Gretsch Mandolin ...

Gretsch Mandolin
gretsch &rex

They had been making and advertising banjos from about 1870 and in 1902 introduced
"Daynor" banjos, each of which had a hole In the vellum.

The Rex brand of instruments were produced from 1902 through the mid 1930s by the Gretsch Company.
Gretsch was started in Brooklyn in 1883 by Friedrich Gretsch,
an immigrant from Mannheim, Germany. However, Friedrich died only two years later before he saw his industry succeed. His son, Fred, took over before leaving high school and steered
the Gretsch Company into the 20th century and success.
By 1905 Fred moved his company into a 10-story building in New York.
Rex Instruments were an entry-level series of banjos and mandolins.
The banjos were tenor and 5-string with decoratively inlayed resonators.
The mandolins were "Neopolitan," lute-back models with angled soundboards.
Some had tuners with decorative enclosures mounted into the back of the headstock,
and some had plain 4-in-line machine tuners. Many instruments were labeled Rex Professional.
Other Gretsch brands were Daynor, Clarophone, and Orchestrella.
Gretsch also made banjos for Wurlitzer.
In 1933 they introduced a line of Gretsch-American archtop guitars
that they offered with some other brands that included Kay-Kraft,
Rex and also Harmony. In 1940 Gretsch bought B&D banjos from the Bacon Firm. ...
In 1940 they bought the Bacon Banjo Company and began producing banjos under that name.
In the 1970s, Baldwin purchased Gretsch and Ode Banjo Company.
Baldwin-produced Gretsch instruments were poorly made and did not sell very well.
They shut the business down in the 1980s.
Around 1985, the Gretsch family
bought their company back and are now producing a fine line of electric guitars.


GRETSCH open back fin des années 20 début des années 30







GRETSCH PROFESSIONAL MANDOLINE JUNIOR REX BOL ROND
















1925 Gretsch-made Resonator Banjo Mandolin










http://antebelluminstruments.blogspot.fr/p/store-inventory.html



1925 Gretsch "Broadkaster" 8 string Mandolin-Banjo











Rex Mandolin made in the Gretsch factory in the early 1930's.







Rex professional mandolin 1902 . 1930.









Catalogue 1939




Mandolin 1940 gretsch (kay)

probablement de 1940's car il y a une énorme ressemblance avec
40's Gretsch jumbo acoustic guitar made by Kay-Kraft.
 

https://gretsch.forumactif.com/t1107-1940s-gretsch-jumbo-acoustic


Mais ressemble beaucoup a :


Ou :


Kay Kraft Banjo Fabriqué dans les années 30.
Kay kraft était autrefois la société Stromberg-Voisonet qui s'est transformé en la compagnie kay kraft en 1931.
Gretsch In 1933 they introduced a line of Gretsch-American archtop guitars
that they offered with some other brands that included Kay-Kraft,
Rex and also Harmony.





http://antebelluminstruments.blogspot.fr/2014/01/c1935-kay-made-kaykraft-archtop-mandolin.html





The Gretsch catalog (1948/49)

has 5 mandolin's listed, and only the New Yorker is Gretsch branded ($49).

The others were as follows:
Monterey Mandolin ($21.50),
Stradolin Mandolin ($27),
Rex "Playboy" Mandolin ($30),
and Stradolin Master ($75).
All of these have similar body shapes (see pix of New Yorker above) and none of them look like yours.

. The Gretsch factory didn't start applying paper labels to their guitars until about 1950.
So it's existence in this mystery mando suggests a 50's vintage.

"gretsch talk".






1949  Gretsch Mandolin "NEW YORKER"









1950  Gretsch Mandolin "NEW YORKER"













GRETSCH STRAD-O-LIN MANDOLIN 1950










GRETSCH SEVENTY FIVE 75 BANJO / MANDOLIN










Gretsch& bacon voir l'histoire la : https://gretsch.forumactif.com/t725-gretsch-banjo-et-ukulele


Après avoir acheté la société  Bacon, Gretsch a  apparemment mis quelques mandolines avec le nom de Bacon.
La mandoline est similaire à la mandoline Gretsch New Yorker vendu dans les années 1950.



In 1940 Gretsch bought B&D banjos from the Bacon Firm. ...
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Ce modèle est certainement de 20' 30' mais est peut etre fabriqué par "harmony"





Cordes eagle brand gretsch pour mandolin https://gretsch.forumactif.com/t712-gretsch-eagle-brandles-cordes-gretsch
avec la publicité de l'époque.





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A. G9300 NEW YORKER™ "STANDARD" MANDOLIN


B. G9320 NEW YORKER "DELUXE" ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC MANDOLIN



C. G9310 NEW YORKER "SUPREME" MANDOLIN

Mandolin in the rockabilly south...

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jolie "collec"!!!

quelle est la différence (au niveau du son) entre open back et "closed back" ???

Mister M a écrit:

Mandolin in the rockabilly south...    

arf pas moyen de lire : ils disent :"vidéo privée"     

pyl36 a écrit:

jolie "collec"!!!

quelle est la différence (au niveau du son) entre open back et "closed back" ???

 

Ben j'ai les deux
En fait le résonateur en acajou qui est sur certain est juste rajouté pour soit disant,
avoir un son plus fort et il s'enlève ou peu se mettre sur un open back
Mais je ne voit pas de grande différence si ce n'est que l'open back a un son magnifique,
rien a voir c'est autre chose je ne sait quoi mais pas un plus fort que l'autre.
Je me pencherai plus sur la chose pour t'éclairer ce week end avec les deux  

ok