 | Your online music instrument & pro audio store! (In-Stock) Introduced in 1961, this guitar was Gretschs first true solid-body instrument. That classic design is once again available in the Master Built By Steve Stern Custom CVT Electric Guitar, with an ultra-slim body, mahogany set-neck, dual TV Jones Power Tron pickups, Tun-a-Matic bridge, chrome-plated hardware, Bigsby tailpiece, and beautiful TV yellow finish.Representing the pinnacle of guitar craftsmanship, the U.S Gretsch Custom Shop in Corona, CA, presents a Limited Run of classic Gretsch guitars. Each is an exquisite, hand crafted instrument; built the way we once built them for early Gretsch enthusiasts such as Jimmie Webster and Mary Osbourne. Indeed, we infuse the same passion into each Gretsch U.S Custom Shop guitar as do the talented artists who play them.Stephen SternSenior Master BuilderAs one of the preeminent archtop builders at the Custom Shop, Stephen Stern has studied under two of the worlds greatest archtop luthiersJimmy DAquisto and Bob Benedetto. Stern got his start apprenticing at a high-end cabinet shop straight out of high school. Five years of that prepared him for his first job as a builder at Jackson/Charvel Guitars. Stern came to the Custom Shop in 1993, working with DAquisto on the latters namesake line of guitars until the great luthiers death in 1995.In the late 90s, millionaire collector Scott Chinery commissioned a number of custom archtop guitars by two dozen of the worlds finest living luthiers; Stern contributed a custom-built DAquisto Ultra. Chinerys Blue Guitar Collection is now housed in the Smithsonian Institution. Stern also built a handful of exquisite archtops in collaboration with the Walt Disney Co. to commemorate the anniversary of the animated classic Fantasia.A classic design that will satisfy any guitar aficionodoMaster built by one of Gretsch's finest buildersEquipped with the best componants including TV Jones Power Tron pickups and Bigsby tremolo | | SEE IT |