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1960 6120 on the bay for under $6k!

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Oct 19, 2008 8:03 p.m. blauserk:

Killed me to let this one go by--single owner since 1968, and went for under $6k.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-1960-Gretsch-Chet-Atkins-6120-SN-39431_W0QQitemZ14027...

I talked to the seller, and he said a couple of ambiguous things that made me wonder about whether it might need a neck reset (he complained about the neck angle) and said he hadn't played it for the last decade, which scared me off a bit. I'm a bit timid with old Gretsches, I'm afraid, or maybe it'd be more accurate to say I'm timid dropping $6k on a guitar! Sounds like this guitar spent the first 40 years of its life in the UK.
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Oct 19, 2008 9:34 p.m. JBGretschguy:

Whoa.
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Oct 20, 2008 2:07 p.m. JC:

Could this have been the bargin of the year,if legit
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Oct 20, 2008 2:11 p.m. kelvinator60:

If legit is the big question. Most auctions I have seen that are too good to be true seldom are. BUT sometimes.............
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Oct 20, 2008 7:24 p.m. cal01:

Looking at the picture that shows the cutaway - is the plug on the inside of the cutaway normal? I don't remember seeing that on a 1960. Maybe covering a screw used during a previous neck repair?
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Oct 20, 2008 7:31 p.m. JBGretschguy:

That plug is normal for mid to late 1960.
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Oct 20, 2008 9:13 p.m. antik:

That plug does cover a screw. But that is normal for the 60's single cutaway joints. . Don't know for sure when exactly Gretsch made the change, but this is the earliest one I have seen. Before that the plug and screw were on the back of heel
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Oct 20, 2008 9:43 p.m. Beatles6120:

Why aren't there any pictures of the front headstock?
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Oct 21, 2008 1:13 p.m. JC:

My 57 Gent has the same plug,on the side.
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Oct 21, 2008 1:47 p.m. Danman:

Looks great. My 6120 is a few months before that and has the plug on the back but this should be ok for the late 60's I think.
But I must say that I wish mine had those period-correct Schallers.
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Oct 22, 2008 9:35 a.m. JackDaniels:

Does the neck pup seem to far away from the neck? I don't have pics here to compare, but the first time I saw this guitar, it looked out of wack. I thought it might be a converted Tenni... I also could be way wrong.

JD
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Oct 22, 2008 9:59 a.m. Danman:

Hi JD,
It does look a bit far from the fretboard but it could also be the angle of the images. They don't show a frontal shot. If it were a converted Tennie they would have also had to fake the paper in it and all the binding etc. It can be done but a lot of work.
This is mine from 1960, just around 300 numbers before that one. There is some space between the neck and pick up too:
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Oct 22, 2008 10:06 a.m. Walter Broes:

Why do you have that space control on it Dan?
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Oct 22, 2008 10:10 a.m. Danman:

It was on there when I got it and I like the way it sounds.
And also just to annoy people on the GDP...

Actually my jet firebird had one on there as well. It didn't really sound good and I put an old bar bridge I had lying around on it instead, after have tried a ABR also. So my collection is a bit mixed up, I must admit....
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Oct 22, 2008 10:15 a.m. Danman:

Actually, to tell you the truth: I like the sound of a good space control a lot. They have a very good sturdy sound. The only trouble is that they often aren't good anymore.
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Oct 22, 2008 10:17 a.m. Walter Broes:

Thanks, I was just wondering. The old one I had was junk - all rattles and buzz.
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Oct 22, 2008 10:25 a.m. Ratrod:

Dan, I want to be in your last will and testament.
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Oct 22, 2008 10:30 a.m. Danman:

Ratrod,
I will put you in my will. I have loads of picks left, want them?
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Oct 22, 2008 10:52 a.m. JazzBoxJunky:

Sometimes these era 6120's have necks that join the body at the 15th fret(instead of the 14th), which in effect moves the neck away from the neck pickup, thus making more of a gap visible.
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Oct 23, 2008 10:21 a.m. JC:

This is a friends 1961 6120,seems to be a space between the pickup and neck.

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