G6122T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Chet Atkins® Country Gentleman® Hollow Body with Bigsby®

Model: 2401234892
Color Walnut Stain Lacquer
Fingerboard Ebony
United States of America $3,499.99 EST. U.S. STREET

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

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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™
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