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Condition: Used, Excellent
SP Luthier Notes: Fret Ends, Setup
From Other (Miscellanous Used/Vintage/Consign)
A blast from the classic era of Gretsch's storied past, the G6120T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Chet Atkins® Hollow Body with Bigsby® revisits this historic model. Packed with astounding tone, comfortable feel and elegantly slick style, this instrument is ready to stand by your side onstage or in the studio, bringing out the best in your music and your playing. As refined or raw as you need it to be, this guitar will be an invaluable center-point of your sonic arsenal.
A pair of the ever popular TV Jones® Classic pickups creates high-quality tone with plenty of dynamics and articulation on tap. Traditional Gretsch controls, including dedicated volume controls for both the neck and bridge pickups, master volume and the classic three-position tone switch, allow you to blend and shape the pickups' sound, creating countless tonal variations. The new Gretsch "Squeezebox" capacitors provide an incredibly silky high end. The vintage "V"-shaped maple neck bears a 12"-radius ebony fingerboard with 22 frets for a classic playing experience that works with all musical styles. 1959 trestle bracing connects the top and back of this guitar for authentic, snappy vintage tone. A pinned "rocking" bar bridge reacts in tandem with the Bigsby B6CVT vibrato tailpiece for stable tuning while the vintage-style genuine bone nut lets the strings slide freely without binding in the slots.
Designed for pure tone and slick, comfortable playing feel, this guitar features the classic aesthetics true Gretsch fans love - nickel G-arrow control knobs, aged white binding with black purfling, durable gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish, aged pearloid thumbnail inlays, gold vintage thick plexi pickguard with Gretsch logo and nickel Grover® Sta-Tite™ tuning machines. Elegant style and refined sound combine to make the G6120T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Chet Atkins® Hollow Body with Bigsby® a Gretsch aficionado's dream guitar.
GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER 2401353822
SERIES Professional Collection
FAMILY Nashville® / G6120
PLATFORM Nashville® / G6120
COLOR Vintage Orange Stain Lacquer
NUMBER OF STRINGS 6
ORIENTATION Right-Hand
BODY
BUILD Hollow Body
CUTAWAY Single Cutaway
BODY FINISH Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE Nashville® / G6120
BODY MATERIAL Laminated Maple
BRACING 1959 Style Trestle
BODY BINDING Aged White with B/I Purfling
BODY BACK Laminated Maple
BODY TOP Laminated Maple
BODY DEPTH 2.75" (7 cm)
MISCELLANEOUS
STRINGS Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
STRAP BUTTONS Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
CASE/GIG BAG Included G6241 Gretsch® 16" Deluxe Hollow Body Hardshell (p/n 099-6411-000); Optional G2162 Gretsch® Hollow Body Gig Bag (p/n 099-6458-000)
NECK
NECK MATERIAL Maple
NECK FINISH Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE Vintage "V"
NECK BINDING Aged White
SCALE LENGTH 24.6" (625 mm)
FINGERBOARD RADIUS 12" (305 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Ebony
NUMBER OF FRETS 22
FRET SIZE Vintage Small
NUT MATERIAL Bone
NUT WIDTH 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
POSITION INLAYS Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
HEADSTOCK Late '50s Gretsch
NECK PLATE NA
HARDWARE
BRIDGE Rocking Bar
HARDWARE FINISH Nickel
TAILPIECE Bigsby® B6C Vibrato Tailpiece with Gretsch® Logo
TUNING MACHINES Grover® V98 Sta-Tite™ Open-Back
PICKGUARD Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® Logo and Artist Signature Sign Post Graphic
CONTROL KNOBS G-Arrow
ELECTRONICS
BRIDGE PICKUP TV Jones® Filter'Tron™ Classic
NECK PICKUP TV Jones® Filter'Tron™ Classic
CONTROLS Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume
PICKUP SWITCHING 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
AUXILIARY SWITCHING 3-Position Master Tone Switch: Position 1. Medium Level, High Frequency Roll Off, Position 2. Switch Out of Circuit, Pickup Wide Open, Position 3. Slight Level, High Frequency Roll Off
PICKUP CONFIGURATION Filter'Tron™ / Filter'Tron™
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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