The Chet Atkins Tennessee Rose is a part of the Gretsch Guitars Professional Collection. These guitars are designed in cooperation with musicians who know all the ins and outs of great instruments. The Tennessee Rose is actually based on the Tennessean, a guitar that was made in 1958. In addition to being part of the Professional Collection, the Tennessee Rose is one of the Gretsch 75th Anniversary Models. It was renamed the Tennessee Rose in the 1990s, and it later became the Chet Atkins Tennessee Rose after Mr. Atkins brought Gretsch his ideas for modifying the guitar.
The body of the Tennessee Rose is made from laminated maple, and the top is arched. It uses bound oversized F-holes and has multiple body bindings. The maple neck features 22 frets and a 12 inch ebony radius. It uses Neo Classic thumbnail inlays. High Sensitive Filter Tron pickups are positioned at the neck and the bridge, and they’re done in a H/H configuration. A three position switch lets you decide which ones are active. The guitar also has volume for the neck, volume for the bridge, a master volume control, and a master tone control. Read more
Gretsch Guitars has partnered with Brian Setzer to create yet another outstanding guitar in their Professional Collection. The G6120SSL Brian Setzer Nashville guitar is based on guitars in Setzer’s vintage collection, although he made a few recommendations and additions based on what he loves to see in a guitar. It’s an interesting combination of several different models, and the result is uniquely Brian Setzer.
What guitars did Setzer pick? He started with his favorite 1959, taking the trestle bracing from it so that the Nashville has a good, solid feel. The full hollowbody guitar is made from laminated flamed maple, while the neck is made from two pieces of rock maple. It features a bound ebony fretboard. Then he bring in some TV Jones Classic pickups, a rosewood Adjusto-Matic bridge, and Sperzel locking tuners. The guitar is finished off with a Gretsch Bigsby B6CB vibrato tailpiece and nickel-plated hardware. Master tone, master volume, and individual pickup volumes give you complete control over how loud your sound is.
The Brian Setzer Nashville takes Setzer’s favorite guitars and creates one amazing instrument that has everything he could ever ask for. The Nashville comes with a hardshell case and has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $4,425. Read more
In 1960, rock and roll pioneer Eddie Cochran was killed in a car crash. However, his music lived on, and now so does his uniquely modified Gretsch G6120 guitar. Cochran made some changes to the G6120 that made it different from any other instrument out there, and now Gretsch has recreated this guitar as the Gretsch Guitars Eddie Cochran Tribute Model. This relic guitar was created by Gretsch master guitar maker Stephen Stern and his team after examining Cochran’s original guitar from its home at the Cleveland, Ohio, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The Cochran Tribute Model features a single cutaway body made from laminated maple. The neck is made from a three piece maple, walnut, and maple wood. It uses a Seymour Duncan Dog Ear single coil pickup on the neck and a DynaSonic single coil on the bridge. The pickup switching has three positions: bridge, bridge and neck, and neck. The fretboard is made from rosewood and has a nine inch radius. The guitar has 22 frets and the finish is a distressed gloss nitrocellulose lacquer.
In addition to these features, the Cochran Tribute comes with a reproduction of the personalized leather guitar strap that Cochran used while playing and a reproduction of the polishing cloth he used after his 1960 British tour. Several other extras, such as a tour poster, fan club items, promotional photos, and a DVD detailing how the recreation was made also come with the guitar.
