Gretsch G6119T-62 Vintage Select Edition '62 Tennessean Dark

Gretsch G6119T-62 Vintage Select Edition '62 Tennessean Dark Cherry Stain with Case
Product no: 9000-0024-0243 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

The G6119T-62GE Vintage Select Edition '62 Tennessean is a guitar purist's dream instrument. Built according to specifications from 1962, this guitar - that was designed in collaboration with star guitarist Chet Atkins - will make you feel like no time has passed at all. The Tennessee Rose stands out thanks to its slim body with faux, painted-on f-holes. Chet Atkins reckoned that real sound holes would affect the body's feedback. Parallel tone bars for bracing - a means of reinforcement that allows for a slimmer body while retaining the full hollow-body sound - was also one of Chet Atkins' innovative ideas.

A Classic Beauty

If you didn't known any better, you'd think this Dark Cherry Stain beauty was transported straight from the 1960s. Not only its shape and finish exude the decade's spirit, its hardware is vintage-correct as well. The guitar features two TV-Jones Hilo'tron single-coil pickups, for instance, ensuring more output and warmth than a standard single-coil could, but also allowing for sparkling trebles and a nice feisty bite. The elaborate, versatile tone controls once again betray the hand of Chet Atkins, and even the Sta-tite machine heads are true to the period. Basically, this Vintage Select Edition Gretsch treats you to the classic characteristics and sound you've come to love, for a realistic price.

Vintage Select Editions

Even though Gretsch Guitars was originally founded in 1883, the 1950s were the company's glory days. Not only was rock & roll up and coming, it was also a great time for guitar builders, who kept their businesses rolling along smoothly. Thanks to years of experience and collaborations with famous guitar builders like Chet Atkins, Gretsch was able to issue guitar models that are still incredibly popular today. To pay homage to their own golden age, Gretsch has introduced the Vintage Select Editions, a series of guitars that adhere strictly to the specifications from their heydays. All of the Gretsch Vintage Select guitars are vintage-correct and, unlike the original instruments from the '50s, affordable for true fans.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	21
Number of strings	6
Body depth	thinline
Bridge type	rocking bar + vibrato
Centre block	no
Sustainable product	not specified
Pickup configuration	HH
Pickup type	single-coil (passive)
Suitable style of music	bright blues, warm blues
Neck connection	set neck
Wood type (back)	maple
Fretboard wood	rosewood
Wood type (soundboard)	maple
Wood type (sides)	maple
For what genre?	Soul & Blues (clean)
Includes cover	no
Includes case	yes
Colour	red
Country of origin	Japan
Left-handed	no
Body material	maple
Scale length	24.6 inches (625mm)
Body type	hollow-body
Set	no

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	5,5 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	125,0 x 53,0 x 22,0 cm

Product specifications

Gretsch semi-akoestische gitaar
- model: G6119T-62 Vintage Select Edition '62 Tennessean
- colour: Dark Cherry Stain
body
- top: laminated maple
- sides and back: laminated maple
- finish: high gloss
- binding: aged white
- sound holes: faux f-holes
- bracing: parallel tone bars
neck
- joint: set-in
- material: maple
- finish: high gloss
- profile: standard U
- scale length: 24.6"
- fretboard: rosewood
- fretboard radius: 12"
- binding: aged white
- number of frets: 22
- fret type: Vintage Style
- nut material: bone
- nut width: 1.6875"
- position markers: pearloid thumbnail, offset
- truss rod: single-action
hardware
- bridge: Gretsch Rocking Bar
- tailpiece: Bigsby with Gretsch Logo
- hardware finish: chrome-plated
- machine heads: Grover Sta Tite, open gear
- pickguard: Silver Plexi with Chet Atkins signature and Gretsch logo
electronics
- bridge pickup: TV-Jones Hilo'Tron
- neck pickup: TV-Jones Hilo'Tron
- switches: 1x 3-way pickup switch, 1x bridge pickup on/off, 1x neck pickup on/off
- controls: 2x volume (one per pickup), 1x master volume
included: case

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