He said all guitars are special, but the orange 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins he bought as a teenager was exceptional. He worked at multiple jobs to save money to buy the $400 guitar, his first ...

Bachman said the orange Gretsch was his first really expensive guitar, and he had to work hard to earn the $400 to buy it. “It was just terrible,” Bachman told the news organization.

He said all guitars are special, but the orange 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins he bought as a teenager was exceptional. He worked at multiple jobs to save money to buy the $400 guitar, his first ...

The guitar is a 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins, in orange, which he bought from a Winnipeg music store when he was 19 years old. Forty-five years after it was stolen in Toronto, it's back in ...

“Believe it or not, the Round-Up guitars remained in the catalogue ... “The 6121 has a much brighter colour and it’s what we call ‘Gretsch Orange’ today. All the Western motifs are ...

Tokyo — The song "American Woman" is a rock anthem and one of the biggest hits to come out of the 1970's. In 1976, however, guitarist Randy Bachman of The Guess Who discovered that the guitar he ...

Over the years, Bachman attempted to fill the void with other, similar guitars, but nothing compared to the bright orange 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins. "It made my whole life," he said.