At its $100 price point, the Synchromatic 100 had a lot less Synchromatic in it than it's bigger brothers. In particular, it never had the cat-eye soundholes. Like the rest of the Synchromatic line, the 100 debuted in 1939 as Gretsch geared up to take on the archtop juggernaut that was Gibson.
The 100 outlived it's pseudo-Synchromatic beginnings though, as it became the 6014 Corsair in 1949. As the Corsair, it lasted until about 1959.
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— Nov 1, 2007 12:40 p.m.