| Strings suitable for this guitar |
1971 Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman 6122
| 1971 Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman |
| Body |
17" maple hollowbody double cutaway electric archtop
1 7/8" width body finished in Mahogany Grain |
| Neck |
Maple, with a 22 fret ebony fingerboard. Bound, with thumbprint "Neoclassic" fingerboard inlays. Zero fret and bone nut. Width at nut 1 3/4" |
| Scale |
24 1/4" |
| Hardware |
V-cutout Bigsby B-6 tailpiece, Grover Imperial tuners |
| Pickups |
2 Patent Number FilterTron pickups |
The Chet Atkins Country Gentleman changed a lot in 1971, but this is a really early one from that year, and still has old features. The serial number dates this to January 1971; the 76th guitar of that month.
The pickups are Patent Number Filter'Trons, it has a mute, a gold plated headstock badge and no real f-holes. All of these features would soon be gone. (See a 1976 Country Gent).
The mute, or muffler, is operated by moving the lever, next to the Bigsby V tailpiece.
The poor durability of gold-plating is evident here; it has clearly been looked-after, but much of the plating is gone. The original dark brown finish has faded. The only colour listed in catalogues at that time was this, Mahogany Grain, whilst the other two Chet Atkins Gretsches, the Nashville and the Tennessean both had their own colours, amber red and cherry red respectively.
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