- #OLD GRETSCH GUITAR IDENTIFICATION SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #OLD GRETSCH GUITAR IDENTIFICATION SERIAL NUMBER#
- #OLD GRETSCH GUITAR IDENTIFICATION INSTALL#
Much of hardware on original gold appointed Gretsches has worn at this point to where us Gretsch people basically take the view that if you can't clearly tell the finish is chrome (silver), it's gold. View attachment 859601 View attachment 859602 View attachment 859606ġ) The standard theme for a 6120 was gold hardware.
#OLD GRETSCH GUITAR IDENTIFICATION SERIAL NUMBER#
"Made in USA" was added in mid 1967 to the serial number region, so I have added a pic from my 67 Country Gentleman for reference there since my Nashville was made before that addition to Gretsch headstocks.
#OLD GRETSCH GUITAR IDENTIFICATION SERIAL NUMBERS#
I was surprised to see the serial numbers on yours survived finish removal and I've never seen the S/N also in the body. Someone put up another reference pic from the mid 60s a couple of pages ago and these two details were not that way in the mid 60s. Note the "Nashville" on the guard and the black felt below the mute switch.
You can see the correct layout if the knobs and switches, although my knobs are the pre Baldwin style. I have a set or two of those Baldwin knobs.įor reference here is my 100% original 1967 Nashville also with the plate on the headstock removed. The silver ones could of course be after market but it's also suggestive of a custom order. I also note that the Baldwin aluminum knobs are silver not gold.
Having the original filtertron pickups is a big plus. Also the back would have been sunburst as well so I need to see a more complete pic of the back. The sunburst looks Gretsch factory to me, but it is extremely unusual not to see the silkscreened F holes-this guitar would not have had real F holes. Truss rod cover neck screw dowel cover (the black dot). Also missing is the piece of black felt under the mute switch although maybe it's in that pile of parts (many of which at a glance are not original to your guitar). I've never seen Grovers like that on anything but 1958 Gretsches so I'm going to say those are replacements. Missing - Left handed "Gretsch by Bigsby" tailpiece nitro internal cover under that backpad for the access hole.
#OLD GRETSCH GUITAR IDENTIFICATION INSTALL#
The whole reason necessitating the back pad and access hole was to be able to install the mute apparatus, which you have at least most of in the parts pile. The small hole still there was where the mute switch sat and the other end of it is why there is a square hole at the base of the bridge pick up. The rear is the separate volume knobs for each pick up and then the last one at the back is (was) the standby switch. Layout bottom - master volume in the front cutaway. Layout top - pickup selector switch in front and tone switch (AKA "mud switch") more towards the middle. There actually are zero modifications in terms of added holes to the body as far as I can see but the strap buttons have been moved in and the mute switch tip (same as the strap button) has been re-deployed as well. That is why the fade around the horseshoe is different. The horseshoe on the headstock was hugely out of fashion by then, so Gretsch had started putting the plate over the horseshoe fixed with escutcheon pins. It's a left handed Gretsch 6120 as noted, and as you see it says Nashville on the plate, that name having been added in 1967.
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