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Gretsch G6120T Chet Atkins

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1989 Gretsch G6131 Jet Firebird

What a cool guitar, holy hell! I loved this thing. It came from a “bad era” for Gretsch, in its pre-Fender days. It was quite heavy and was equipped with ceramic magnet pickups, which get a very bad rap for not sounding much like a Filter’Tron should. Well, for my purposes, they were great. See, it turns out I don’t really have a use for the Filter’Tron sound as they don’t compliment my playing style, and these ceramics were a lot more fun for me. This was also the only birth year guitar I’ve owned! I did eventually sell it due to its weight, which was a bummer, but I had just a ton of fun with this thing. I almost wish I still had it, but seriously, it was damn heavy.