Gretsch G6120T-SW Steve Wariner Signature Nashville Gentleman, Magic Black

Gretsch G6120T-SW Steve Wariner Signature Nashville Gentleman, Magic Black Overview

Heavily influenced by the single-cut body designs used by the likes of Brian Setzer, Duane Eddy, and Chet Atkins, four-time GRAMMY winner and Musicians Hall of Famer Steve Wariner has added a personal touch to his signature Gretsch model. Born from the long legacy of classic Gretsch guitars, this Nashville Gentleman is in his own words, "the ultimate Gretsch."

Featuring a reduced (15 3/4") and more comfortable body size, the G6120T-SW's most immediate feature may well be its closed F-holes, which perform excellently to control feedback under modern playing conditions. But beneath the laminated maple archtop skin lie some interesting and useful updates - the most noteworthy perhaps being the mismatched TV Jones pickups, a simplified volume / tone / 3-way switch set-up, and a push-pull coil select option for added country juice. Other refinements include a licensed Bigsby vibrato with pinned Tru-Arc Brass Rocking Bar, Gotoh locking tuners for increased tuning stability, a 25.5" scale length, gold hardware, and a seductive Magic Black sparkle nitro finish.

What Gretsch say:

Gretsch celebrates the incredible talents of decorated country musician Steve Wariner with the G6120T-SW Steve Wariner Signature Nashville Gentleman with Bigsby.

A Grand Ole Opry and Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Member, Wariner is also one of five guitar players in the world to be given the “Certified Guitar Player” award by the legendary “Country Gentleman” himself, Chet Atkins. During his illustrious career, the four-time Grammy-award winning artist has released 19 studio albums spawning more than 50 charted Billboard singles including 14 No. 1 hits, plus songwriting hits such as Garth Brooks’ “Long Neck Bottle” and Keith Urban’s “Where the Blacktop Ends.”

Wariner’s new state-of-the-art signature instrument packs Gretsch style with plenty of twang in honor of the man who inspired it.

The single-cutaway hollow body combines with TV Jones TV Classic Plus neck pickup and a TV Jones® Paul Yandell Duo-Tron bridge pickup for that classic powerful and big-body Gretsch sound. Paired together specially for this model, these pickups deliver articulated notes with a slightly rounder top-end and a touch more output. Designed with finger-picking styles in mind, the Duo-Tron never loses the character of the treble strings, resulting in fuller, bolder tone that is more rounded and focused.

Sonic power of the G6120T can be flexibly harnessed by a master volume and master tone control with a push-pull pot for coil splitting and a three-way toggle switch for even more tonal possibilities. A smooth 12”-radius ebony fingerboard with classy aged mother of pearl Neo-Classic™ thumbnail inlays and 22 medium jumbo frets sit atop the aged white bound maple neck with a standard “U”-shaped profile and 25.5” scale length. A Bigsby B6GP String-Thru tailpiece adds personality to playing, while the pinned vintage-style Tru-Arc brass rocking bar bridge and brass nut provide incredible tuning stability, allowing the notes to ring bright strum after strum.

Dressed in a Magic Black finish, this musical treasure is decked in classic Gretsch style— shiny gold G-arrow control knobs and matching hardware, aged white binding with black and white purfling, and a gold plexi pickguard with black Gretsch logo and signpost graphic featuring Wariner’s signature.