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Brian Setzer Donates Signature Gretsch to Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

Published 10 years ago on October 24, 2014

By Jonathan Graham

Rockabilly stalwart, Brian Setzer, has donated his signature orange Gretsch guitar to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

The guitar, which Setzer donated during a ceremony on October 17th, now joins a rather eclectic assortment of musical instruments including John Coltrane's saxophone, Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet, Prince's Yellow Cloud electric guitar and Eddie Van Halen's 'Frank 2'


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