The Gretsch G6120-CGP Chet Atkins Stereo Guitar brings you an
opportunity to own a legendary and unique instrument! Originally created
as a one-off for the iconic guitarist in 1956, the G6120-CGP Chet
Atkins Stereo Guitar is now available as a very limited new edition,
with a stereo split between the upper three and lower three strings for a
jaw-dropping stereo sound. A flip of a switch puts the guitar in mono
operation. This guitar features maple body and neck construction, plus a
rosewood fingerboard and bridge. In addition to its Bigsby trem
tailpiece and bound headstock and neck, the G6120-CGP Chet Atkins Stereo
Guitar also includes pearloid block position markers.
Gretsch G6120-CGP Chet Atkins Stereo Guitar
A true original, recreated
The original prototype Gretsch
Stereo guitar was created for Chet Atkins in 1956 with the help of
musician and electronics repairman from Cairo, Illinois, Ray Butts.
Ray's ingenious split-dual-coil pickup was assembled on a prototype
G6120 guitar with closed simulated f-hole inlays on the body, only one
was ever produced.
A guitar ahead of its time
Chet used this special, one-of-a-kind instrument on his ground breaking 1957 album, Finger-Style Guitar.
Wired with two output jacks, the signal from the bass strings would
run through the echo input on his amplifier while the treble strings
were fed dry through the normal channel. Though at the time the concept
of a "stereo" guitar was a brilliant idea, it was deemed impractical
as the cost to produce it put it out of reach of the general buying
public. The project was shelved.
With a flip of a switch the
G6120-CGP Chet Atkins Stereo Guitar operates in Mono or Stereo. In
Stereo mode, the signal of the low E, A, and D strings are isolated to a
designated output jack while the high E, B, and G strings are routed
to their own output jack. Whether you use two amplifiers spread apart
or record a performance with a wide left/right pan, the results are
mind-blowing! In Mono mode, the signal to all six strings route to one
output.
Limited release
As a limited release, only 75
guitars will be produced world wide in 2008. Here's your chance to own
one of the first batch of reproductions of this seminal instrument.
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