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GRETSCH G6129T-89 VINTAGE SELECT’89 SPARKLE JET

hough most guitarists come to Gretsch via the likes of Chet Atkins, Eddie Cochran, George Harrison and Brian Setzer – and even Malcolm Young and Billy Duffy – those of us who were teenagers in the 1990s may well cite Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell or Ash’s Tim Wheeler as their gateway drug to the brand. And it’s the Sparkle Jets wielded by Cornell and Wheeler that provide the template for

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