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Gretsch G6120DSV Nashville with DynaSonic Pickups |
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The Gretsch G6120 or Nashville was first introduced in 1954 and is one of the guitar companies most popular guitars. It is a six string electric hollowbody and is apart of Gretsch’s Professional Collection. This version is based upon the 1957 version which had two DynaSonic pickups, Bigsby vibrato, unique ‘hump block’ inlays and no large “G” on body. When it first came out it had a more of a country or cowboy look to it with cactus inlays, steer headstock logo and the like. The guitar over the next few years would become more of the modern day 6120. The single cut-a-way body back and sides are made of laminated maple with an arched laminated maple top. Inside the body are parallel tone braces and sound post. They are meant to reduce the amount of feedback while also giving the guitar more sustain. The tone braces would connect the top of the body with the back which what really helped reduce the feedback while enhancing its resonance. The body is 2.75 inches thick like the ’57 version as later versions of the guitar where thinner by a ½ an inch or so. The pickups are not height adjustable mainly because they rest on top of the arched top. The Nashville is also known for its deep orange or ‘amber red’ color. This one is finished in gloss urethane. The bridge is a floating type which rests on top of the body. It has a rosewood base with a chrome ‘rocking’ style bar. The tailpiece is a Bigsby B6CBDE vibrato which was introduced to the guitar in 1956. The tailpiece before that had a fixed arm which meant the guitarist couldn’t move it out of the way when playing. This one has a swivel arm. The ‘F’ holes are bound and oversized. The pickguard is made of gold Plexiglas with the Chet Atkins signature on it. The 24.6 inch scale length neck is made of two pieces of maple with a rosewood fretboard. The rosewood fretboard has 22 vintage frets with a radius of 12 inches. The machine heads are gold-plated Grover Sta-Tite die cast tuners. One of the unique features of the fretboard is the ‘hump block’ Pearloid position markers which are found only on the ’57 version of the Nashville. The headstock is made of maple and is stained mahogany and has Pearloid horseshoe inlaid right below the Gretsch Pearloid inlay. The Gretsch logo inlay was originally made of mother-of-pearl. Around the neck and headstock is a single ply white colored binding. The truss rod is adjustable by removing the cover located on the headstock right above the nut. As for the electronics and pickups the Nashville has two DynaSonic single coils, 3-way pickup selector switch, two volume controls, master volume control, and a master tone control. This was the last year the single coil DeArmond Dyna-Sonics where used. They where replaced with FilterTron humbucking type of pickups in 1958. The pickup selector is wired in the standard way with: Position 1 – Bridge The master volume control is located below the neck pickup. The master tone control is located right below the bottom ‘F’ hole while the knob above it is the neck pickups volume and behind it is the bridge pickups volume control. The control knobs themselves are ‘G-Arrow’ type which where first used on the Nashville in 1956. They have an arrow designating its position. Features
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