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Butts' design became the Gretsch Filter'Tron and was used on Gretsch guitars beginning in 1957, and is highly regarded for its unique sound properties. The popularity of Gretsch guitars soared in the mid-1960s because of its association with Beatles guitarist George Harrison, who played Gretsch guitars beginning in the band's early years.
The Filter'Tron (often written as Filtertron) is an early model of the humbucker guitar pickup invented by Ray Butts in the 1950s. [1] [note 1] Butts built the prototype Filter'Tron in 1954 for guitarist Chet Atkins and it was manufactured by Gretsch and installed in almost all of the brand's guitars beginning in 1957.
As the company's new high-end guitar, Gretsch marketed it as "the finest guitar we know how to make – and what a beauty!" [citation needed] The White Falcon originally cost $600 (equivalent to $7,043 in 2024); [2] this price was second only to the $690 price of Gibson's Super 400CESN. [3] Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Gretsch tweaked the ...
The Gretsch 6120 is a hollow body electric guitar with f-holes, manufactured by Gretsch and first appearing in the mid-1950s with the endorsement of Chet Atkins. It was quickly adopted by rockabilly artists Eddie Cochran , Duane Eddy , and later by Eric Clapton , Brian Setzer , Reverend Horton Heat , and many others.
This category is dedicated to electric guitar models produced by Gretsch. Pages in category "Gretsch electric guitars" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Gretsch G6199 "Billy-Bo" Jupiter is a reproduction of a guitar designed by Bo Diddley (1928–2008) in 1959 and produced by a former Gretsch employee. Diddley built his first guitar in 1945, it was trapezoid shaped since Diddley felt that the regular shaped Gibson L5 he was playing were hindering his live performances.
The Gretsch G6131, popularly known as the Gretsch Jet Firebird, is an electric guitar made by Gretsch. The most popular use of this guitar is by late AC/DC rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young and Crowded House lead singer and Split Enz co-frontman Neil Finn .
Westfield Guitars is a UK based guitar brand, owned by string manufacturer RotoSound. Previously owned by Scotland based P&R Howard Music Ltd. from its inception until their closure in 2013, it produced and sold electric, acoustic, classical and bass guitars, primarily copies of popular Fender and Gibson models. Revived in 2022 by RotoSound ...