The Evolution of the Gretsch 6120 Hollow Body/Nashville

1954

Prototypes developed; introduced as Chet Atkins Hollow Body in ‘amber red’

1955

16" wide & 27/8" deep single-cut body; longhorn steer headstock inlay

1956

Horseshoe headstock inlay; plain block fretboard inlays

1957

Humped block fretboard inlays; ‘G’ logo on lower bass bout disappears

1958

Filter’Trons added; fretboard changes to ebony; ‘thumbprint’ fretboard inlays

1959

Gretsch-logo Bigsby; zero fret; bone nut

1960-’61

27/8" body depth reduced to 2½", then 2¼"; double-cut; simulated/painted f-holes; leather back pad

1964

Renamed ‘Nashville’; nameplate on headstock

1970s

Renumbered 7660 (’71); open f-holes (’73); curved tubular Bigsby arm (’75)