Women of “That Great Gretsch Sound.” Generation 2: Charlotte
Gretsch’s First Lady during the decades of great growth. Charlotte Gretsch was at her husband, Fred Sr.’s, side to help build the Gretsch Company into the nation’s largest musical instrument manufacturer in 1920. Charlotte Sommer was born on December 16, 1880 in New...
Six Degrees of Separation–Gretsch Style!
Question: What does a nearly century-old guitar have to do with a college in the Chicago area, a country music artist from New York, and a classic building in Williamsburg? Answer: More than you might think. In a classic example of “six degrees of separation,” a Rex...
The Birthplace of Jets, Falcons, Round Badges, and “That Great Gretsch Sound”
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...
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