Interview with Gretsch Masterbuilder Stephen Stern • NAMM 2012

Greg started the first day of the 2012 NAMM convention off right! We sat down with Gretsch Masterbuilder Stephen Stern, the Stallion of the Custom Shop, to discuss his work, how he started and worked his way up the Custom Shop ladder, how Gretsch models are conceived, the various vicious nature of pickup options, and what's coming down the shute for Gretsch and Wildwood Guitars! Come, and feast! Site: https://wildwoodguitars.com/ Facebook: http://on.fb.me/11aLDN5 ~ Steven Stern Bio ~ One would be pressed a more suave luthier than Stephen Stern, Masterbuilder at the Gretsch Custom Shop. Think Brian Setzer, Bono, Stephen Stills, and any of the favored Rockabilly/Jazz/Country Swing heroes, and they surely have reveled in the mastery of Mr. Stern. Having worked his way through the Jackson and Charvel factories in the early 90's, and up through the Fender Custom Shop over the past few decades, Stern's steady hand crafted its way to the title of Master Luthier. With tool in hand, Stephen Stern creates only the most gorgeous and soulful of glorious Gretsch solid and hollow bodied guitars, rivaled by none.