From driving rhythm to ripping leads, the classic double-cutaway G6122-1962 Country Gentleman Classic has it all! Features include dual High Sensitive Filter'Tron™ pickups, "tone switch" circuitry, "action-flow" neck, double mutes, back pad and Bigsby® B6G vibrato tailpiece.

Gretsch® introduced the famous Chet Atkins 6122 Country Gentleman guitar in 1958 as a high-end complement to the popular 6120 Chet Atkins Hollow Body model. The Country Gentleman became an immediate hit, and was heard on many hits in the late ’50s and throughout the ’60s (and beyond) not only by Atkins himself, but by legions of players who emerged from the British Invasion and ’60s guitar boom who revered it for its terrific and elegant sound, look and feel. It was so big, so luxurious — and so rockin’! In single- and double-cutaway models, the Country Gentleman has left an indelible imprint on the history of popular music, from The Beatles to The Stone Roses, and today’s 6122 Country Gentleman guitars continue that great Gretsch tradition— and “That Great Gretsch Sound!™”

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Specifications

• Body Style: Double Cutaway
• Scale Length: 24.6" (625mm)
• Top: Arched Laminated Maple
• Back & Sides: Laminated Maple Body, 17" Wide, 2" Deep
• Neck: 3-Piece Maple
• Pickups: 2 High Sensitive Filter'TronTM Pickups
• Pickup Switching:
  • 3-Position Toggle:
    • Position 1. Bridge Pickup
    • Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
    • Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Controls:
  • Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
  • Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup),
  • Master Volume,
  • 3-Position Toggle Master Tone Switch,
  • Standby Switch
• Width At Nut: 1-11/16" (43mm)
• Fretboard: Ebony, 12" Radius (305mm)
• Bridge: Ebony-Based Gold "Rocking" Bar Bridge
• Tailpiece: Gretsch Bigsby® B6G Vibrato Tailpiece
• Hardware: Gold-Plated
• Finish: Gloss Urethane
• Case: Includes G6242L Deluxe Hardshell Case
• No. Of Frets: 22 (Plus Zero Fret)
• Machine Heads: Grover® ImperialTM Gold-Plated Die-cast Tuners
• Unique Features:
  • Neo Classic "Thumbnail" Inlay Position Markers,
  • Zero Fret,
  • Simulated F-Holes,
  • Double Muffler System,
  • Bound Fingerboard and Headstock,
  • Multiple Body Bindings,
  • Gold-Plated Name Plate on Headstock,
  • Gold Plexi Pickguard,
  • Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs,
  • Adjustable Truss Rod

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