5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GEORGE HARRISON'S GRETSCH TENNESSEAN + Tone Demo [4K]

You asked for it – here it is! 5 things you didn't know about George Harrison's Gretsch Tennessean!

Here we cover several aspects of the Gretsch 6119 (aka Tennessean or Tennessee Rose), which is my personal favorite Gretsch model. Something about the HiLo'Tron pickups, body shape, and overall feel of the instrument addicted me from the very first time I played one...and I've never regretted my purchase!

Mine is a late 2000s model made in Japan – G6119-1962HT if I'm not mistaken. Incredibly, I bought it brand new "back then" for $899 when Musician's Friend, still a relatively new website, closed out these models to make room for the "newer" ones with Chet Atkins' signature on the pickguard. I believe the current model is G6119T-62, but I have no idea if they're still manufactured with the same top-notch Japanese quality today.

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0:00 Intro
0:11 #1 of Many Gretsches
0:50 #2 Early Beatle Gear
1:58 #3 A Cheaper Guitar
3:59 #4 Single Coil Sound
4:22 #5 Stolen, Lost, or Missing
5:28 TONE: Knobs & Switches
7:37 TONE: Sound Demo

Also, I realize I said "Thomastik" wrong. No one reads this far in the description, so I'll get a ton of comments anyhow. The Austrian guy from TI on YouTube says "TOH-MASS-TICK" – you guys have to understand, I'm trying my best to pronounce brand names I've literally never heard said OUT LOUD in real life (and have been saying wrong since before the internet existed). That said, go to your local music store and ask about Rickenbackers, Thomastiks, and Hofner products and see if the teenager working there pronounces it properly. ;)

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