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Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa
unless that's an honest-to-Brooklyn vintage-style nitro finish I fail to see/hear the reason for a Master Built designation...
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That seems like a reasonable question, so I looked into it just now waiting for the laundry to dry. Apparently the Master Built ones are produced in the USA in (a subdivision of?) the Fender custom shop & involve more hand work from an individual luthier than yer average Gretsch? That's my interpretation from what I could find, anyhow.
Here's a story about Gonzalo Madrigal, whose name is on the CME example:
https://blog.gretschguitars.com/2018...aster-builder/