THIS MODEL WAS INTRODUCED IN 1929 AND FEATURED A RIM FLANGE AND TOP TENSION HOOP CAST FROM NICKEL BRONZE BY THE DOEHLER DIE CASTING CO. FROM RESEARCH WE FOUND THAT THESE EARLY CASTINGS HAD ISSUES THAT PROMPTED GRETSCH TO CHANGE CASTING FOUNDRIES IN 1933 TO THE CAP FOUNDRY AND THAT WOULD BE GOOD NEWS.
