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08-22-2014, 08:55 AM
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1958 Gretsch New Yorker
Can anyone provide some input on a vintage Gretsch New Yorker? I've been looking for an affordable first archtop, and I found one of these in great shape that happens to also be my birth year! I'm considering plunging forward; however, this is new territory for me, so any input would be welcome...thanks!
-Dale P.S. - Mr. DeRosa, I sent you a PM
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08-22-2014, 09:17 AM
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They do have a solid spruce top which is a +,laminate maple back and sides,I guess for a starter archtop it may be a good choice.My first archtop was a 1940`s Epiphone "Triumph"....Then a Heritage,sold,now I own a Campellone "Deluxe" all accoustic..Goal is a 1920`s L5..
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08-22-2014, 04:10 PM
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The only solid-top New Yorkers were the very few that might have been made with leftover carved tops from the Synchromatic era (in 50+ years of playing I've yet to encounter one); regular-production versions would have been laminated (as were all of Gretsch's post-1953 low-end and midrange acoustic archtops), especially after 1958 when the line was drastically downsized and consolidated into three models (New Yorker 16" non-cut, Corsair 16" cutaway, and Eldorado 17"/18" - the sole carved-top in the line, built on a strict custom-order basis with 60-90 day delivery). Here's a typical example:
http://www.retrofret.com/products.asp?ProductID=5484 FWIW they can be fine-sounding guitars, if you get a good one - the usual Gretsch caveats apply (bad neck joints, binding/pickguard rot) in addition to the lack of an adjustable truss rod - but with solid-top reissues going for $500 I personally wouldn't go out of my way to seek one out... Last edited by Steve DeRosa; 08-22-2014 at 04:16 PM.
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