Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments
Chet Atkins guitar, model PX6121
Creation Date (Approximate)
1956
Files
Description
"13 1/4" wide, 2" deep, single cutaway, mahogany body with maple top and G brand, sides covered with Western-motif tooled leather, 2 gold DeArmond pickups, 3 knobs (Arrow only) on lower treble bout, 1 knob on cutaway, 1 switch on upper bass bout, bound top, single-bound fingerboard and headstock, rosewood fingerboard with block cowboy inlayed (starts at first fret), Gretsch 'T' roof logo and longhorn headstock, metal nut, 24 1/2" scale, gold hardware, gold painted Bigsby bridge, Bigsby gold painted fixed bar vibrato, original open back tuners. Original Gretsch case."
Measurements
Length -Total: 99.2cm -Back Length: 44.9cm -Headstock: 17cm -Neck (nut to body): 37.5cm -Scale: 62.2cm (24.5in) Width -Upper Bout: 26.4cm -Waist: 21.0cm -Lower Bout: 33.5cm -Headstock at top: 6.51cm -Headstock at bottom: 7.5cm -Neck at nut: 4.3cm -Neck at body: 5.3cm Height -Rib at Heel: 4.5 cm -Rib at Waist: 4.5cm -Rib at Bottom: 4.8cm Angle -Headstock: Pick-ups - Total: 2 Frets -Total frets: 22 -Body and neck join: 16 fret
Identifier
2023.008.001
Keywords
Gretsch, guitar, 6-string
Disciplines
History | Music
Recommended Citation
Gretsch Company, "Chet Atkins guitar, model PX6121" (2024). Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments. 95.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gretsch-artifacts/95
Copyright/Licensing
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