Chords for Gretsch Vintage Select Edition 1959 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman • Wildwood Guitars

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_ _ _ _ [D] You know, I'm having a little fun with this.
It's not supposed to swivel though, Joe!
_ _ I like the swivel because if it's just locked into shape, then you have no options.
Well, you know, the original 59 Country Gentleman had a non-swivel arm on it.
That's why Chet played it.
But for the more modern player who wants to get it out of the [Ab] way, that's why we do it this way.
I like that kind of reasoning.
And you know what?
If someone's a real stickler, they can just superglue it. _ _
_ That's not included though.
The superglue is not included.
No, of course not.
Tell us a little bit about what this whole thing is.
What do we [Bb] got here?
Absolutely.
This is, again, part of our new [E] series of guitars where we're paying tribute to iconic
models from specific years and taking it one step further to modernize it.
It's all the modernization to the guitars, all done underneath the hood.
So for example, in the world of Chet Atkins, the 59 Country Gentleman is like the holy
grail if you will.
In the world of Gretsch guitars, it also has the widest neck at the nut.
It's an inch and seven-eighths, [D] so the string spacing's a little bit wider than all [C] the
other models that we offer.
[G] Again, that was a Chet Atkins request.
[Eb] And some of the other features underneath the hood that we've incorporated, again, to stabilize tuning.
It's got a pin bridge. Yep.
_ _ We use the paper and oil capacitors that was reminiscent of the guitars that were made
during the Brooklyn, New York era.
And flame maple.
It's just a gorgeous guitar.
It is beautiful.
The pickups are American-made TV Jones pickups.
Let's talk about the difference between the two of them because that catches the eye right away.
Absolutely.
This is the TV Jones HT Plus, and this is the Powertron.
And the way that the system works on the guitar, regular three-way selector switch, master volume.
This is the master volume for the bridge pickup only, and it has a rotary tone control on it.
It's a fabulous instrument.
Of course, the butterbean tuner buttons.
They're big.
I like that though.
It feels good.
Grover Imperials.
And _ again, it's just an iconic model that Gretsch had produced in 1959 for Chet Atkins.
Let's just check a little bit.
We [G] just heard that neck pickup on that opening.
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[G] _ _ _ The middle position here.
Let's see what we got.
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[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] That sure sounds good.
Let's go to that bridge pickup and see what we got.
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_ _ _ _ We should mention that if that bridge wasn't pinned, all that kind of double string bending
stuff [Bb] would not happen.
That's right. _ _
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_ _ _ [Dbm] That one holds it. _ _
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Nice juicy compression on that.
Sounds good.
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_ Tell [Eb] you what, it's a magnificent instrument.
It really sounds good.
And you know, the 59 Country Gentleman wouldn't be complete without the Chet Atkins wire arm
as part of the look and the stylization of the instrument that's made it so iconic through the years.
Tell you what, it works great.
It feels [E] good.
I mean, it's just so _ [Ebm] substantive.
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_ Tell you what, [D] beautiful instrument.
Well done once again.
You always have good stuff for us.
We appreciate it.
Gregory Cockery here in the Wildwood Lair with Joe Carducci from Gretsch.
We'll see you cats in the flippity.
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