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  2. Gretsch - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of bass guitar manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar but with a longer neck and scale length and most usually four strings. This is a partial list of Wikipedia articles about companies (past and present) under which electric bass guitars have been sold.

  4. Gretsch White Falcon - Wikipedia

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    The Gretsch White Falcon is an electric hollow-body guitar introduced in 1954 by Gretsch. This guitar was created as a "showpiece" to exhibit the craft of Gretsch's luthiers, sales, and demonstration representative, Jimmie Webster, who created it for the 1954 NAMM Convention. The guitar was so popular that it was put into production and went on ...

  5. Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Gretsch 6120 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Gretsch BST 1000 - Wikipedia

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    The first of the two guitars was made with dual chrome colored covered humbuckers and a white pickguard. "Gretsch" is written in cursive-like font running horizontal across the headstock when looking at the guitar sitting on a stand. It also has a flat fretboard similar to a classical guitar. The second model is also called the 1500 "but is ...

  8. Ray Butts - Wikipedia

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    Most notably, Butts is the inventor of the EchoSonic, a guitar amplifier with a built-in tape echo, and the FilterTron, the first humbucker guitar pickup (used extensively on Gretsch guitars). He was active in other fields from studio equipment maintenance to sound engineering, and had intimate working relationships with people such as Sam ...

  9. Bass guitar - Wikipedia

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    Bass guitar strings are composed of a core and winding. The core is a wire which runs through the center of the string and is generally made of steel, nickel, or an alloy. [9] The winding is an additional wire wrapped around the core. Bass guitar strings vary by the material and cross-sectional shape of the winding.

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