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GRETSCH MODEL 50

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No. of Strings

6

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Body Type

Hollow

frets

No. of Frets

20

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GRETSCH MODEL 50 Description

- carved spruce top, arched maple or avoidire back, figured maple sides, two f-holes, triple-bound top and single boudn back, three-piece maple neck, 14/20-fret bound ebony or rosewood pointed end fingerboard with pearloid diamond inlays, black plastic veneer peghead with pearl scroll inlay and vertical lines, three-per-side nickel tuners with tortoiseshell or white buttons, adj. maple bridge, trapeze tailpiece, raised triple-bound bakelite black pickguard, available in Brown Sunburst finish, 16 in. body width, 24.5 in. scale, mfg. 1936-1949.

This model also available with a round soundhole (Model 50R), which was produced between 1936 and 1939. In the late 1930s, avoidire replaced maple in the back, a rosewood fingerboard replaced the ebony, white tuner buttons replaced the tortoiseshell, and a crosspiece was placed in the middle of the tailpiece. By 1940, dot fingerboard inlays were replaced by diamonds.

GRETSCH MODEL 50 Specs

Orientation:
Right-Handed
Number Of Strings:
6
String Type:
Steel
Number Of Frets:
20
Fret Size:
--
Tuner Layout:
3 by 3
Nut Style:
Normal
Nut Width(inches):
--
Nut Material:
Bone
Neck Material:
Mahogany
Neck Joint Style:
Set-Neck
Neck Shape:
V-Shape
TailpieceType:
Trapeze tailpiece
Fret Board Material:
Ebony
Fretboard Radius (inches):
--
Fret Board Style:
Standard
Inlay Style:
pearloid diamond inlays
Inlay Material:
Pearloid
Body Type:
Hollow
Body Shape/Style/Series:
Archtop
Body Material:
Maple
Veneer:
Ebony
Body Finish:
Brown Sunburst
Body Color:
Sunburst
Pick-Guard Material:
Plastic
Pick Guard Color:
Raised triple-bound bakelite black
Sound Hole Size:
--
Sound Hole Shape:
Two f-holes
Year From:
1936
Year To:
1949
Country Of Origin:
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