The Gretsch® Story “That Great Gretsch Sound” first started taking shape more than 120 years ago. It all began in 1883 in Brooklyn, N.Y., when 27-year-old German immigrant Friedrich Gretsch founded a small musical instrument shop to make banjos, drums and tambourines. After Gretsch’s untimely death in 1895, leadership of the fledgling company fell to […]
Gretsch Guitars History
The Gretsch® Story “That Great Gretsch Sound” first started taking shape more than 120 years ago. It all began in 1883 in Brooklyn, N.Y., when 27-year-old German immigrant Friedrich Gretsch founded a small musical instrument shop to make banjos, drums and tambourines. After Gretsch’s untimely death in 1895, leadership of the fledgling company fell to […]