Chet Atkins was a legend of country music and was the originator of the Nashville style. He was and still is, over a decade after his death, one of the most important and influential guitar players. A line of tribute models dedicated to Mr Atkins in Gretsch catalog is vast and offers a wide variety of instruments. Most of them are hollow-bodied, as is G6129 - 1959 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman. It comes with a single-cut body made of laminated maple. It comes in Walnut Stain color with gloss finish and gold-plated hardware. Three-piece bridge is a staple feature of Chet Atkins models and it`s fronted by a Filtertron humbucker duo. Set in neck is made of three pieces of maple and it`s topped with a 22-fret ebony fingerboard.

G6122-1959 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Full Specs

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Body Shape L5S
Body Construction Single cutaway
Body Type Hollowbody
Body Wood Laminated Maple
Body Top Wood Laminated Maple
Scale Length 25-1/2"
Bridge Adjust-o-Matic™
Bridge Bigsby
Bridge Pickup Type Humbucker
Neck Pickup Type Humbucker
Controls Tone
Controls Volume
Fingerboard Material Ebony
Fingerboard Radius 12.00"
Fret Size Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays Offset Thumbnails
Hardware Gold
Neck Joint Set neck
Neck Shape C-shaped neck
Neck Wood Maple
Neck Construction 3-piece neck
Number of Frets 21
Number of Pickups 2
Number of Strings 6
Pickguard Yes
Pickup Switch Type 3-way Pickup Selector
Nut Width 1.75"
Finish Gloss
Finish Urethane
Tuners Die-cast
Custom Features: Unique Features: Mother of Pearl Neo Classic Thumbnail Inlay Position Markers, Zero Fret, Simulated f-Holes, Bound Fingerboard and Headstock, Multiple Body Bindings, Gold-Plated Name Plate on Headstock, Gold Plexi Pickguard, Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs, Adjustable Truss Rod.
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Body Shape
L5S
L5S
Body Construction
Single cutaway
Single cutaway
Body Type
Hollowbody
Semi-Hollowbody
Body Wood
Laminated Maple
Laminated Maple
Body Top Wood
Laminated Maple
Laminated Maple
Scale Length
25-1/2"
25-1/2"
Bridge
Adjust-o-Matic™/Bigsby
Bigsby
Bridge Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Neck Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Controls
Tone/Volume
Volume
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Ebony
Fingerboard Radius
12.00"
12.00"
Fret Size
Medium Jumbo
Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays
Offset Thumbnails
Thumbnail
Hardware
Gold
Chrome
Neck Joint
Set neck
Set neck
Neck Shape
C-shaped neck
C-shaped neck
Neck Wood
Maple
Maple
Neck Construction
3-piece neck
3-piece neck
Number of Frets
21
22
Number of Pickups
2
2
Number of Strings
6
6
Pickguard
Yes
No
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
3-way Pickup Selector
Nut Width
1.75"
1.6875" (1-11/16")
Finish
Gloss/Urethane
Urethane
Tuners
Die-cast
Die-cast
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