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Gretsch Bikini

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:55 pm
by octagon
My friend said a customer is going to consign a Gretch Bikini 6025 doubleneck at his store. Ever see one(er...2?) of these? He said they come apart and fit into a small case

BIKINI MODEL 6023/6024/6025
- double cutaway slide-and-lock poplar body with detachable poplar center block, available in six-string guitar (Model 6023), four-string bass (Model 6024), or double neck (Model 6025) configurations, bolt-on maple neck, 22-fret maple fingerboard with black dot inlay, blackface headstock with logo with various tuner configurations, adj. ebony bridge, trapeze tailpiece, raised white pickguard with logo, one Hi-Lo 'Tron pickup, volume/tone control, chrome hardware, available in Black finish, mfg. 1961-62

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Re: Gretsch Bikini

Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:12 pm
by antipodean
That is amazing :shock: - I hadn't thought Gretsch made anything anywhere near that ugly until the '70s.

Re: Gretsch Bikini

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:26 am
by scott_s
Totally not what I was picturing when I read the thread title... :wink:

Re: Gretsch Bikini

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:08 am
by jingle_jangle
One of these Wretsches sold on eBay a couple of years ago for more than you'd think... (I think around $2K...)

Then there's always MY favorite Bikini, the Wandre:
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:D :D

Re: Gretsch Bikini

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:35 pm
by weemac
jingle_jangle wrote:
Then there's always MY favorite Bikini, the Wandre:



:D :D
Oh yeah! the one made of Italian motor scooter parts..... 8)

Eden.

Re: Gretsch Bikini

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:52 am
by paologregorio
antipodean wrote:That is amazing :shock: - I hadn't thought Gretsch made anything anywhere near that ugly until the '70s.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Gretsch Bikini

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:48 pm
by Beevee
I've never seen one of those before

Re: Gretsch Bikini

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:48 pm
by octagon
It's at my friend Jim Harms store in Golden Valley MN.It come's apart and fits in that case.

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Re: Gretsch Bikini

Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:17 am
by IHeartRics
I saw a "partial" one many moons ago when I was high school in an old electronics re-sale shop (every once in a while the shop had some musical equipment). They had the double-neck body but only one of the necks. I can't remember if it was the bass or the guitar, but regardless it was cool.

Re: Gretsch Bikini

Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:19 pm
by octagon
jingle_jangle wrote:One of these Wretsches sold on eBay a couple of years ago for more than you'd think... (I think around $2K...)

Then there's always MY favorite Bikini, the Wandre:
bikini13.jpg
:D :D
Wandre Pelotti? Didn't he design the "Rock Oval" ?

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