repost but eh.. Tour of the Gretsch Terada Factory

This has circulated for a while, but for those that have not seen the
photo tour of Gretsch in Terada Japan, this is great. especially a look
at the trestle bracing of a setzer model guit:
Gretsch factory tour, terada

pretty cool, thanks for sharing

That just blew my mind. Even the headstock logos are hand applied. My guitar was made there!! Are all Gretsches handmade??

I'm so glad you shared that Tavo. Thank you.

andi wrote:

That just blew my mind. Even the headstock logos are hand applied. My guitar was made there!! Are all Gretsches handmade??

I'm so glad you shared that Tavo. Thank you.

Much of all guitar building is hand made, even if they use CNC machines to route the bodies,necks and pickguards. The rest is pretty labor intensive.How else could you make a hollowbody this nice, the japanese make anything we make, much nicer IMO.
Building a guitar is a pain in the ass, I have built about 10 complete guitars and I hate how much work is involved. Mostly the finish stuff.
Gretsch has the superior touch on production guitars, fender has done
a nice job seeing that its done right. I know Fred Gretsch deserves props for realizing that FMIC needed to make his stuff !

The pro line gretsch guits are made at Terada and thats where your guitar hails from.
A few custom shop models are from corona but those are the $$$ version.

Thanx again for your info! I saw that picture with the unfinished 6120's hanging but did not see the rest.

Thank ye TV. That was an interesting sight. I've seen how Gibson and Martin make their guitars, but it's always nice to see the nuances of another company, and I hadn't seen that tour before.

Capt. Jones

Thanks Tv.
Remember that I have seen more factory photos from Terada but I cant find them now, I think it was on Gretschpages .. ??