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GRETSCH 6119 CHET ATKINS TENNESSEAN, 1967 |
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One of the last
pre-Baldwin Tennesseans. It is dated May 1967 and still
has all the correct features of the guitar used by George
Harrison with The Beatles: thinline hollowbody, fake
F holes painted on the top, zero-fret,
"neo-classic" rosewood fretboard with
thumbprint inlays, circuitry with pickup selctor, tone selector,
stand-by-switch, two volume controls plus one
master volume, oval-button Grover Sta-Tites (Van Ghents
were introduced in the second half of '67), G-Arrow
knobs (not the later model), etc. etc. Basically, the
only difference between this guitar and Harrison's is the
metal plate with model's name on the headstock. Pickups
are Hi-Lo Tron single-coils, bridge is the straight
bar with smaller bar (a larger one was used on 6120s
and 6122s), V-Cutout "Gretsch by Bigsby"
vibrato tailpiece, "neck dovel". Excellent conditions, gorgeous figured
woods, a few belt-buckle
marks on the back, some binding deterioration (nothing
worth of note). Pickguard is solid but there is a
superficial crack next to the screw. The headstock veneer
is also cracked. Frets and zero-fret are original, with
some wear, and everything else on this guitar is 100% original, down to the strap
buttons. Original Gretsch
thin hardshell case, really solid and beautiful. Clean, clean, clean '60s
Gretsch!
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