“My girlfriend is right there,” said Bachman, 78, a former member of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, as the Gretsch guitar on which he wrote “American Woman” and other hits was ...

The new model is based on Young’s 1963 red Gretsch Jet Firebird, nicknamed “The Beast,” which has great historical significance. That guitar was handed down to Young by his elder brother ...