Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments
Super Chet guitar, model 7690
Creation Date (Approximate)
1979
Files
Description
"17" wide 2 1/2" deep rounded single cutaway body with bound 'F' holes, binding material around middle of side, hump shield bound headstock with 'Gretsch - T roof' logo and fancy abalone inlay on headstock and ebony fingerboard. Tuneomatic bridge. Original gold hardware with deluxe tailpiece with ebony insert with abalone inlay, 2 Filter'Tron pickups, 5 knobs on pickguard, one switches on upper bass bout, black pick guard with 'Gretsch Super Chet' logo in gold. Original case."
Measurements
Length -Total: 108.3cm -Back Length: 48.7cm -Headstock: 19cm -Neck (nut to body): 42cm -Scale: 66cm (25.98in) Angle: Headstock angle: 14.5 Width -Upper Bout: 31cm -Waist: 26cm -Lower Bout: 42.4cm -Headstock at top: 8.9cm -Headstock at bottom: 7.5cm -Neck at nut: 4.3cm -Neck at body: 5.3cm Height -Rib at Heel: 7cm -Rib at Waist: 6.8cm -Rib at Bottom:6.2 cm Angle -Headstock: Sound Hole - F Sound Hole: 15cm Pick-ups - Total: 2 Frets -Total frets: 22 -Body and neck join: 18 fret
Identifier
2023.008.055
Keywords
Gretsch, guitar, 6-string
Disciplines
History | Music
Recommended Citation
Gretsch Company, "Super Chet guitar, model 7690" (2024). Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments. 93.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gretsch-artifacts/93
Copyright/Licensing
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