Owned by

Tartan Phantom

Body style

Single Cutaway Hollowbody

Color(s)

Sunburst

Fretboard

Rosewood with Dot inlays

Nut

Bone

Pickups

Piezo-Electric (bridge)

Tuners

Grover StaTite

Bridge

Wood compensated

Tailpiece

None

Modifications

No major modifications-- custom-made armrest added.

Unusual factory features

Fretboard markers are actually Bacon & Day-style "snowflake markers". Bridge is ebony with built-in Fishman M-300 pickup system. Tailpiece is a traditional Gibson-style two-piece mandolin tailpiece with "Gretsch" engraved on the cover.

Added to Gretsch-GEAR

5 years ago Last modified 2018-08-19 13:52:00

This mandolin was a surprise Christmas gift from my father-in-law. Apparently he conspired with my wife (his daughter) to get it for me for Christmas, 2014. Needless to say, I was pretty floored by such a gift! Also, even though the photo looks like a "stock photo", it is indeed the actual instrument. The Park Avenue model is largely based on the original Gibson F-4 mandolin design, but the "light bulb" headstock shape is pure Gretsch.