What kind of guitar is Chet playing here?

Sax Player Guy · #1 05-10-2019, 02:52 PM

It looks like an Acoustasonic prototype of some sort. Also, it looks as though there are lines on the fretboard, but they're flat. Has an odd, synth-like sound to it.
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https://youtu.be/OS_mxt5Z0ok?t=214

P.S. I need to figure out how to embed a video.

Willie_D · #2 05-10-2019, 02:58 PM

That's a Gibson Chet Atkins.

Chambered solidbody design. They made them in steel and nylon string models. They're supposed to be very comfortable for electric players.

Sax Player Guy · #3 05-10-2019, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Willie_D

That's a Gibson Chet Atkins.

Chambered solidbody design. They made them in steel and nylon string models. They're supposed to be very comfortable for electric players.

Thanks, Willie, that was a quick answer! Is it fretless?

Sax Player Guy · #4 05-10-2019, 03:07 PM

Nevermind, I just looked it up on Reverb. Seems they have frets. The one on the video looks like the frets are just painted on-- must just look that way to me due to the age of the video and of my eyes.

Willie_D · #5 05-10-2019, 03:16 PM

My neighbor has a few of them.

(I've never met Dave, but I have seen him at the high school our daughters attend together.)

Sax Player Guy · #6 05-10-2019, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Willie_D

My neighbor has a few of them.

(I've never met Dave, but I have seen him at the high school our daughters attend together.)

Hmm... looks very much like a Seattle photo-- seems his guitar got rained on.

BTW, unrelated, but I see you are from Greenlake. I used to live in Wallingford. I love that area. Lucky you!

Willie_D · #7 05-10-2019, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sax Player Guy

Hmm... looks very much like a Seattle photo-- seems his guitar got rained on.

BTW, unrelated, but I see you are from Greenlake. I used to live in Wallingford. I love that area. Lucky you!

Yeah, but I'm a Methodist pastor so I only get to live here as long as the Bishop lets me.

PTony · #8 05-10-2019, 03:35 PM

Love me some DMB. I’ve been a fan for many years. I’ve owned a few SST’s (inspired by Dave). They're a guitar all their own.

gmr · #9 05-19-2019, 05:34 PM

It looks like Gibson did make a fretless model for Chet.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133334...4/20992387631/

gmr · #10 05-19-2019, 05:36 PM

Epiphone has reintroduced their version of the Chet type chambered body nylon and steel string models. I keep looking for a demo video of these.

Sax Player Guy · #11 05-19-2019, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by gmr

It looks like Gibson did make a fretless model for Chet.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133334...4/20992387631/

Aha! So, my eyes aren't as bad as I thought. Also, his pitch sounds a little bendy in a few spots on that video, with his fingers not going up/down, but left/right, so that would explain it. Thanks for tracking that down, gmr!

rockabilly69 · #12 05-19-2019, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sax Player Guy

Aha! So, my eyes aren't as bad as I thought. Also, his pitch sounds a little bendy in a few spots on that video, with his fingers not going up/down, but left/right, so that would explain it. Thanks for tracking that down, gmr!

THEY ARE NOT THE SAME GUITARS!!! The SST model (like what Dave Matthews is playing) is a totally different beast.

This is what Chet was playing, the Gibson Chet Atkins Country Gentleman model, and no not fretless...

EDIT: sorry when you posted the video the picture that popped up for me was his Gibson country gent model, now I see you were looking at the first guitar in the video.