The 17-inch body features a laminated maple body with a 3-ply spruce top. The natural finish is completely original and in excellent condition. Upon arrival, the binding showed signs of shrinkage in a few places. Our luthier completely removed the binding, reattached it, and filled in any gaps where necessary. The binding around the fingerboard appeared to have been replaced previously. The pickguard is a carefully crafted reproduction; everything else is original.<\/p>\n
The chunky maple neck features a bound rosewood fretboard with block inlays. The headstock features the original gold tuners and the iconic Gretsch script logo. The original Melita bridge and the gold \u201charp\u201d tailpiece are also still in place. The original DeArmond Dynasonic pickups with 4-control wiring deliver the characteristic \u201cclub-tone\u201d sound.<\/p>\n
Historically, this model was Gretsch\u2019s answer to the Gibson L-5CES. In 1954, the Electro II was renamed the Country Club. Well-known musicians such as Al Caiola, Mundell Lowe, Billy Bean, and Mary Osborne played this model.<\/p>\n
The guitar comes with its original hard case and is an excellent example of vintage Gretsch from Brooklyn.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This 1953 Gretsch 6192-3 Electro II Synchromatic dates from a transitional year. Shortly thereafter, this model was officially renamed the Country Club. Fewer than 350 guitars from this series were made, making this a particularly rare collector\u2019s item.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":9862,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[26,29,109,31,48],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-9839","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-akoestisch","product_cat-archtop","product_cat-gretsch","product_cat-hollow-body","product_cat-sold","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","outofstock","sold-individually","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n