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Lot 42
THE FRED GRETSCH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, BROOKLYN, CIRCA 1955
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, JET FIREBIRD, 6131
Closed20 June 2019
Price Realised
USD 87,500
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THE FRED GRETSCH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, BROOKLYN, CIRCA 1955
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, JET FIREBIRD, 6131
Inlaid at the headstock with the logo Gretsch and applied at the pickguard, partially redacted serial number inscribed on the control cavity cover plate, with original hardshell case bearing a label inscribed GRETSCH JET FIREBIRD 6131 RED # and SERIAL NO. DG1069; accompanied by a letter from George Gruhn to Pink Floyd Music, Ltd. on Gruhn Guitars, Inc. headed stationery, dated 16th May 1980, confirming the guitar had been placed on hold, an original sales invoice from Gruhn Guitars, Inc. to Pink Floyd Music, Ltd., dated 12th June 1980, together with the original air waybill, shipping invoice, supplementary shipping invoice, customs declaration, customs invoice, arrival advice and delivery note, variously dated from 12th to 20th June 1980
Length of back 17 7/8 in. (45.3 cm.)
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, JET FIREBIRD, 6131
Inlaid at the headstock with the logo Gretsch and applied at the pickguard, partially redacted serial number inscribed on the control cavity cover plate, with original hardshell case bearing a label inscribed GRETSCH JET FIREBIRD 6131 RED # and SERIAL NO. DG1069; accompanied by a letter from George Gruhn to Pink Floyd Music, Ltd. on Gruhn Guitars, Inc. headed stationery, dated 16th May 1980, confirming the guitar had been placed on hold, an original sales invoice from Gruhn Guitars, Inc. to Pink Floyd Music, Ltd., dated 12th June 1980, together with the original air waybill, shipping invoice, supplementary shipping invoice, customs declaration, customs invoice, arrival advice and delivery note, variously dated from 12th to 20th June 1980
Length of back 17 7/8 in. (45.3 cm.)
THE FRED GRETSCH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, BROOKLYN, CIRCA 1955
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, JET FIREBIRD, 6131
Inlaid at the headstock with the logo Gretsch and applied at the pickguard, partially redacted serial number inscribed on the control cavity cover plate, with original hardshell case bearing a label inscribed GRETSCH JET FIREBIRD 6131 RED # and SERIAL NO. DG1069; accompanied by a letter from George Gruhn to Pink Floyd Music, Ltd. on Gruhn Guitars, Inc. headed stationery, dated 16th May 1980, confirming the guitar had been placed on hold, an original sales invoice from Gruhn Guitars, Inc. to Pink Floyd Music, Ltd., dated 12th June 1980, together with the original air waybill, shipping invoice, supplementary shipping invoice, customs declaration, customs invoice, arrival advice and delivery note, variously dated from 12th to 20th June 1980
Length of back 17 7/8 in. (45.3 cm.)
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, JET FIREBIRD, 6131
Inlaid at the headstock with the logo Gretsch and applied at the pickguard, partially redacted serial number inscribed on the control cavity cover plate, with original hardshell case bearing a label inscribed GRETSCH JET FIREBIRD 6131 RED # and SERIAL NO. DG1069; accompanied by a letter from George Gruhn to Pink Floyd Music, Ltd. on Gruhn Guitars, Inc. headed stationery, dated 16th May 1980, confirming the guitar had been placed on hold, an original sales invoice from Gruhn Guitars, Inc. to Pink Floyd Music, Ltd., dated 12th June 1980, together with the original air waybill, shipping invoice, supplementary shipping invoice, customs declaration, customs invoice, arrival advice and delivery note, variously dated from 12th to 20th June 1980
Length of back 17 7/8 in. (45.3 cm.)
Bacon T. and Day, P. The Ultimate Guitar Book, London, 1991, illus. pp. 144-145.
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Specialist note
David Gilmour purchased this guitar from Gruhn Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee, in June 1980 and kept it for studio use.