The Gretsch 6120: A Short History, featuring Jason Laughlin

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This is the short history of the Gretsch 6120, the core of the "hollow body" side of the Gretsch story. There are many other hollow body Gretsch models but none with the storied history of the 6120.
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Thanks for watching. Until next time, thanks for being a part of the five watt world.
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@RickBeato 3 жыл бұрын

Ok Hypes, I always wondered why they have this numbering system. They are just like Marshall in that way. Love the KZfaq award behind you. Congrats!! I love the images you use in this short history.

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Hypes! Thanks man!

@kodykindhart8230 3 жыл бұрын

Guild star fire next 🙏🙏🙏

@Roxanneredpanda 3 жыл бұрын

Ibanez is the worst for that

@halfistonvenus4821 3 жыл бұрын

i'm so confused. why does rick comment on all of this guys videos and why do all his comments address keith as "hypes?"

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Rick and I have been friends since 1987. Hypes is a nickname we’ve always used for each other because we’re always both rushing around. Simple as that.

@tommyculver6771 3 жыл бұрын

I can narrow my personal history as an artist down to two eras; before I had a 6120 and after. It was worth every dime.

@RiffsandRides 3 жыл бұрын

i dont have a 6120 (yet) but this year i got a 5410T Rat Rod. and really wish I wouldve gotten one long ago. to be honest, i would rather have the gretsch hollow body in place of an acoustic... but like you, one day ill have a 6120

@patriciomartinotti5694 3 жыл бұрын

that's the continuing myth about this lovely Gretsch. Here's an owner of his most affordable-brother: the 5120.

@miahconnell23 Жыл бұрын

@Tommy Culver does the 6120 you love have trestle-bracing, single sound-post, or is it just ‘empty’ inside ? I LOVE 6120s: but I couldn’t believe how much the bracing style matters. The single sound-post is great for me: I think a lot of Gretsch’s special sound comes from the vibrating top. When I bought a post-Fender 6120, it was soooooo not right for me: the trestle-bracing restricted the magic.

@skateborg 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 63, been playing guitar for 50 years and just got my first Gretsch. I feel like I'm starting over.

@cypressmusic731 3 жыл бұрын

I can't wait for, "The Fender Mustang: A Short History"

@jaschul 3 жыл бұрын

It's especially interesting how the new Fender Mustang bass -- Mexican and US versions -- have become so popular. They're selling quite well.

@jamiemcparland 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve owned a BUNCH of mustangs. Hit me up for photos if you are looking for any.

@jackhughes9505 3 жыл бұрын

Was just going to say that

@ryanwiseman9141 3 жыл бұрын

Hey oh!!

@b00neDawg00 3 жыл бұрын

@@jaschul it’s probably because they’re short scale and easier for a guitarist to adjust to and I’d imagine a lot of guitarist are doing home recording

@dougrobinson8602 3 жыл бұрын

Has Joe Walsh ever given someone a guitar that didn't rock their world? One of my fondest memories was going to see The Eagles at Soldier Field in Chicago as a birthday present for my Wife, who's a big Eagles fan. It was a pretty tame show until Joe Walsh decided it was time to rock the house. A roadie strapped him into his talkbox rig, and he blew us away with some of his best solo material. I'm sure anyone who's seen Joe play live can relate to how creative he can be.

@glenkepic3208 3 жыл бұрын

Great story ! Leslie West was another guy who gave guitars away and one was a sb Les Paul Jr given to Joe Walsh. Maybe his main slide guitar with The Eagles.

@dreamscuba 3 жыл бұрын

Love Joe!

@truckercowboyed2638 3 жыл бұрын

How the gretsch stole Christmas, i see what you did there, Keith, now if only santa would actually gift me a 6120, now that'd be a Holly Gretschy Christmas.......

@trashhumanperson9422 3 жыл бұрын

That would be an amazing Christmas, of course I’d prefer a jet

@amoramanzano 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Keith, loved this video. When I was 15 living in Guayaquil, Ecuador (South America) I had a big Beatles poster hanging over my bed and George Harrison’s Gretsch was like an unattainable dream. A few months later a teacher from my high school told me that a friend of his was selling a Gretsch so my father took me to a very shabby part of town where a salsa bandleader had a very badly beaten hollow body Country Club hanging from a wall with a clothes hanger wrapped around the neck. My father saw the destroyed guitar but also saw that I wanted it very badly so he bought it for me for what is now the equivalent of 25 dollars. In my teenage ingenuity y cleaned it and took it apart and kept every nut and bolt in a bag, almost ten years later I took it to a proper luthier to be rebuilt. I’m 45 now and I play that guitar every single day. I haven’t really restored it in full (apart from a big dent that it had in the wood near the jack) because for me every scratch and old knob represents a life of sounds and vitality that this particular Gretsch Country Club from 1977 has brought to me. It’s my treasure. Thank you for this.

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a great story! Love it!

@miahconnell23 Жыл бұрын

Was the top cracked or dropped ? I think if these hollowybodies fall on their face, they wind up hurt so drastically they require a luthier and a rebuild (as you said). Reason I ask: I found a 6120 on Reverb that has my preferred bracing style, but it appears sooooo beat up…

@amoramanzano Жыл бұрын

@@miahconnell23 hi, the top wasn't cracked, and the dent near the jack was fixed with a plate that helped keep the jack in place. the neck lost some of the gloss but i like it like that

@miahconnell23 Жыл бұрын

@@amoramanzano Happy that guitar found you, bro !! 🙌

@michaelstern864 3 жыл бұрын

I remember playing a Country Gentleman waaaay back in the mid '70's, and not being impressed. I really thought of Gretsch as a drum company, and that their guitars were an afterthought. But last year, I picked up a brand new Gretsch Streamliner 2420, and I couldn't believe how great it played and sounded. Holy crap. I bought it immediately. I cannot believe this is their "mid-priced" guitar. I paid just over $500 for it; first new guitar I've ever bought. It came out of the box almost perfectly set up. A great guitar and an even greater value. Count me in as a Gretsch believer.

@didds8869 3 жыл бұрын

I'm the opposite. I've always thought of Gretsch as a primarily Guitar focused company and the drums being an afterthought. But then again, I am purely a guitarist with next to no clue about drums

@Mark_Ocain 3 жыл бұрын

I love the Japanese Gretsches, so well constructed.

@capefearcapt4679 3 жыл бұрын

I've been pretty impressed with my Korean made 5420T.

@SteveSAW666 3 жыл бұрын

@@capefearcapt4679 totally agree man! Have an 5120 made in korea and it‘s a great guitar! Also have a 6120 which is my main guitar. Both modified a little to fit my taste. But still, the korean made gretsch guitars are amazing even if you don‘t change a thing!

@stanbrown915 3 жыл бұрын

I have a Rancher acoustic made in Indonesia, the thing stays in tune for weeks at a time. Love it

@didds8869 3 жыл бұрын

They're amazing. I reckon the Japanese stuff is right on par with the Fender Custom Shop and the Korean stuff with the American line. I'd like to say that the Chinese Gretsches are like Fender Mexico so we could have a perfect symmetry between the two brands but I've never played a Chinese Gretsch that was particularly good, and the Fender Mexico stuff is just as good the U.S line in my opinion.

@XLBiker13 3 жыл бұрын

@@didds8869 While I agree that the Japanese Gretsches are exceptional and I find them (surprisingly) right on par with my Fender and Gibson custom shop guitars I haven't had the best experience with their Korean guitars and consider my "standard" American made guitars to be superior. And I've played quite a few wanting it to work out. That said, they are still a lot of guitar for the money.

@karltraunmuller7048 3 жыл бұрын

I only have two recent Electromatics, but they’re incredibly well made, good looking and great sounding. Go, Gretsch!

@autistichead8137 3 жыл бұрын

People expect the Electromatics to be affordable imitations of the classic Gretsch tone, But Gretsch are smart, they made them completely different instruments, they are onto them selves and I am head over heels over mine.

@jkf9167 3 жыл бұрын

I love my Electromatic. They still have that snarl, and they're nicely made.

@jordandangelo180 3 жыл бұрын

Bachman, Turner, Overdrive: their guitarist Randy talked came up studying jazz and under the tutelage of the great master and one of my all time favorite players, Lenny Breau. They were both from Canada. He’s the documentary that Lenny’s daughter produced. Chet Atkins, another Gretsch legend is featured as Lenny’s surrogate father figure and recorded several of his albums in Nashville.

@truckercowboyed2638 3 жыл бұрын

To me, Gretsch is that more classy, cool older gentleman that's just cool to have and be around, While Gibson is that youthful, full of spunk and attitude adolescent who tries to be cool but tries to show off.....like say a Les Paul......

@druidworks 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the mention of Poison Ivey of the Cramps! 👍

@vaclav_fejt 3 жыл бұрын

Whenever I am in a guitar shop...Fenders are nice, Gibsons are expensive, then there are other brands full of jagged edges for the hard stuff...but I always slip among the Gretsches. Classic shape and all the colours you can imagine and not that big that you would hide behind them...oohh. And then there's the sound.

@JasonLoughlinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Keith! Thanks so much for having me be a part of it. I love my 6120. Now if I can get my 56 Gretsch Firebird fully restored I might have a contender.

@baggyhockeypants 3 жыл бұрын

Five Watt history of one of my favorite guitars!?!? Another Festivus miracle!! Awesome Keith!

@bigfluffypancake 3 жыл бұрын

So happy you mentioned Poison Ivy of the Cramps! Have seen her play live many times with her Gretsch! Sadly the band is no more.

@Walks-With-Pride 3 жыл бұрын

Hold on to your hat, cowboy! The 6120 is in the house....

@giuseppebaja 3 жыл бұрын

You know your day gets better when 5 Watt uploads :)

@randalclarke5487 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@jts3339 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the obvious hard work on this video, Keith your “if only” comment said it all. Gretsch guitars have a well-deserved reputation for producing some of the most unique and beautiful tones ever heard. THAT GREAT GRETSCH SOUND is a real thing.

@walterlane99 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you mentioned Joe Maphis. An amazing guitar player who should not be forgotten.

@bigsnacks913 3 жыл бұрын

Gretsches taught me to love the middle pickup/combined humbucker sound.

@mikemesser7377 Жыл бұрын

In 1965 I found a 6120 at Hoffman Music in Spokane, Wa. For $250. I bucked bales of hay that summer, and with some help from my dad managed to acquire it. I played the heck out of it for a year and a half, then decided foolishly to sell it to get a Telecaster. It had a crack in the pickguard so the new owner sent the serial number to Gretsch to order a new one. They wrote him back to say that it had been stolen from Chet Atkins. I couldn’t believe that my raw guitar playing hands had been in the hands of one of my all time favorite guitar heroes. There’s a picture of it on Chet’s 1958 Christmas album. The guy I sold it to never told me if he returned it.

@dylanderoos4048 3 жыл бұрын

I once tried a Brian Setzer G6120T "Smoke" model w/ a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV at my local Long and McQuade, and the sound was just UNREAL.

@LIGHTintheHALLS 3 жыл бұрын

I have one electric guitar, been playing 43 years and my guitar is a 6120. It's everything I have looked for in a guitar. Thanks for doing this video. They are magical mojo guitars.

@manguydude905 Ай бұрын

Great video! To your end statement, I'm actually glad they didn't blow up like Fender. It's always a treat to see someone pull out a Gretsch instead of the standard and ever so common Fender or Gibson.

@paulsimmons5726 3 жыл бұрын

A 6120 is as cool as it gets! Don't believe me? Ask Brian Setzer!

@jaschul 3 жыл бұрын

Back when I knew little about guitars I just assumed that "Won't Get Fooled Again" and other songs on _Who's Next_ were recorded with the Gibson SG-through-a-Hiwatt rig that Pete Townshend used live in the late '60s. (A smaller Hiwatt.) Little did I know...

@johndiloreto3738 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you for shouting out Poison Ivy, the Cramps rule

@scottmarshall5284 3 жыл бұрын

Despite having played a bunch of big body Gretschs through the years, my fondest Gretsch memory is my high school buddy's Corvette - exactly like the one Johnny Pedulla is playing in that photo - a great guitar.

@marcschonbrun585 3 жыл бұрын

Do you ever make a bad video? Nope. You’re an engaging and thoughtful guitar historian.

@randalclarke5487 3 жыл бұрын

Right...? I love every video

@birbbander 3 жыл бұрын

I've always thought the Gretsch stuff was cool. But after getting the five watt treatment a few times now I really love them. Rich history. I'll have to try one of these 6120s out next time I'm at the local shop! Thanks Keith! You rock.

@unclefoiley819 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a huge Cramps fan & saw them many times. Poison Ivy will always be my favorite female guitarist.

@aidanklobuchar1798 3 жыл бұрын

Too young to have really seen them live. :(

@williamrobertson1563 3 жыл бұрын

My wife got me the best Christmas gift ever! A five watt world t- shirts. I will never take it off. Best Christmas ever!!!!!!. Keep up the great work!!!

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Best comment of the day! Thanks William...and Mrs William.

@XLBiker13 3 жыл бұрын

While I'm a Gibson ES-335 fanatic, the first "expensive guitar" I ever owned was a Gretsch 6120 (thank you Mr. Setzer). And while Filtertrons always get pigeonholed with a certain sound and genre I am a firm believer that they are a superior pickup to Gibson's humbucker with greater sonic range. And there is video evidence of Chet playing a Ray Butts humbucking pickup as early as 1954. Butts created it first but Gibson filed the patent first so history will tell you that Seth Lover invented the humbucking pickup. And I'm suspect of any New Yorker who refers to the Williamsburg Bridge as the Delancey Street Bridge. Sorry Mr. Padula :) Thanks for another great video. Love this series.

@paulfrantizek102 3 жыл бұрын

Eddie Cochran's guitar of choice. Can't play proper rockabilly without one.

@HarryWebb46 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Chet atkins and Eddie Cochran were the guitar masters that made the 6120 legendary!

@Wermode 3 жыл бұрын

Jason Loughlin is the best. Nice job, Keith.

@peterfarrell66 5 ай бұрын

Great history lesson! Nice to see the picture of the brilliant Poison Ivy, but in the punk days of the 70s she was playing obscure Lewis guitars. She didn’t get her 6120 until 1985.

@jltrem 3 жыл бұрын

That first chord heard oozed Gretsch.

@thunderclad 3 жыл бұрын

Opens Keith's video... Presses like as soon as video starts. Ha. And I don't even own a Gretsch :P

@dreamscuba 3 жыл бұрын

I hit Like immediately too....although, I do own a Duo Jet.

@erickwalsh9258 3 жыл бұрын

Every video you've done is epic. Thanks so much for taking time to make them.

@andrewkoastephens210 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t afford a 6120 so I made my own out of scraps and old furniture. I made several fortuitous mistakes. It’s my proudest possession by a long shot.

@Paul_Lenard_Ewing 3 жыл бұрын

Thanx again these shows make my day. The world of electric guitars owes you a huge thanx for saving the history of the electric guitar in a video format!!!

@howabouthetruth2157 3 жыл бұрын

This was wonderfully done Keith. Thank you!!!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! My favorite to date. Maybe I have a soft spot in my heart due to the fact that Chet Atkins was my first guitar hero starting when I was probably 9 or 10. 🙌

@dreamchasergarage690 4 ай бұрын

Setzer's 6120 is a '59 with the 2 3/4" body but with internal bridge of the ' 60+, he took out the zero fret and moved the nut to that position and shimmed the bridge pickup closer to the strings (with match book cover). Damn, I love that guitar and he plays it magically. Saw Stray Cats in a small-ish bar, best show I ever saw.

@monstrok 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy this series and all of the work that you and your cohorts put into creating each video. There is something so unique in the sound and look for these Gretsch guitars.

@stephenwoodring7839 2 ай бұрын

Love Gretch great tone great necks and Bigsbys are so fun too From Country Gentleman to Rock This Town to Stray Cat Strut I use every gig 🎸🎸🎸

@DavidHBurkart 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this Keith. Props for the history. It brings even greater perspective for the present!

@Louis_Velliotes 3 жыл бұрын

Love your short histories Mr. 5 Watt. Learn so much from these, thanks for making these, obviously a labor of love. I remember in the early 90's having some catalogue with a Gretsch Roundup Western Orange and just loved it, and would look at the pictures of it often, it was just the coolest thing to me, and I'm no cowboy.

@prayl2850 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!!

@RichAtNaxos 3 жыл бұрын

I love these short history videos. It answers all the questions that have been rummaging around in the back of my brain for so many decades.

@mister-LA 3 жыл бұрын

With every Short History you kick it up a notch. This is another excellent video. You really packed in a lot of info and I'm appreciative. Also impressive is the KZfaq plaque in the background. Thanks Keith.

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@kevindrapp 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Many Thanks, Keith

@barnabyaprobert5159 3 жыл бұрын

George Harrison's love of Carl Perkins' work is the reason why he played a Gretsch. I think it was the 6122 Country Gentleman model.

@suggo3326 3 жыл бұрын

I love these 'history of' videos, appreciate the amount of research and work that goes into them Keith. Great channel.

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Suggo!

@saxMD2008 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you soooo much!!

@PeteCalandra 3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Webster used to tune my piano when i was a kid growing up on Long Island. It was towards the end of his life.

@BazziFugazi 2 жыл бұрын

I can't stop watching these. Informative and to the point. I will be watching all of these model history videos. Really good stuff. Highly underrated channel.

@AndrewKonkey 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Keith! Been waiting for this one! Great video!

@paullarnce2167 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video- keep them coming!

@stephanematis 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely story, great editing, excellent playing. Wonderful way to unwind after the workweek.

@jjdillon2007 3 жыл бұрын

Keith, wonderful job, as usual. Your video on the ES-390 always has me keeping my eyes out for one of those.

@user-mh5pi7vn4e 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the story! So heart-warming for a long-time Gretsch player like myself) Thank you for a job so well done!

@edkutschke814 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith, another great history. Always look forward to your show.

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ed

@gman2380 3 жыл бұрын

I've been patiently waiting for this one and Keith mate, you have delivered a brilliant short history on this Gretsch ! So much in it , over half an hour of facts and minutia that fill in all the gaps in my knowledge. A friend of mines father played Gretsch hollowbody guitars, for years, around the pubs and clubs of Northern England. He was a wonderful player. It may well of been the 6120 model but I can't be sure. I would sit and listen to the gorgeous tones he conjured out of it and back then could only dream of playing that well. Twenty five years on and I'm only half way there. You nailed this Mr Williams 🔥🔥🔥

@richardreyes9604 3 жыл бұрын

As always very informative and mature presentation of another classic product us older guys love.

@cassius2703 3 жыл бұрын

Another outstanding mouth watering video, thank you!!!!

@pumkinbreath 3 жыл бұрын

Great watch! Thanks five watt

@_-_Michael_-_ 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Thank you very much. Have a nice Christmas.

@sethknarr4879 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! Awesome work, yet again.

@kaoe145 3 жыл бұрын

Great documentary thanks for the video

@flahoo2807 3 жыл бұрын

Once again very thorough work. I yearn for one of these instruments, but I only have a strat and an Aria Acoustic. Much appreciated Keith.

@geoffcowan2384 3 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video, thank you Keith!

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Geoff

@longotown 3 жыл бұрын

Keith - thanks so much for posting these history videos! I know that a lot of work into the learning and delivering such great information. You make it very easy for us all to sit back and learn about the things we have always wanted to know about amazing instruments. As we get more experienced "never older" it seems the appetite for this information is of much more interest. So again, thank you for the hard work that you put in to help us all become more knowledgeable about what we love so much! great job!

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome man. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Happy Holidays!

@baronoflivonia.3512 3 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic video, Thanks Keith.

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Baron!

@thomasdavis5514 3 жыл бұрын

Love these videos. In 1979 I was a freshman at Oregon State University. There was a music store in downtown Corvallis with a 6120 hanging on the wall. I don’t know what year it was but the finish was crazed and they wanted $150. I didn’t have that kind of money to spend and it was before the Stray Cats broke in the US so almost nobody was playing old Gretsch guitars. Opportunity missed.

@paulcoleman3081 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith. Merry Christmas!

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Paul!

@michaelchicolabarbera5071 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Keith! Enjoyed the info. Bought my 1st Gretsch (GRETSCH G6122T PE CG) this past September (2020) from DGS in La Crosse, WI. Love that place! It's a pilgrimage for me. Dave Rogers is "buena gente!"

@beatlemike9 8 ай бұрын

George Harrison finally got his Gretsch 'Artist' deal through the Traveling Wilbury's! I have a Gretsch TW 300 in mint condition.

@shanewalton8888 2 жыл бұрын

Just ordered a Gretch. Watching this again while I wait for it to arrive.

@jeremydoolan538 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t normally leave comments. I own a white falcon and a tennessean. I have bought and sold many guitars, but these two have always remained. Great video!!

@HowardOwensIII 3 жыл бұрын

My dream guitar for 40 years. Thanks for doing this video.

@natehine8541 3 жыл бұрын

Christmas came early ! thanks for another great vid

@wills517 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@thetreblerebel 3 жыл бұрын

You giggled when you said " Fret Nut"

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

I did. You got me.

@outwook 3 жыл бұрын

Setting the plank higher and higher with every video. Thanks for the video, Keith. Wishing the best for you and the channel.

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ivan. Happy holidays!

@austinjosef41 3 жыл бұрын

Yesssss more history! Merry Christmas!

@velvetsound 3 жыл бұрын

I spied a 6120 Setzer Hot Rod on the wall at Wildwood back in Jan 2020, while i was in the middle of purchasing my dream ES335 dot. I went back to Wildwood 5 times to play that dang guitar - it was so pretty, shiny, and a work of art... with a flame maple burnt pink top and salmon flame maple back and sides. It glistened, like no other guitar I’d ever seen. The Bigsby was just perfect. I couldn’t stand it any more... it’s now the centerpiece of my home studio. They are the prettiest guitars ever made and a joy to look at and to hold - and to play. That guitar, and the 335 have got me through a heartbreaking break up, and through 2020. Thank you Gretsch.

@billmalloneemusic 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you, Keith for the tour here! I've got a 6120 and a Country Gentleman; Both are fairly "new" Gretschs; I was late to the Gretsch party; but historically the music these guitars call forth, their look & their sound are something bordering on the regal, the majestic, a voice of pure rock & roll;

@michaelfratino3738 3 жыл бұрын

All I can say is thank you! I thoroughly enjoy your videos. How anyone can give them a thumbs down is beyond comprehension! Keep up the good work! Cheers!!!

@cherrypickerguitars 3 жыл бұрын

Yea! I’ve waited for this! The two guitars I take to every gig/(hosted) jam, are my 2011 White Falcon ‘55 reissue and one of my five teles! Thanks for this one! Anything Gretsch is soooo appreciated! Peace

@skrewflanders 3 жыл бұрын

Growing up in rural Arizona there was a small thrift store in town that had a dusty old gretch case tucked away on a bottom shelf. As I was just starting out playing guitar, I wondered in one day and flipped open the case revealing an old chet Atkins model that looked like it had been there awhile. The owner was impressed that at my age, 13 or 14, I knew who Atkins was and he offered to sell me the guitar for a couple hundred dollars. As it wasn't what I thought I wanted at the time I passed. I've spent the better part of the last 20 years wishing I'd taken him up on his offer.

@steffanmaymusic4196 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this video! I hope to have my own Gretch some day, and learning more about the history makes me appreciate it even more.

@andym5195 3 жыл бұрын

great vid !! really enjoyed this vid thanks keith as allways you never dissapoint !

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy!

@michalmikolajmaslowski3994 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Keith, always a delight watching your videos and learning so many interesting things. Merry Christmas!

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Michal. Btw, someone else requested an SH episode on Aristedes. Do you have two accounts? ;)

@michalmikolajmaslowski3994 3 жыл бұрын

@@fivewattworld I do, but that was not me :)

@alasdairmunro1953 3 жыл бұрын

Another great one Keith, educating me slowly but surely! Merry Christmas to you and yours, stay safe.

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you Alasdair!

@williamkerr3350 3 жыл бұрын

Concise,well researched and beautifully presented,thanks Keith.

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks William!

@pjsalty 3 жыл бұрын

Best video yet!

@rayrayokmusic 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent. My 5120 is jealous. Your work is exceptional. I always wait to watch your new shows when I have time to really listen.

@Mark_Ocain 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Keith for producing these well researched and presented videos, They're just fantastic. Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. (I'm currently drinking my morning Java out of my 5 Watt World mug LOL). Yours, Rick Beato's and the Anderton's channel are my favourites at the moment.

@fivewattworld 3 жыл бұрын

Happy Christmas to you and your Mark!