Chet Atkins guitar, model PX6120
Creation Date (Approximate)
1955
Files
Description
"16" wide cutaway body G brand with 2 gold DeArmond pickups, 3 'Arrow' knobs on the lower treble bout, one on the upper treble bout, 1 switch on top bass bout, compensating gold painted metal bridge, fixed bar gold painted Bigsby Vibrato, bound rosewood fingerboard with block cowboy inlayed (starts at first fret), Gretsch 'T' roof logo and longhorn headstock, gold signpost and signature pickguard. With western white 6120 Gretsch case."
Measurements
Length -Total: 103.9cm -Back Length: 51cm -Headstock: 18cm -Neck (nut to body): 35.2cm -Scale: 64.4cm (25.35in) Width -Upper Bout: 28.8cm -Waist: 24cm -Lower Bout: 39.5cm -Headstock at top: 9cm -Headstock at bottom: 9.5cm -Neck at nut: 4.2cm -Neck at body: 5.1cm Height -Rib at Heel: 7.1cm -Rib at Waist: 7cm -Rib at Bottom: 7.6cm Angle -Headstock: 16 Sound Hole - F Sound Hole: 18cm Pick-ups - Total: 2 Frets -Total frets: 22 -Body and neck join: 14 fret Weight: 6lbs/12.0oz
Identifier
2023.008.070
Keywords
Gretsch, guitar, 6-string
Disciplines
History | Music
Recommended Citation
Gretsch Company, "Chet Atkins guitar, model PX6120" (2024). Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments. 146.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gretsch-artifacts/146
Copyright/Licensing
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