During the heyday of the 50s American car craze, Gretsch kickstarted a trend among the major league manufacturers of using automotive paint finishes in the mass production of electric guitars.

A fret located just past the nut before the 1st, it first appeared on Gretsch guitars in 1959 by special request from Chet Atkins. According to Gretsch, it was originally referred to in marketing ...

125 years ago, a German immigrant by the name of Friedrich Gretsch opened a small instruments shop in Brooklyn, NY. Young Gretsch built banjos and drums, and his little business was success. After ...

1956 Gretsch Chet Atkins Model 6120 Guitar with Case, from Miami Beach Hour 3 Aired: 01/16/11 Rating: TV-G Buy Now: Buy on iTunes Buy on Amazon; Share: Share this video on ...

Randy Bachman holds the guitar he plans to trade for the 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins that was stolen from him in 1976. The two guitars are almost identical, he says. From Bachman & Bachman/Youtube ...

The guitar is a 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins, in orange, which he bought from a Winnipeg music store when he was 19 years old. Forty-five years after it was stolen in Toronto, it's back in his ...

It will be offered at auction on Feb. 19 at Arader Galleries in New York City by Guernsey’s auction house, along with the prototype of Chet Atkins’ Gretsch model electric guitar, known as ...

The orange 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins guitar was used to record songs including "American Woman." Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 48°F. Friday, May 23rd 2025 ...

Reverend Horton Heat was on the road with his seminal psychobilly band in the early '90s, when the electrical controls on his guitar, a Gibson ES175, started to show their age. "We were playing 27 … ...

POOLER, GA (WTOC) - You've heard a Gretsch guitar even if you've never seen one and chances are, you have seen one. But that distinctive look is not what has some of the world's best musicians calling ...