1964 Gretsch Astro-Jet

In 1964, Gretsch introduced a bizarre offset amalgam of their own Corvette and, pretty clearly, the Gibson SG. With a solid mahogany body and set neck, a bound 24 1/2″ (!) scale ebony fingerboard with neo-classical thumbnail inlays, and the new bladed variation of the Ray Butts Filtertron, the Super‘Tron, these were high end guitars.

Strange visitor from another planet
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