“We were able to replace it with bits taken from George’s Gretsch ... And which of Harrison’s Gretsch guitars had chrome machine heads? The Tennessean. So is it possible that for years ...

Debuting in 1958, the 6119 Tennessean was the least fancy of the four Chet Atkins models available from Gretsch ... most notably by The Beatles’ George Harrison, albeit in later form.