Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments
Atkins Super Axe guitar, model 7680
Creation Date (Approximate)
1976
Files
Description
High Roller Prototype
"Solid body with pointed cutaway, two humbucking pickups, four knobs on the lower treble bout, multi selector switch on the top bass bout, Van Eps style headstock, silver/ gray pickguard, bound ebony fingerboard with small square 'dice-style' inlays, chrome terminator bridge. Chrome Schaller 3 on side tuners, Gretsch t-roof logo."
Measurements
Length -Total: 98.5cm -Back Length: 41cm -Headstock: 20cm -Neck (nut to body): 48cm -Scale: 64cm (25in) Width -Upper Bout: 27cm -Waist: 24cm -Lower Bout: 37cm -Headstock at top: 8.5cm -Headstock at bottom: 8.5cm -Neck at nut: 3.5cm -Neck at body: 5cm Height -Rib at Heel: 3.5cm -Rib at Waist: 3.5cm -Rib at Bottom: 3.5cm Angle -Headstock: 12 degrees Pick-ups - Total: 2 Frets -Total frets: 22 -Body and neck join: 16th fret
Identifier
2023.008.019
Keywords
Gretsch, guitar, 6-string
Disciplines
History | Music
Recommended Citation
Gretsch Company, "Atkins Super Axe guitar, model 7680" (2024). Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments. 122.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gretsch-artifacts/122
Copyright/Licensing
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