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NAMM 2015: Gretsch announces new models, updates on classics

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By Joe Bosso published 22 January 2015

Chet Atkins Country Gentleman 12-String, New Yorker and more

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NAMM 2015: Gretsch announces new models, updates on classics

NAMM 2015: Gretsch announces new models, updates on classics

NAMM 2015: Gretsch Guitar fans will find a lot to like in the company's offerings at Winter NAMM, as there are a number of updates and new models being unveiled. Of particular interest are three Chet Atkins models, including a splashy Cadillac Green version of the guitarist's flagship Hollow Body.

From press release: The gorgeous G6120-1959LTV Chet Atkins Hollow Body is now available in a special limited edition model with beautiful quilt maple top. All the other special touches are still there, too, including trestle bracing beneath the bound arched top, dual TV Jones Classic Filter’Tron pickups with three-way toggle switching, 12”-radius ebony fingerboard with zero fret and mother-of-pearl Neo Classic “thumbnail” inlays, and a nitrocellulose lacquer finish in rich Vintage Orange.

Other premium features include a two-piece maple neck with walnut stripe and vintage “V” profile, 22 vintage-style frets and bone nut, bound f holes, gold plexi pickguard with silhouette Gretsch logo and Chet Atkins signpost graphic, three-way master tone switch, “GArrow” master volume control and volume controls for each pickup, rosewood-based “rocking” bar bridge, Bigsby B6C vibrato tailpiece, Grover Sta-Tite tuners, nickel hardware and deluxe hard-shell case.

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Gretsch G6122-12 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman 12-String

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All the classic 6120 Chet Atkins Hollow Body features are here too, including the 16”-wide, 2 ½”-deep single-cutaway hollow body; rock maple neck and ebony fingerboard with Neo-Classic thumbnail inlays; dual High Sensitive Filter’Tron pickups; Adjusto-Matic bridge and Bigsby B6G vibrato tailpiece; Grover Rotomatic tuners and more. Includes deluxe hard-shell case.

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Features include an arched solid spruce top, laminated maple sides and arched back, custom wound vintage-style single-coil pickup with rubberized magnet, vintage-style “V”-shaped mahogany neck profile, rosewood fingerboard, 25” scale, compensated rosewood bridge with trapeze tailpiece, nickel hardware, and a stylish antique semi-gloss sunburst finish.

Fore more information, visit Gretsch Guitars.

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Joe Bosso
Joe Bosso

Joe is a freelance journalist who has, over the past few decades, interviewed hundreds of guitarists for Guitar World, Guitar Player, MusicRadar and Classic Rock. He is also a former editor of Guitar World, contributing writer for Guitar Aficionado and VP of A&R for Island Records. He’s an enthusiastic guitarist, but he’s nowhere near the likes of the people he interviews. Surprisingly, his skills are more suited to the drums. If you need a drummer for your Beatles tribute band, look him up.

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