Chet Atkins Gear list.....

[onewilyfool]

Thought you all would appreciate seen the guitar list of Chet Atkins gear.....do you think HE had GAS too????? Looks like he went GIBSON in the latter years.....have fun!!

 

GEAR SETUP

 

 

 

Early Days:

 

1930 Sears Silvertone flattop acoustic

 

Early '40s Gibson archtop

 

Vibrola (early vibrato arm installed on various guitars)

 

1938 Gibson L-10 (Les Paul custom design) (Later accidentally smashed, then rebuilt.)

 

First electric (first recorded in 1947): Gibson L-7 acoustic first with Dearmond pickups, then Gibson P-90s, played through early Fender® Deluxe amplifier

 

 

1950s:

 

D'Angelico Excel cutaway, (first D'Angelico designated "electric") electrified and customized by Chet with Gibson P-90 and Bigsby pickups and Vibrola. (Neck later accidentally broken off by June Carter.)

 

1954: Gretsch® Chet Atkins 6120

 

Butts EchoSonic amp

 

Standel 25L15 amp (used for recording most albums from 1954 onward)

 

1958: Gretsch® Chet Atkins Tennessean and Chet Atkins Country Gentleman

 

Gretsch® amplifiers (live)

 

1960s and '70s:

 

Recorded with his Gretsch® Chet Atkins Country Gentleman (single cutaway)

 

Spanish classical guitars

 

1940s Gibson Super 400 archtop

 

Martin 00-40H flattop, Martin D-28 flattop acoustics

 

Gretsch® Super Chet and Chet Atkins Super Axe

 

 

1980s and on:

 

Gibson Chet Atkins CE (Classical Electric)

 

Gibson Country Gentleman, Gibson Tennessean, Gibson Chet Atkins Phasar

[John Lee Walker]

I love Gretsch guitars, always have, and I own the Country Gentleman in tobacco burst (a rarity I am told), as well as a couple of others. Their newest release - the G5120 Electromatic is a fantastic guitar, and one of the few very affordable big electrics. I was amazed at the quality of that guitar when compared to Setzer models costing 3K more. The differences are minimal, and upon comparison, the EM5120 actually plays better than my Country Gent. Go figger.

 

Ol' Chet had a nice list, didn't he?