Description
Vintage Select Country Gentleman with 5-Ply Figured Maple Top
The G6122T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman is a hollow body guitar built around the construction details of the 1959 Country Gentleman. The top is 5-ply laminated figured maple with painted F-holes — a defining characteristic of the original model. The back is laminated maple with parallel bracing. The finish is Walnut Stain in gloss nitrocellulose lacquer, with aged white binding and B/I/B purfling. Made in Japan.
The neck is maple with a Standard “U” profile and an ebony fingerboard. Scale length is 25.5", nut width is 1.75", and the board has a 12" radius with 22 vintage small frets and pearloid neo-classic thumbnail inlays.
TV Jones Super'Tron Pickups & Controls
This model uses a mixed Super'Tron configuration: a TV Jones Super'Tron Classic Plus in the bridge position and a TV Jones Super'Tron in the neck position. The control layout is a 3-knob arrangement: individual bridge pickup volume, master volume, and master tone, with G-Arrow knobs. Pickup selection is via a 3-position toggle. The circuit includes “Squeezebox” capacitors.
Hardware & Appointments
Hardware is gold throughout. The tailpiece is a Bigsby B6GWVT with wire handle, paired with a pinned rocking bar bridge. Tuners are Grover Imperial with butter-bean buttons. The pickguard is gold plexi with a black Gretsch logo. Body binding is aged white with B/I/B purfling. Comes with a Gretsch hardshell case.
