GRETSCH 6120 Chet Atkins NASHVILLE, 1972 |
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A very
interesting one-of-a-kind guitar. Basically it's a '60s style
double cutaway 6120 Nashville, built as Gretsch was introducing the new
70s version with open F sound-holes, squared-off pickguard and Burns Gear-Box
at the base of the neck. NOT one of such features is shown on this
guitar, which nevertheless has many unique specifications. The body
has the classic '60s back-pad, but under it there is NO access-hole to
electric circuitry! But unlike '70s Nashvilles that had open soundholes,
this one has painted-on fake Fs, so the only way to have access to the
circuitry is through the pickup holes. The back pad on this guitar has
only a cosmetic function! Another unique feature is the lack of the string
mute with its lever and knob, typical of a '70s Nashville but never found
on a '60s-style double cut 6120. Now: if the body was conceived as a 70s
Nashville with no mute and no back-access to the circuitry, it should have
had OPEN soundholes.... if it was conceived as a '60s Nashville with
fake-Fs, it should have had both mute and back-access door. All these
features make of it a really rare and unique instrument. |