Gretsch G6120EC Eddie Cochran Tribute Guitar
Item: FE2400417822
Gretsch G6120EC Eddie Cochran Tribute Guitar
Item: FE2400417822
The Gretsch Custom Shop could not possibly be more proud to introduce a very special 50-instrument run of a meticulously crafted recreation of one of the most famous guitars in rock ‘n’ roll and rockabilly history—the modified Gretsch 6120 owned and played by Eddie Cochran. Here is the long-awaited debut of the Gretsch Custom Shop G6120EC Eddie Cochran Tribute model.
During his all-too brief life and career, Eddie Cochran (1938-1960) only ever owned and played one main electric guitar, an orange Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins hollow-body he bought brand-new in 1955 at age 16 from the Bell Gardens Music Center in his hometown, Bell Gardens, Calif. The guitar bore the serial number 16942, and his parents helped him buy it. A sharp young guitarist who was particular about his sound and knowledgeable about guitar design and modification, Cochran hot-rodded his Gretsch with a warmer-sounding “dog ear” neck pickup. It was this guitar that accompanied Cochran on his rise to stardom. It was this guitar that Cochran played on hits such as “Summertime Blues,” “Twenty Flight Rock,” “C’mon Everybody,” “Somethin’ Else” “Nervous Breakdown” and “Sittin’ in the Balcony,” which influenced generation of guitarists—and guitar royalty—to come. And it was this guitar that was in the trunk of the car on the April 1960 night that Cochran met his tragic and untimely fate on a winding rural road in Chippenham, England. It is this famous guitar that has now been so painstakingly recreated by Gretsch, with the blessing of the Cochran family and with the reverence and sense of history that absolutely must be accorded an instrument of such import.
We here at Rainbow Guitars are honored to carry this incredible instrument, and would be honored to sell it to you, too! The guitar includes some amazing case candy that goes well beyond most guitars!
Gretsch G6120EC Eddie Cochran Tribute Guitar
Features:
- Bound Laminated Maple Body
- Arched Top
- Specially Shaped Three-Piece
- aple/Walnut/Maple Neck
- 22-fret 9”-Radius Bound Rosewood Fingerboard
- Seymour Duncan® “Dog Ear” Single-Coil Neck Pickup
- Seymour Duncan® DynaSonic™ Single-Coil Bridge Pickup
- Three-Way Switching
- Rosewood Bridge Base
- Vintage-Style Gold Gotoh® SE700-05M Tuners
- Modified Plexi Pickguard
- Western Block Fingerboard Inlays (Depicting Cactus, Steer Heads and Fences)
- Lower Body Bout “G” Brand
- Pearloid Steer Head/Gretsch Logo Inlay on the Bound Headstock
Specifications:
- Maple headstock overlay
- Inlaid pearloid steerhead and Gretsch logo on headstock
- Bound oversized f-holes
- Modified plexi pickguard
- Gold "painted" aluminum Bigsby paired with relic'd gold-plated hardware
- Knurled-strap retainer knobs
- Adjustable truss rod
- Only 50 Cochran Tribute guitars will be produced worldwide
- 3-position Toggle:
- Position 1 - bridge pickup
- Position 2 - bridge and neck pickups
- Position 3 - neck pickup
- Controls:
- Volume 1. (neck pickup)
- Volume 2. (bridge pickup)
- Master volume
- Master tone