WEHAVE UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND offer THIS 1940\'S “EXTREMLY RARE”GRETCH PICKUP AND 40\'S GRETCH NEW YORKER GUITAR.

THISEXTREMLY RARE PICKUP SAYS IT WAS DESIGNED BY LEUTONE. I HAVE TRIED TORESEARCH THIS PICKUP AND HAVE ONLY FOUND TWO BESIDES THE ONE ON THISGUITAR. THE GRETCH WEBSITE DOESN\'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT ALLBECAUSE THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF IT. THEY CALL IT THE UNKNOWN GRETCHLEUTONE PICKUP. GRETCH STOPPED PRODUCTION OF GUITARS BECAUSE OF THEWAR. SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT GRETCH STILL MADE A FEW GUITARS ATTHAT TIME BUT THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF ANY BEING MADE. THEY DIDN\'T PUTOUT A CATALOGUE IN THE EARLY 40\'S. THERE IS A GAP IN THEIRCATALOGUE\'S DURING WAR TIME. THE ONLY PICTURES I HAVE SEEN OF ASIMILAR PICKUP ARE THE PICKUPS ON HARRY VOLPE\'S SYNCHROMATIC 400GRETCH GUITAR WITH DJANGO REINHARDT PLAYING IT. THE PICKUP SOUNDSAWESOMLY SWEET AND REMINDS ME OF THE PUNCH AND CLARITY OF A FENDERTELECASTER. IT READS AT 700 OHMS. IT IS HELD ON BY A BRACKET THATMOUNTS TO THE SIDE OF THE NECK. I DID PUT A NEW LEAD WIRE TO THE JACKON IT, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL WIRE WAS SPLICED IN 3 PLACES. I REALLYCAN\'T SAY IF THE PICKUP WAS ORIGINAL TO THE GUITAR OR IF IT WAS ANADD ON, BUT THIS IS HOW I RECEIVED IT ON THE GUITAR. THE OTHER TWOPICKUPS I HAVE SEEN HAVE A VOLUME TONE BOX MOUNTED TO THE PICKGUARD.

THEGRETCH NEW YORKER LIGHTNING BOLT GUITAR HAS THE GRETCH STAMP AND ALOW SERIAL NUMBER OF 778 WRITTEN IN PENCIL INSIDE THE TOP F HOLE. SONOW HERE IS WHERE IT GETS COMPLICATED. THE ONLY THING THE GRETCHCHARTS SHOW ABOUT SERIAL NUMBERS WRITTEN IN PENCIL WERE THAT THEYWENT FROM 0 TO 1000 FROM 1939 TO 1945. SO ALL ANYONE CAN DETERMINE ISTHAT THE DATE OF THE GUITAR IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THAT PERIOD OF TIME.AGAIN GRETCH HAS NO RECORDS DURING WAR TIME FOR THIS GUITAR, JUSTLIKE FOR THE PICKUP EXPLAINED ABOVE. GIBSON DID THE SAME DURING WARTIME, NO MODEL OR SERIAL NUMBER.

THISGUITAR PLAYS WELL. IT HAS A 24 3/4” SCALE, HAS BEEN RE-FRETTED,NECK LOOKS AS IF IT WAS BROKEN AND REPAIRED AT SOMETIME. NOT SURE IFMACHINE HEADS ARE ORIGINAL, BUT COULD PROBABLY USE A NECK SET. IBELIEVE THE PICKGUARD IS ORIGINAL, IT HAS SOME LOOSE BINDING, BACKBINDING HAS BEEN REPLACED, TOP, SIDES AND BACK APPEAR INTACT. IT HASA SLANTED TRAPEEZE TAILPIECE WITH GRETCH ON IT. THE FINISH SHOWS ALOT OF WEAR, NUMEROUS LITTLE DINKS AND SOMEPLACES WHERE FINISH HASFLAKED OFF, BUT OVERALL CONDITION IS FAIR. SHE\'S BEEN PLAYED FOLKS!SOFT SHELL CASE INCLUDED IN FAIR SHAPE WITH HANDLE, HINGES ANDLATCHES INTACT AND WORKING.

MEASUREMENTSOF BOX 48” LONG, 20” WIDE, 9” DEEP PACKAGE READY FOR SHIPPINGWEIGHS 15 POUNDS 8 OUNCES.

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