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6050 Jet 21

A sort of custom-colored New Yorker, the Jet 21 was black and usually had unusual headstock engraving. They were only offered for a couple of years in the late 40s.

Two examples are in the Gretsch-GEAR database.

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1759

one owner that I bought from the daughter of a musician after his death.

1949

6050 Jet 21

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Picked this guitar up as a basket case from ebay in really bad shape,added new binding myself and adjusted it the best I could.For a 60 year old guitar she plays great and the action is pretty decent for an "oldie". Im going to have her professionally refinished and set up by the end of summer. UPDATE. O.K. ,So I was told that My guitar more then likely was a 1949.Since I cant find the penciled in Ser. # its hard to be sure.I WILL attempt once again to find ...

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