzer has successfully revived not one – but two – all-but-forgotten music genres: rockabilly and swing. No small feat. As a teenager in the 1970s, Setzer discovered Gretsch’s first rock star, Eddie Cochran, and became...
From the outside, the renovated Gretsch Building, now the home of luxury condos in the chic, trendy Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, looks like it could be a factory, an office building, or even a hospital. And considering how today’s generation of Gretsch guitars and...
At the 2015 NAMM Show, the first major industry event of the year, the throngs of eager music-gear-minded in attendance each day were treated to an exciting array of new and unique products to see, hear, and test out. We’ve captured some (because we...
From January 23 to 26 the music-products industry gathered at the Anaheim, California convention center for the annual winter NAMM trade show. It’s the largest display of instruments and related items in America, and it draws thousands of attendees each year. As...
An Excerpt From The Savannah Morning News: Gretsch: 130 years and four generations of strummin’ and drummin’ By Adam Van Brimmer The small forest of guitars is tucked into what Fred W. Gretsch calls his “studio.” To anybody who can play even a few chords,...