Dick’s (or Jacqui's to be truthful) 1955 Gretsch 6121 Chet Atkins Solid Body. "This is as good as it gets in my opinion. If there was only one, this would be it, hands down. I am so smitten by this thing that I take it out of its case and look at it most nights before I hit the sack. It's in unbelievably good shape with barely a ding on the front and a has great big fat, twangy sound. It's the best sounding of all my Gretsches - if you don't plug it in it sounds almost like an acoustic guitar, which goes a long way towards verifying the idea that an electric guitar's sound is as much in the wood as the pickups. It has apparently belonged to a couple of fairly high profile American blues players in its time - G. E. Smith and Jimmy Vivino - and it has Chet Atkins' actual signature in felt-tip on the back of the headstock. The solid Bigsby arm is in the case. And God is in his heaven. I must thank my wife for giving me the opportunity to live in the same house as this little work of art. I love it to death!"