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GRETSCH > G5120WCST Chet Atkins Hollow Body

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 his ...
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How the Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins became a rock ’n’ roll icon, played by Pete Townshend, Randy Bachman and more – before enjoying a triumphant second act in the hands of ...

The Gibson Les Paul and Fender Esquire/Telecaster and Stratocaster solidbodies, and the Gibson ES-335 semi-hollow electric, rightfully rank as some of the most iconic guitars of the early days of rock ...
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Gretsch exhibit opens at Country Music Hall of Fame

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Duane Eddy still remembers the day he bought his Gretsch Chet Atkins Model 6120, the guitar that would be forever associated with his irresistible, twangy sound. “I went ...
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The history of Gretsch electric guitars: how guitarist, demonstrator and designer Jimmie Webster’s innovations of the ’50s and ’60s shape That Great Gretsch Sound to this day

If the record-buying public had warmed to Jimmie Webster’s ‘Touch System’ two-handed tapping technique, then the Gretsch brand that we know today might never have existed. Webster was an accomplished ...