Heritage ghost-built Gretsch prototypes x10

[bolero]

While looking around at the Joe Walsh auction, I threw "heritage guitar" into the search bar & found these guitars with descriptions like:

"A Gretsch Model G410M Synchromatic archtop guitar, solid maple top, one of 10 made by Heritage in Kalamazoo MI, natural maple finish, serial number 96410M5, one pickup, split hump block inlays, Imperial tuners, Chromatic tailpiece, Synchronized bridge and gold hardware."

"A Gretsch Synchromatic GGP415M electric guitar, Carved maple top, blonde finish, one floating pickup, Chromatic tailpiece, Synchronized bridge, gold hardware, split hump block inlays and no case. One of only 10 guitars made by Heritage Kalamazoo, Michigan."

Here's a link to 6 of the 10:

https://www.juliensauctions.com/en/search?query=heritage+guitar&page=1

 

All are listed as sold. Randy Bachman probably had his dirty fingers on them :D

Does anyone here own one of them, or the other 4?

They were built in the early 90s apparently.

 

[nuke]

Those are real nice looking guitars!

 

[bolero]

they are indeed!

I took the liberty of posting the images here in the thread

 

 

[nuke]

The white one looks like it is frowning at you, or it has a fu-man-chu mustache!

😆

[skydog52]

Marty Grass might have some insight on this. 

[MartyGrass]

I got three of them.  One of those I gave to my grandson.

Gretsch and Randy had a charity auction years ago.  A friend of mine tipped me off to the event.  He got one.  I put bids on 3 and got them all.  They are essentially acoustic Super Eagles with floating pups.

Together we got the first 4 Synchromatics.  I kept two blondes and had a single coil pickup put into a Heritage floating casing made by one of the Heritage guys.

Edited December 14, 2025 by MartyGrass

[bolero]

wow!!

That is pretty dang cool!

So the 6 posted here, plus the 4 you guys bought, make up the 10 total?

and congratulations!