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A Vox AC30 behind a replica of Paul McCartney's Höfner 500/1 bass and George Harrison's Gretsch Country Gentleman guitar. The Vox AC30 is a guitar amplifier manufactured by Vox. It was introduced in 1958 to meet the growing demand for louder amplifiers.
Gretsch instruments enjoyed market prominence by the 1950s. In 1954, Gretsch began a collaboration with guitarist Chet Atkins to manufacture a line of electric guitars with Atkins' endorsement, resulting in the Gretsch 6120 hollowbody guitar and other later models such as the Country Gentleman. Electric guitars before 1957 used single coil ...
1962 Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman and 1963 Gretsch Country Gentleman; 1962–63 Gretsch Tennessean Chet Atkins electric guitar (purchased the previous year) 1962 Gibson J-160E [20] sunburst finish acoustic-electric guitar (purchased on hire purchase from Rushworths, Liverpool in June 1962.
They can be counted on one hand: the sonic blue Fender Stratocaster Lennon used on "Ticket To Ride," the Gretsch Country Gentleman that Harrison played on Ed Sullivan — and the "Help!" Framus ...
Most notably, Butts is the inventor of the EchoSonic, a guitar amplifier with a built-in tape echo, and the FilterTron, the first humbucker guitar pickup (used extensively on Gretsch guitars). He was active in other fields from studio equipment maintenance to sound engineering, and had intimate working relationships with people such as Sam ...
Gretsch Country Gentleman - Late 70's model, with Hi Lo 'Tron pickups and Bigsby B12 vibrato. Gibson L-50 - Used to write and record "Head Down" among other things. 1964 Fender Jaguar - Candy Apple Red, matching headstock, tort pickguard. Used in Hater. 1961 Gretsch Corvette 6132 - Used in Hater.
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
Chet Atkins Country Gentleman (1987–2000s) Gibson version of the Gretsch Chet Atkins signature model 6120, with Gibson 492R and 490T humbucking pickups instead of Gretsch Filtertrons. [30] Chet Atkins Tennessean (1990–2000s) Mid-priced Gibson Chet Atkins signature model designed by Gibson.