The Gretsch Company, one of the world's most well-known drum and guitar manufacturers, will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2008. This video is a brief documentary covering the first 120 years of the Gretsch Musical Instrument Company founded in 1883 and That Great Gretsch Sound! Gretsch/BO DIDDLEY timeline - 1959: Gretsch builds BO DIDDLEY his futuristic Jupiter Thunderbird guitar, 1999: BO DIDDLEY signature rectangular guitar re-introduced, 2006: Gretsch teams up with BO DIDDLEY and ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons to design the "Billy-Bo" Jupiter Thunderbird guitar. More information about The Gretsch Company's 125th Anniversary
celebrations can be found at http://www.gretsch125th.com/ and
http://www.myspace.com/gretsch125th (Date/location: 2007, Savannah, GA):
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