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G6120T-55 Vintage Select Edition 55 Chet Atkins Hollow Body with Bigsby TV Jones Vintage Orange Stain Lacquer
Weight 7lbs
Co-designed with the guitarist’s guitarist, Chet Atkins, the venerable 6120 is one of the most widely heard Gretsch instruments
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SKU: 2401357822_JT24092969
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Product Description
The G6120T-55 Vintage Select Edition '55 Chet Atkins Hollow Body with Bigsby stays true to the original design and astounding classic aesthetics. A veritable tonal multi-tool, this hollow body has an easy-playing, comfortable feel and rings out proudly with That Great Gretsch Sound!
Key Features
- Medium Jumbo Frets – Perfect for any fret-hand style of playing.
- Bigsby Vibrato Tailpiece – The device allows you to bend the pitch of notes or entire chords with their pick hand for various effects.
- Grover Tuners – Grover tuners are highly sought after due to their high quality and superior tuning stability.
A pair of TV Jones T-Armond single-coil pickups creates a multi-dimensional tone with plenty of articulate detail. Traditional Gretsch controls allow you to blend and shape the pickups’ sounds, creating countless tonal variations. Add the new Gretsch “Squeezebox” capacitors and you get incredibly smooth taper and silky vintage high-end. The standard “U”-shaped Maple neck bears a 12”-radius Rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets for a memorable playing experience that works with any fret-hand style. A pinned aluminium compensated bridge works with the Bigsby B6GBVF vibrato tailpiece for stable tuning while the vintage-style polished aluminium nut delivers signature snappy twang.
Designed for pure tone and slick, comfortable playing feel, this guitar features the classic appointments Gretsch fans desire—gold G-arrow control knobs, aged white binding with black purfling, durable gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish, aged Pearloid block inlays with classic Western motif, gold vintage thick plexi pickguard with Gretsch logo and gold Grover Sta-Tite tuning machines.
Who was Chet Atkins?
Chester Burton Atkins, also known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nashville sound, the country music style which expanded its appeal to adult pop music fans.
Specifications
Neck
- Headstock: Early '50s Gretsch
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Shape: Standard "U"
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
- Position Inlays: Aged Pearloid Blocks
- Number of Frets: 22
- String Nut: Polished Aluminium
- Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- Nut Material: Polished Aluminium
Body
- Body: Laminated Flame Maple
- Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape: Nashville / G6120
- Body Top: Laminated Flame Maple
- Body Binding: Aged White with B/I Purfling
- Body Back: Laminated Maple
- Body Style: Gretsch Hollow Body Guitars
- Body Material: Laminated Flame Maple
- Cutaway: Single Cutaway
- Bracing: Parallel Tone Bars
Hardware
- Bridge: Compensated Aluminium
- Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Bigsby B6CBVF Vibrato Tailpiece
- Bridge Mounting: Pinned
- Pickguard: Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch Logo and Artist Signature Signpost Graphic
- Control Knobs: Arrow
- Hardware Finish: Gold
- Tuning Machines: Grover V98 Sta-Tite Open-Back
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
- Neck Plate: NA
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: TV Jones T-Armond
- Neck Pickup: TV Jones T-Armond
- Pickup Configuration: Dynasonic / Dynasonic
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone
- Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup