Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120

The Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 is a semi-hollow-bodied electric guitar with f-holes, which has been in production since the 1950s and popularised by rockabilly artists like Duane Eddy, Eddie Cochran, Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend (The Who) and many more.

Andy Summers owns an orange-finished version of this guitar (model year unknown), which is one of the guitars he purchased second-hand on tour with The Police in 1979 using earnings from Police gigs. In One Train Later, he remembers paying the USD $500 for the guitar: the George Gruhn store (referring to Gruhn Guitars) in Nashville sent an courier to bring the Gretsch to him as the group were leaving Nashville for Arizona in a van. Dates-wise, this would likely refer to when The Police were in Nashville on 15 October 1979 for a concert but the next concert was two days later in Marietta, Ohio (which does not quite add up)...

Andy used this guitar to mime with for the TV performance of "Wrapped Around Your Finger" in 1983.