G6122T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Chet Atkins® Country Gentleman® Hollow Body with Bigsby®
Inspired by the original CGP (Certified Guitar Player), Chet Atkins, this Country Gentleman is more than able to keep up with the most fleet-fingered guitarist. Packed with the sound, style and features that made the original a legend, the '59 Gent provides highly responsive, amazingly articulate sound.
A pair of TV Jones® pickups - a Super'Tron Classic Plus bridge pickup and Super'Tron neck pickup - responds to every stroke with defined, eloquent tone. The modified control layout features an individual bridge pickup volume, and master volume and tone controls, allowing you to create countless tonal variations. Add the new Gretsch "Squeezebox" capacitors and you get incredibly silky vintage high end. The standard "U"-shaped maple neck with 1.75" nut bears a 12"-radius ebony fingerboard with 22 vintage-style small frets and is a picker's dream. A pinned rocking bar bridge works with the Bigsby® B6GWVT vibrato tailpiece for stable tuning while the vintage-style genuine bone nut lets the strings slide freely without binding in the slots.
All of the '59 Gent's classic features are here - laminated 5-ply figured maple top with painted F-holes, "wire" vibrato arm, gold G-arrow control knobs, aged white binding with black purfling, gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish, aged pearloid thumbnail inlays, gold vintage thick plexi pickguard with Gretsch logo and gold Grover® Imperial™ tuning machines with 'butterbean' buttons. A truly classic instrument with refined style and sound, the G6122T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Chet Atkins® Country Gentleman® Hollow Body with Bigsby® is a fine addition to any guitarist's collection.
Specs
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General
Model Number 2401234892 Series Professional Collection Family Country Gentleman® Platform Country Gentleman® Color Walnut Stain Lacquer Number of Strings 6 Orientation Right-Hand
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Body
Build Hollow Body Cutaway Single Cutaway Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Body Shape Country Gentleman® Body Material Laminated Figured Maple Bracing Parallel Bracing Body Binding Aged White with B/I/B Purfling Body Back Laminated Maple Body Top 5-Ply Laminated Figured Maple Body Depth 2.25" (57 mm)
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Miscellaneous
Strings Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges) Strap Buttons Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs Case/Gig Bag Included G6242L Gretsch® 17" Deluxe Hollow Body Hardshell (p/n 099-6413-000)
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Neck
Neck Material Maple Neck Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Neck Shape Standard "U" Neck Binding Aged White Scale Length 25.5" (64.77 cm) Fingerboard Radius 12" (305 mm) Fingerboard Material Ebony Number of Frets 22 Fret Size Vintage Small Nut Material Bone Nut Width 1.75" (44.45 mm) Position Inlays Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail Headstock Late '50s Gretsch Neck Plate NA
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Hardware
Bridge Rocking Bar Hardware Finish Gold Tailpiece Bigsby® B6GWVT with Wire Handle Tuning Machines Grover® Imperial™ with Butter-Bean Buttons Pickguard Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® Logo Control Knobs G-Arrow
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Electronics
Bridge Pickup TV Jones® Super’Tron™ Classic Plus Neck Pickup TV Jones® Super'Tron™ Controls Volume 1. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone Pickup Switching 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup Pickup Configuration Filter'Tron™ / Filter'Tron™