Epiphone Chet Atkins Country Gentleman II
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:35 pm
Here's my Epiphone Chet Atkins Country Gentleman II. It's like the one that Chet owned. Chet used his on the Nashville Now on November 14, 1988. He played Tiger Rag & Cosmic Square Dance on the show with his Epiphone Country Gentleman II.
This model is rare & hard to find. It came in wine red, ebony & vintage sunburst.
From my research it was produced from 1986-1990. Most likely made in the Samick plant in Korea. Some think they were made in Japan. The original bridge does say Japan on the bottom.
They did not come with a Bigsby. Chet added the Bigsby to his. Also he put the stationary Chet Atkins Bigsby arm on his. This lets you know that he used the guitar more than once. Paul Yandell had mentioned that Chet took the Epiphone Country Gentleman II to Europe once.
All photos in this topic that I posted are clickable to enlarge them.
This model is rare & hard to find. It came in wine red, ebony & vintage sunburst.
From my research it was produced from 1986-1990. Most likely made in the Samick plant in Korea. Some think they were made in Japan. The original bridge does say Japan on the bottom.
They did not come with a Bigsby. Chet added the Bigsby to his. Also he put the stationary Chet Atkins Bigsby arm on his. This lets you know that he used the guitar more than once. Paul Yandell had mentioned that Chet took the Epiphone Country Gentleman II to Europe once.
All photos in this topic that I posted are clickable to enlarge them.