I bought this a while back. I love this guitar!! I can't find anything similar online. It's obviously an electromatic model Duo Jet of some sort. It has a carved top with cream binding. Any one have any idea what year (or time period)/model this could possibly be? I know the pickups and sperzel locking tuners tuners are not stock. Thanks guys!!!
Looks like a pre-FMIC Syncromatic to me. Somewhere between 99-03 maybe?
I was having problems seeing the images on my iPhone last night.
It's pretty sure it's a pre-FMIC Jet. I think once Fender took over they started putting the actual Gretsch name on the headstock as opposed to Electromatic.
Does this thing have a set or bolt-on neck?
it is a set neck. thanks for taking a second look. I'm just interested in figuring it our so i can search for more of them, it's a great players guitar. I have a set of HS Filtertrons i'm working on installing and its going to flat out rock after that!
If I were to make a guess, it's probably a 2003 G1511. That's when the Synchromatics and Electromatics were merged into a single line simply called electromatics.
I think the main differences between the two were country of origin.
I'm not quite the expert that some others on here are, so someone may prove me wrong...
The only difference between the pre-Fender budget Synchromatics and the budget Electromatics was the decal on the headstock. They were all made in Korea.
Why? I don't know.
You know one of the reasons I didn't buy one of those back then was because it didn't say Gretsch on the headstock.
I had my eye on an Electromatic Bo Diddley for a long time, but never pulled the trigger until after FMIC started actually putting the Gretsch name on the headstock.
I think they were trying to keep the Gretsch name synonymous with high-end guitars or something.
In my eyes it was a brilliant marketing move to put the Gretsch moniker on a budget line while clearly delineating it with the Electromatic name.
This may seem kinda snotty, but I don't want to play an Electromatic Pro-Jet by Gretsch, but I will play a Gretsch Electromatic Pro-Jet.
Semantics? Yes. But that Gretsch logo looks 100% cooler on the headstock than the Electromatic/Synchromatic does.
