Gretsch G6122T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Hollow Body Electric Guitar with Bigsby. TV Jones, Tiger Flame Maple, Walnut Stain Lacquer
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” paper-in-oil 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.
Body: Laminated Figured Maple
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Control Knobs: G-Arrow
Fingerboard: Ebony
Hardware Finish: Gold
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Pickguard: Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® Logo
Inlays: Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
Body Shape: Country Gentleman®
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Standard "U"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Vintage Small
Nut: Bone
Nut Width: 1.75" (44.45 mm)
Bridge Pickup: TV Jones® Super'Tron™
Neck Pickup: TV Jones® Super'Tron™ Classic Plus
Controls: Volume 1. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switch: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: Filter'Tron™ / Filter'Tron™
Bridge: Rocking Bar
Tuning Machines: Grover® Imperial™ with Butter-Bean Buttons
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
Case/Gigbag: Included: 099-6413-000 Deluxe Case - G6242L - 17" Hollow Body Models