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Who's collection?  Lp's, j-45's Clapton "Blackie" strat, Epi casinos, Ric 360, 330, 325, 4001, Lightshow's  and I saw a capri and the legenadry frying pan lap steel. Quite impressive!

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raxo,

Here's my 1963 Gretsch Country Gentleman:

Excellent! One of my favorites. How is the binding and the neck angle ? Those are the two most common thing I see in the repair shop on the vintage gretsch models. I either replace binding that has either shrank or rotted and broke away or I have to do neck resets. but that does not matter I love the old gretsch guitars and my next purchase will be the Eddie Cochran model, the one with the p-90 pick-up in the neck position. Is that a Deluxe Reverb in brown tolex lurking in the background ?

Hi RICKENBACKER325,

Thank you.  The original bindings and neck angle on my Country Gentleman are perfect.  I bought it at Gruhn Guitars in 1992.  I already had a 1967 Country Gentleman (Baldwin era) which I purchased from them five years earlier.  Both were checked out by my luthier, Mark Simon.  Being a luthier too, you might recognize the name.  He gave them both a "clean bill of health."  They needed no set up or adjustment of any kind.  The only thing I asked Mark to do was to replace the roller bridges with Gibson Tunomatic bridges; ebony for the 1963 and rosewood for the 1967 to match the fretboards, both completely reversible modifications.  You probably noticed this on the picture I posted.  I really like the old Gretsch guitars too.  I'm sure you'll find the right Eddie Cochran model.

Mine is the early 1963 model with two Filtertrons rather than the Filtertron and Supertron.  My 1967 has two Filtertrons and a single mute.

That's my 1963 Vibroverb Reissue amp.  I bought that amplifier about the same time I bought my 1963 Gent.

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I love the old gretsch guitars and my next purchase will be the Eddie Cochran model, the one with the p-90 pick-up in the neck position.

1955 Chet Atkins Hollowbody 6120    Sweet guitar!

Here's a nice assortment of old Gretsch guitars:

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Here's a nice assortment of old Gretsch guitars:

I can't imagine anyone other else playing one!!!! (we're still waiting for their works to be released)!!!

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raxo,

Here's my 1963 Gretsch Country Gentleman:

Can I come over and touch that guitar??????????? Beautiful!!!!!!!

Thank you, Revolution.  

You can even play it if you'd like!  You'd then know how George felt when he played his Country Gentleman.

Wow! I'd Love to get a semi-hollow one .Sound Great !!!!

It's both the semi-hollowbody and those Filtertrons that give the Country Gentleman its sound.  It's heavy guitar with, for me, a perfectly shaped neck with its ebony fretboard.  All that gold hardware against that dark mahogany.  Chet Atkins designed a beautiful and beautifully sounding guitar!

Gotta get a VOX AC-30 Twin to complete the effect!

Gretsch has reissued the George Harrison Country Gentleman




Gloss urethane walnut finish and no serial number on the headstock plate.  Other than that, it appears faithful to the original.