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A G6122-1962 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman model. Gretsch was founded in 1883 by Friedrich Gretsch, a young German immigrant who opened his own musical instrument shop on 128 Middleton Street in Brooklyn, New York that year.
Gretsch Country Gentleman 80736 February 1970 – March 1970 Developed as a signature model by Gretsch for Chet Atkins, similar to the 1962 Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman used by George Harrison for early Beatles performances and recordings 1969 Gibson Dove Ebony 539461 November 1971 – September 1973, July 1975
Atkins's Gretsch Country Gentleman, model G6122, 1962. In addition to recording, Atkins was a design consultant for Gretsch, which manufactured a popular Chet Atkins line of electric guitars from 1955 to 1980.
1962 Gretsch 6122 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman; 1962 Gretsch Tennessean; 1962 Gibson J-160E (used by Lennon and Harrison) Vox AC-50 amplifier; Starr's first Ludwig drumkit with first drop T logo drumhead; February 1964 1958 Rickenbacker 325; 1964 Rickenbacker 325; Vox AC-50 amplifier; 1963 Höfner 500/1 bass; Vox AC100 bass amplifier; 1962 ...
The Gretsch 6120 is a hollow body electric guitar with f-holes, manufactured by Gretsch and first appearing in the mid-1950s with the endorsement of Chet Atkins. It was quickly adopted by rockabilly artists Eddie Cochran , Duane Eddy , and later by Eric Clapton , Brian Setzer , Reverend Horton Heat , and many others.
In 1954, Gretsch began plans to produce the first Chet Atkins-endorsed guitar model, the Gretsch 6120. Atkins recorded much of his music of the 1950s with the Echosonic, [ 5 ] but had serious hum problems caused by the single-coil pickups and an unshielded transformer in the amplifier.
As is common with electric guitars, the body of the 6128 Duo Jet is made of wood, [3] [4] in this case chambered mahogany. The guitar shares its dual pickup, single cutaway design with the Gibson Les Paul, but the Duo Jet takes differing approaches to shaping the instrument’s tonality and has been made available in various configurations.
The Gretsch G6131, popularly known as the Gretsch Jet Firebird, is an electric guitar made by Gretsch. The most popular use of this guitar is by late AC/DC rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young and Crowded House lead singer and Split Enz co-frontman Neil Finn .
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