{"id":38020,"date":"2026-11-13T16:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T15:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vintageguitars.fr\/produit\/gretsch-chet-atkins-country-gentleman\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T16:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T15:37:34","slug":"gretsch-chet-atkins-country-gentleman","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/vintageguitars.fr\/en\/produit\/gretsch-chet-atkins-country-gentleman\/","title":{"rendered":"Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Introduced in the 1958 Gretsch catalogue, the Country Gentleman 6122 sat at the top of the Chet Atkins line. The Tennessean 6119 was the most affordable model, while the iconic 6120 sat below the Country Gentleman, which offered a wider body and gold-plated hardware. The White Falcon remained Gretsch\u2019s flagship model. The Country Gentleman, of course, owes much of its fame to George Harrison.<\/p>\n<p>This 1967 example is entirely original. Its large double-cutaway hollow body, with painted-on f-holes, resonates strongly. The two Filter\u2019Tron pickups give it a crisp attack and a clean, well-defined low end. You can really feel those low notes vibrating through the guitar as you play, and I\u2019d say that\u2019s what struck me most about this one. As you can see, it also has a Bigsby vibrato and a built-in string mute. The body binding shows some deterioration in places, which is common on Gretsch guitars from this period. It comes with a wilkinson bridge too.<\/p>\n<p>It comes with its original hardshell case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduced in the 1958 Gretsch catalogue, the Country Gentleman 6122 sat at the top of the Chet Atkins line. The Tennessean 6119 was the most affordable model, while the iconic 6120 sat below the Country Gentleman, which offered a wider body and gold-plated hardware. The White Falcon remained Gretsch\u2019s flagship model. The Country Gentleman, of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38017,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[18,8],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-38020","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-electric","product_cat-guitars","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vintageguitars.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/38020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vintageguitars.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vintageguitars.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vintageguitars.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vintageguitars.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vintageguitars.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=38020"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vintageguitars.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=38020"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vintageguitars.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=38020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}