Gretsch 6120
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The Gretsch 6120 is a hollow body electric guitar with f-holes, manufactured by Gretsch and first appearing in the mid-1950s with the endorsement of Chet Atkins. It was quickly adopted by rockabilly a
Gretsch 6120 G Brand 1955 vintage
Bryan Adams playing a Chet Atkins model 6120.
The Reverend Horton Heat
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The Reverend Horton Heat is the stage name of American musician James C. Heath as well as the name of his psychobilly trio from Dallas. Heath is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. A reviewer for the
Gretsch 6120
…Atkins. It was quickly adopted by rockabilly artists Eddie Cochran and Duane Eddy, and later by Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Randy Bachman, Brian Setzer, Reverend Horton Heat, and many others. Pete Townshend received one as a gift from Joe Walsh in 1970, which he would use while recording Who's Next and Quadrophenia. Poison…
The Reverend Horton Heat performing in 2010 at the Essigfabrik in Cologne, Germany
Heath performing at the Granada Theater in Dallas, September 2006
Jimbo Wallace uses a slap bass technique, performing at the Essigfabrik in Cologne, March 2010