2016 Gretsch G6120T-59GE
The Gretsch G6120T-59GE '59 hollowbody is the same guitar as the current 6120T-59 Vintage Select. The name change was the result of trademark infringement claimed by Martin Guitars over the GE or Golden Era branding. However you slice it, the 6120T-59 is a modern recreation of the company’s classic 1959 6120 Chet Atkins model, which is among the most highly prized Gretsch models in the vintage market and one of the most iconic electric guitar models by a company other than Gibson or Fender.
The G6120-59GE features a trestle-braced body that measures 2-3/4” deep, a pair of TV Jones Filter’Tron Classic pickups and vintage-circuit wiring, Gretsch/Bigsby B6 tailpiece and a Rocking Bar bridge. The maple neck has an ebony fingerboard that’s fretted with vintage-style frets at a 12” radius and a soft V carve. Thumbprint inlays, cream bindings, zero fret, horseshoe headstock inlay, vintage-style tuners finish and gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish off the guitar accurately to 1959 spec.
The neck thickness is .827” at the 1st fret and .913” at the 9th. 24.5” scale, 1-11/16” nutwidth. Weight is 7.7 lbs. Pickups measure 3.9k (n) and 4.7k (b).
The guitar is in near-new condition apart from a repaired ding on the headstock’s front upper-left corner. It has been set-up here at Folkway with 11-49 strings.
With original hardshell case.
The G6120-59GE features a trestle-braced body that measures 2-3/4” deep, a pair of TV Jones Filter’Tron Classic pickups and vintage-circuit wiring, Gretsch/Bigsby B6 tailpiece and a Rocking Bar bridge. The maple neck has an ebony fingerboard that’s fretted with vintage-style frets at a 12” radius and a soft V carve. Thumbprint inlays, cream bindings, zero fret, horseshoe headstock inlay, vintage-style tuners finish and gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish off the guitar accurately to 1959 spec.
The neck thickness is .827” at the 1st fret and .913” at the 9th. 24.5” scale, 1-11/16” nutwidth. Weight is 7.7 lbs. Pickups measure 3.9k (n) and 4.7k (b).
The guitar is in near-new condition apart from a repaired ding on the headstock’s front upper-left corner. It has been set-up here at Folkway with 11-49 strings.
With original hardshell case.
