Guitars weren’t the only stringed instruments Gretsch made. Over the years, they’ve made quite a few banjos, resonators, ukeleles and lap steels.
Guitars weren’t the only stringed instruments Gretsch made. Over the years, they’ve made quite a few banjos, resonators, ukeleles and lap steels.
Guitars weren’t the only stringed instruments Gretsch made. Over the years, they’ve made quite a few banjos, resonators, ukeleles and lap steels.
The Gretsch-GEAR database includes 20 different models
and 17 examples
in the Other stringed instruments family, including
Concert Deluxe Ukulele, Concert Standard Ukulele, Electromatic Student lap steel, Guitar-Ukulele, Jet Mainliner Lap Steel, Lap Steel, New Yorker Deluxe Mandolin, New Yorker Standard Mandolin, New Yorker Supreme A/E Mandolin, New Yorker Supreme Mandolin, NYC Camp Ukulele, Park Avenue F Mandolin A/E, Resonator-Ukulele, Soprano Standard Ukulele, Tenor A.C.E. Ukulele, Tenor Deluxe Ukulele
and
Tenor Standard Ukulele
models.
Guitar models in the Other stringed instruments group
This Synchromatic-line lap steel featured a sunburst finish, one Gretsch single coil pickup and a Synchromatic headstock logo. It was replaced by the model 5700 Electromatic lap steel.
This Synchromatic-line lap steel was offered in a Black Sparkle finish and featured one Gretsch single coil pickup. It was replaced by the Electromatic model 5715
Sunburst finish, one Gretsch single coil pickup, Electromatic headstock logo, identical to Synchromatic model 1700 except for headstock logo, replaced by model 5700
Originally, the 6147 was part of the mid-50s line of lap steels. In 1999 the model was revived as part of the short-lived Historic series -- and the only Historic with a 61xx model number. In this incarnation, the Jet Mainliner lap steel came with a sunburst finish, a Dynasonic ...
This Valco-made lap steel was offered in the late '40s and very early '50s. Interestingly, it used a model number normally associated with the 6150 Compact amp. Which was, coincidentally, also Valco-made.
Part of the Gretsch Roots Collection, introduced in 2013; 4-string ukulele; 8" round maple body & top; nato neck; dot fretboard inlays; nato fretboard, bridge & nut; friction tuners; nickel hardware; 13.5" scale; semi-gloss blue sunburst finish.
