The 6120 is the classic, iconic big orange Gretsch.

From 1955-1966 it was the 6120 Chet Atkins Hollowbody, then it picked up the "Nashville" name.

In 72, Baldwin changed the model number to 7660, but that was a relatively short-lived aberration. When Gretsch came back from the dead in 1989, the 6120 model number returned as well.

With Gretsch reacquiring the rights to the Atkins name in late 2007, the 6120 dropped the Nashville name and was once again known as the Chet Atkins.

284 examples are in the Gretsch-GEAR database.

Specs

Body width

16"

Wood

Maple

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Milestones

1955

First 6120 Chet Atkins Hollowbody guitars produced.

1962

As with many Gretsch models, the classic open single-cutaway bodies are replaced by closed, twin-cutaway "Electrotone" bodies.

1966

"Nashville" name begins.

1972

6120 replaced by 7660 Nashville.

1989

6120 returns with reborn Gretsch company.

2007

Nashville name dropped and the 6120 is once again the "Chet Atkins Hollowbody"