Just after Christmas I posted that the Gretsch guitar company was flagging they’d soon be releasing a very special, exact recreation of the guitar George Harrison owned back in the early Liverpool Cavern days of the Beatles – the Ole Black Gretsch.
Its time for an update because Gretsch have announced that a faithful, limited edition replica is now for sale – for a cool US$20,000……
The guitar is a Gretsch Duo Jet that George purchased back in 1961 for £90.00:
Gretsch guitars in the United States has measured every dimension, every detail right down to the scratches and dings and even the rust on the metal of the pick-ups so that each of the limited edition of just sixty guitars is accurate in every respect.
There’s much more information and background at: http://www.gretschguitars.com/features/georgeharrison
I can’t play the guitar, but George Harrison threatened to sue me once. It’s my claim to Beatle fame.
John
Leamington Spa, England
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Thanks for that funny story John. You can read it here. It’s a classic. You really should have answered that first phone call. That way at least you could have had a conversation with George himself. Oh well…
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