1955 Gretsch Streamliner

Streamliners have been ever-present in Gretsch's catalogue, but this could be a one-off

- David Davidson

This is a virtually immaculate Jaguar Tan over Copper Mist Gretsch Streamliner. There is absolutely no colour fading, and the best part is that it has Western motif inlays on the fretboard. That makes it such a cool and unique piece, and it may have been a custom order because I've never seen another one. Then again, it might have been a 6120 fretboard that was just laying around and they slapped it on there. After all, we are talking about Gretsch.

"Streamliners were not premium guitars in the Gretsch catalogue, but even so, you have to appreciate the attention to detail. Sometimes the cheaper Gretches were only some f-hole or fretboard binding away from being identical to the high-end models, and this Streamliner is essentially the same as a 1955 6120. The matching Copper Mist pickguard has almost no pick marks on it and is like brand-new, so I don't think this guitar has ever really been played. The binding has no cracks or rot.