Chet Atkins guitar, model PX6130
Creation Date (Approximate)
1955
Files
Description
"Lefty - 13 1/4" wide, 2" deep, single cutaway, mahogany body Maple top and G brand, sides covered with Western-motif tooled leather, 2 gold DeArmond pickups, 3 knobs (non G/Arrow) on the lower treble bout, 1 switch on cutaway, 1 knob on the upper bass bout, bound top, single-bound fingerboard, and headstock, rosewood fingerboard with block inlayed (no cowboy etching), Gretsch 'T' roof logo and longhorn headstock, Gold pickguard, metal nut, 24 1/2" scale, gold hardware, Melita bridge, Gretsch G cut tailpiece with western belt buckle string anchor, original open back tuners. Tweed Gretsch case."
Measurements
Length -Total: 98.6cm -Back Length: 45.2cm -Headstock: 17cm -Neck (nut to body): 27.3cm -Scale: 63cm (24.80in) Width -Upper Bout: 26.4cm -Waist: 21.4cm -Lower Bout: 33.9cm -Headstock at top: 6.5cm -Headstock at bottom: 7cm -Neck at nut: 4.3cm -Neck at body: 5.3cm Height -Rib at Heel: 4.6cm -Rib at Waist: 4.6cm -Rib at Bottom: 4cm Angle -Headstock: 18.5 Soud Holes -Sound Hole: N/A Pick-ups - Total: 2 Frets -Total frets: 22 -Body and neck join: 15 fret Weight: 7lbs/2.5oz
Identifier
2023.008.068
Keywords
Gretsch, guitar, 6-string
Disciplines
History | Music
Recommended Citation
Gretsch Company, "Chet Atkins guitar, model PX6130" (2024). Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments. 147.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gretsch-artifacts/147
Copyright/Licensing
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