Gretsch celebrates 125 years of "That Great Gretsch Sound!"
Gretsch, the iconic musical instrument company that has been at the forefront of popular music since 1883, yesterday (Monday January 14th 2008) officially announced the 125th anniversary of "That Great Gretsch Sound!"
Gretsch was founded by Friedrich Gretsch in 1883 in Brooklyn, NY and is currently being helmed by Fred W. Gretsch. Over the past 125 years, Gretsch has created legendary and unmistakeable guitars for some of the world's most well-known and groundbreaking artists, including BO DIDDLEY, Chet Atkins, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, U2 and ZZ Top.
Over the past decade, Gretsch Guitars have produced a number of iconic BO DIDDLEY Artist Signature Models: the Gretsch G5810 Bo Diddley, the G5850 Mini Diddley, the G6138 Bo Diddley, the G6199 "Billy-Bo" Jupiter Thunderbird and the G6199B "Billy-Bo" Jupiter Thunderbird Bass.
In celebration of this 125th anniversary milestone, Gretsch Guitars have created a great new "Show Us Your Gretsch!" on-line photo gallery, located at http://www.gretschguitars.com/fangallery/main.php
If you have a photo of yourself or a family member with a Gretsch guitar and in particular one of the above BO DIDDLEY Artist Signature Model guitars, simply e-mail it to fangallery@gretschguitars.com along with your name, location and a blurb with anything you'd like to say about yourself and your beloved Gretsch guitar(s).
