Synchromatic guitar, model 400
Creation Date (Approximate)
circa late 1940s
Files
Description
"18" wide single non-cutaway body with bound cat's eye sound holes and triple-bound/ gold sparkle binding on top and back, gold harp tailpiece, gold tuners, Gretsch script logo, and tusk ornament on headstock. Synchromatic on ornament. Hump slash inlays on ebony bound fingerboard. Oversized bound pickguard. Added forward pickup and two knobs on the bottom treble bout."
Measurements
Length -Total: 110.2cm -Back Length: 54.5cm -Headstock: 21cm -Neck (nut to body): 36.9cm -F Holes: 18cm -Scale: 66.7cm (26.2in) Width -Upper Bout: 32.2cm -Waist: 28.4cm -Lower Bout: 45.5cm -Headstock at top: 9cm -Headstock at bottom: 7.2cm -Neck at nut: 4.3cm -Neck at body: 5cm Height -Rib at Heel: 8.1cm -Rib at Waist: 8.8cm -Rib at Bottom: 8.9cm Angle -Headstock: 14.5 Pick-ups - Total: 1 Frets -Total frets: 20 -Body and neck join: 14th fret Weight - 8lbs/6.5oz
Identifier
2023.008.050
Keywords
Gretsch, guitar, 6-string
Recommended Citation
Gretsch Company, "Synchromatic guitar, model 400" (2024). Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments. 152.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gretsch-artifacts/152
Copyright/Licensing
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