Calling all Boom Chuckers!!! Finally and happily in stock, The Gretsch G6120-55 Vintage Select Edition 55’ Chet Atkins!! It’s a fingerstyle/Rockabilly Dream! Professionally Setup in our shop and plays like butter! Co-designed with the guitarist’s guitarist, Chet Atkins, the venerable 6120 is one of the most widely heard Gretsch instruments. The G6120T-55 Vintage Select Edition '55 Chet Atkins® Hollow Body with Bigsby® stays true to the original design and astounding classic aesthetics. A veritable tonal multi-tool, this hollow body has an easy-playing, comfortable feel and rings out proudly with That Great Gretsch Sound!™

A pair of TV Jones® T-Armond single-coil pickups creates multi-dimensional tone with plenty of articulate detail. Traditional Gretsch controls allow you to blend and shape the pickups’ sounds, creating countless tonal variations. Add the new Gretsch “Squeezebox” paper-in-oil capacitors and you get incredibly smooth taper and silky vintage high end. The standard “U”-shaped maple neck bears a 12”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets for a memorable playing experience that works with any fret-hand style. A pinned aluminum compensated bridge works with the Bigsby B6GBVF vibrato tailpiece for stable tuning while the vintage-style polished aluminum nut delivers signature snappy twang.

Designed for pure tone and slick, comfortable playing feel, this guitar features the classic appointments Gretsch fans desire—gold G-arrow control knobs, aged white binding with black purfling, durable gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish, aged pearloid block inlays with classic Western motif, gold vintage thick plexi pickguard with Gretsch logo and gold Grover® Sta-Tite™ tuning machines. A resurrected blast from the past with elegantly refined style and sound, the G6120T-55 Vintage Select Edition '55 Chet Atkins® Hollow Body with Bigsby® is sure to satisfy any devotee of Gretsch’s golden era.

Fingerboard MaterialRosewood
Fingerboard Radius12" (305 mm)
HeadstockEarly '50s Gretsch
Neck FinishGloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck MaterialMaple
Neck ShapeStandard "U"
Number of Frets22
Nut MaterialPolished Aluminum
Nut Width1.6875" (42.86 mm)
Position InlaysAged Pearloid Blocks
String NutPolished Aluminum
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Body

BodyLaminated Flame Maple
Body BackLaminated Maple
Body BindingAged White with B/I Purfling
Body FinishGloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body MaterialLaminated Flame Maple
Body ShapeNashville® / G6120
Body StyleGretsch® Hollow Body Guitars
Body TopLaminated Flame Maple
BracingParallel Tone Bars
CutawaySingle Cutaway
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Hardware

BridgeCompensated Aluminum
Bridge Cover/TailpieceBigsby® B6CBVF Vibrato Tailpiece
Bridge MountingPinned
Control KnobsArrow
Hardware FinishGold
Neck PlateNA
PickguardGold Plexi with Black Gretsch® Logo and Artist Signature Sign Post Graphic
StringsNickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
Tuning MachinesGrover® V98 Sta-Tite™ Open-Back
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Electronics

Bridge PickupTV Jones® T-Armond™
ControlsVolume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone
Neck PickupTV Jones® T-Armond™
Pickup ConfigurationDynasonic™ / Dynasonic™
Switching3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup