Two new photosets of 1970s Gretsch guitars. A 1971 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman and a 1976 Chet Atkins Country Gentleman. Both guitars have that 17" maple hollowbody, maple neck and ebony fretboard. Gretsch altered models continuously, and despite having been produced just five years apart, these guitars have numerous differences in hardware. The essential Country Gent features are there in both guitars.

Gretsch 1979 Guitar and Bass Catalogue

That Great Gretsch Sound. The 1979 Gretsch catalogue has the new Gretsch Committee on it's front cover, and features a selection of hollow, semi-hollow and solid-body guitars and basses. This was printed shortly after Chet Atkins ended his involvement with Gretsch, and although he is not mentioned explicitly, many of the models featured have some form of Chet Atkins connection, be it a name or signature-embossed scratchplate.

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Gretsch Guitar / Amp Advertisements, 1950s-1980s

See also the advertising for Epiphone, Fender, G&L, Gibson, Gretsch, Guild, Hagstrom, Harmony, Martin, Music Man, Rickenbacker, Vox

Vintage guitar advertisements

Vintage advertisements; 11 adverts covering a period of 18 years, from 1961 to 1979. Click the images to have a closer look.

Gretsch Sal Salvador The Perfect Set-Up 1961	Gretsch Chet Atkins Hollowbody / Nashville PX 6120 Theres only one thing as comfortable as the back of this guitar 1963	Gretsch Chet Atkins Hollowbody / Nashville PX 6120 Don't mess up the mix 1963	Gretsch Guitars Everything Goes Greater On Gretsch 1965
Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman PX 6122 "Gretsch", Says Chet, "Is Where The Authentic Sound Is." 1966	Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman PX 6122 Chet Atkins says: 'this shape means sucess!' 1966	Gretsch Hollow Body Electrics Are You Cramping Your Syle 1967	Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman PX 6122 When you call a guitar a name it better be good 1969
Gretsch Roc Jet Introducing the Gretsch Roc Jet - An Exceedingly Fine Guitar 1971	Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman PX 6122 Give Your Sound the Professional Edge 1972	Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman PX 6122 The Country Gentleman 1979

Vintage acoustic guitar advertisements

Gretsch Flat tops
Listen Closely to this Page and Hear wahat a Gretsch Flat Top Guitar Sounds Like
1969

Guitar makers have advertised in music magazines such as Down Beat, Guitar Player and very many more. Some manufacturers advertised widely (Guild, Gibson, Fender) but many more didn't and adverts are few and far between. Here are some of my favourite ads out of the ones i've seen. You can browse through all the images from the category links above, or by manufacturer from the links below.

AMPS
Ampeg, Leslie, Marshall, Orange, Peavey, Sunn
GUITARS
Epiphone, Fender, G&L, Gibson, Gretsch, Guild, Hagstrom, Harmony, Martin, Music Man, Rickenbacker, Vox


1967 Epiphone Ad featuring a psychedelic fish playing an Epiphone Riviera	1967 Fender Ad - Full Colour Sound

1973 Fender Stratocaster add - The Worlds Favourite Flying Machine	1972 Gibson Ad featuring BB King - The Man And The Woman