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Gretsch Guitars - 240-1234-892
Description
Inspired by the original CGP (Certified Guitar Player), Chet Atkins, this Country Gentleman is more than able to keep up with the most fleet-fingered guitarist. Packed with the sound, style and features that made the original a legend, the 59 Gent provides highly responsive, amazingly articulate sound.
A pair of TV Jones pickupsa SuperTron Classic Plus bridge pickup and SuperTron neck pickupresponds to every stroke with defined, eloquent tone. Traditional Gretsch controls, volume for each pickup, master volume and tone control, allow you to blend the pickups to create countless tonal variations. Add the new Gretsch Squeezebox paper-in-oil capacitors and you get incredibly silky vintage high end. The standard U-shaped maple neck with 1.75 nut bears a 12-radius ebony fingerboard with 22 vintage-style small frets and is a pickers dream. A pinned rocking bar bridge works with the Bigsby B6GWVT vibrato tailpiece for stable tuning while the vintage-style genuine bone nut lets the strings slide freely without binding in the slots.
All of the 59 Gents classic features are herelaminated 5-ply figured maple top with painted F Holes, wire vibrato arm, gold G Arrow control knobs, aged white binding with black purfling, gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish, aged pearloid thumbnail inlays, gold vintage thick plexi pickguard with Gretsch logo and gold Grover Imperial tuning machines with butterbean buttons. A truly classic instrument with refined style and sound, the G6122T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Hollow Body with Bigsby is a fine addition to any guitarists collection.
Features and Specs:
Model Name: G6122T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman Hollow Body with Bigsby, TV Jones, Tiger Flame Maple, Walnut Stain Lacquer
Model Number: 2401234892
Series:Professional Collection
Color: Walnut Stain
Body
Body Shape: Country Gentleman
Bracing: Trestle
Body Binding: Aged White with B/I/B Purfling
Body Material: Laminated Figured Maple
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Back: Laminated Maple
Body Top: 5-Ply Laminated Figured Maple
Neck
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Standard "U"
Neck Binding: Aged White
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Vintage-Style
String Nut: Bone
Nut Width: 1.75" (44.5 mm)
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard: Ebony
Position Inlays: Aged Pearloid Thumbnails
Electronics
Bridge Pickup: TV Jones Super'Tron Classic Plus
Neck Pickup: TV Jones Super'Tron Classic Plus
Controls: Volume 1. Neck Pickup, Volume 2. Bridge Pickup, Master Volume
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: Filter'Tron&traade; / Filter'Tron
Hardware
Bridge: Rocking Bar
Tuning Machines: Grover Imperial with Butter-Bean Buttons
Orientation: Right-Hand
Pickguard: Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch Logo
Control Knobs: "G" Arrow
Miscellaneous
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel .011-.049
