1955 Serial Numbers

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Serial Model Body Neck Pickups Bridge/Tailpiece Notes
12335 Traditional Sunburst Single Cutaway Hollowbody Humped Block inlays, Bone nut None Rosewood with rosewood adjustable saddle/G-Cutout
130XX Jet BlackWalnut Single Cutaway Solidbody Neo-Classic/Thumbnail inlays, Bone nut and zero fret Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
13134 Mahogany Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Melita/"Belt Buckle" Western Style
13282 Cadillac Green Single Cutaway Hollowbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
13637 Blonde Hollowbody (no cutaway) Dot inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic/None Rosewood with rosewood adjustable saddle/Gretsch trapeze
13770 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Bar/Bigsby B-6

This was the first production model with the number 6120. The Streamliner used for a prototype did not have a Bigsby on it. Chet Atkins requested that his model had a Bigsby. That was the only change from the 6190-SP prototype Gretsch made.
139XX Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, unknown nut None Melita/"Belt Buckle" Western Style
13997 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic None/Bigsby B-6

G brand and a replaced neck from about 1959..

15015 Jet BlackMahogany Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
15448 Jaguar Tan Single Cutaway Hollowbody Block inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
15514 Cadillac Green Single Cutaway Hollowbody Humped Block inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
15544 Bamboo YellowCopper Mist Single Cutaway Hollowbody Humped Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
15577 Jet BlackMahogany Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
15817 Traditional Sunburst Hollowbody (no cutaway) Humped Block inlays, Bone nut None Rosewood with rosewood adjustable saddle/G-Cutout
158XX Bamboo YellowCopper Mist Single Cutaway Hollowbody Humped Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic/None Wood compensated/G-Cutout
158XX Lotus IvoryCopper Mist Single Cutaway Hollowbody Humped Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic/None Wood compensated/G-Cutout
15921 Traditional Sunburst Single Cutaway Hollowbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic None/G-Cutout

Reneck or new thumb fingerboard.
16042 Traditional Sunburst Single Cutaway Hollowbody Block inlays, unknown nut None None/None
16364 Silver Sparkle Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Tune-O-Matic/G-Cutout
16389 Silver SparkleMahogany Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
16402 Silver Sparkle Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
16404 Jet BlackMahogany Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Synchrosonic (Melita reissue)/G-Cutout
164XX Jet BlackMahogany Single Cutaway Solidbody Neo-Classic/Thumbnail inlays, Delrin nut and zero fret Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
16421 Jet BlackMahogany Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
16439 Jet BlackMahogany Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
164XX Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Solidbody Cow and cactus inlays, Brass nut Dynasonic Compensated Bigsby/Bigsby B-3
16514 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Delrin nut Dynasonic Bar/Bigsby B-6 (breakaway arm)
16541 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic None/"Belt Buckle" Western Style

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16622 Silver SparkleMahogany Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
16624 Jet BlackWalnut Single Cutaway Solidbody Neo-Classic/Thumbnail inlays, unknown nut and zero fret Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
16726 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Melita/"Belt Buckle" Western Style

all info input by tartanphantom at owner's request.
16736 Sunset/Western OrangeMahogany Single Cutaway Solidbody Humped Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Melita/"Belt Buckle" Western Style
16928 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic None/Bigsby B-6

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16942 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Compensated Bigsby/Bigsby B-6

Eddie Cochran's guitar.
16944 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic None/Bigsby B-6

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16948 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic Melita/Bigsby B-6

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169xx Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Brass nut Dynasonic Compensated Bigsby/Bigsby B-6
17190 Jet BlackMahogany Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
1735X Jet Black Single Cutaway Solidbody Cow and cactus inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic Compensated Bigsby/Bigsby B-3
17362 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, unknown nut None None/None
17371 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic Compensated Bigsby/Bigsby B-6

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17652 Traditional Sunburst Single Cutaway Hollowbody Humped Block inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout

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17901 Silver SparkleMahogany Single Cutaway Hollowbody Block inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic Melita/Bigsby B-12
18072 Firebird RedJet Black Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
18122 Jet BlackMahogany Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, unknown nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
18139 Candy Apple RedJet Black Single Cutaway Solidbody Block inlays, Delrin nut Dynasonic Melita/G-Cutout
182XX Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Brass nut Dynasonic Compensated Bigsby/Bigsby B-6
18268 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Brass nut Dynasonic Compensated Bigsby/Bigsby B-6
18289 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Bar/Bigsby B-6

G branded with Steers head.

18500 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Compensated Bigsby/Bigsby B-6

G brand, No inlays on last three markers.
18513 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic Compensated Bigsby/Bigsby B-6

G brand and custom inlay on back of Flower Pot, Wayne Stoops name is inside.
18527 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic None/Bigsby B-6
18530 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic None/Bigsby B-6

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18580 Sunset/Western Orange Single Cutaway Hollowbody Cow and cactus inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic None/Bigsby B-6
18810 Traditional Sunburst Hollowbody (no cutaway) Dot inlays, Bone nut Dynasonic/None None/Gretsch trapeze
x48142 Jet Black None inlays, Bone nut None/DiMarzio or generic humbucker Bar/None