The Solid Body Version of the Hollow 6120

This compact 13 1/4-inch-wide guitar weighs in at just 7.50 lbs. and has a very comfortable nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 24 1/2 inches. Chambered mahogany body with a large "G" brand on the lower bass bout. One-piece mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard with 22 frets and inlaid mother-of-pearl block 'Cows-and-Cactus' position markers. Headstock with inlaid mother-of-pearl Gretsch "T-roof" logo and 'Steershead' inlay. Two-layer black over white plastic truss rod cover with three screws. Individual Grover StaTite open-back tuners with oval metal buttons. Two single-coil DeArmond (Gretsch Dynasonic) pickups, each with an output of 16.00k. Gold Lucite pickguard with pantograph-engraved Gretsch "T-roof" logo and "Chet Atkins" signature framed in a signpost (the signpost and signature highlighted in black). Four controls (two individual volume controls and master tone control in a triangular configuration on lower treble bout and master volume control on upper treble bout) plus three-way selector switch on upper bass bout. "Arrow-through-G" knobs with cross-hatch pattern on sides. Compensated aluminum bridge saddle on aluminum base with two height adjustment screws and unplated aluminum Bigsby B-3 vibrato tailpiece with pivoting arm. Gold-plated hardware. This guitar has its original aluminum nut. Apart from some minimal belt-buckle wear, this is an exceptional and totally original guitar. Complete with the original jeweled brown leather Western strap. Housed in its original tweed fabric-covered hardshell case with red velvet lining.

"The solid companion to the Chet Atkins Hollow Body debuted in 1954. The only differences between it and the Round-Up are standard Chet Atkins model features: Bigsby vibrato, non adjustable bridge, signature pickguard, and...metal nut" (George Gruhn and Walter Carter, Electric Guitars and Basses: A Photographic History, p. 175). Despite the name, the Chet Atkins Solid Body had Gretsch's customary semi-solid construction.