Here's a Gretsch that you don't see everyday, the Southern Belle. When Chet Atkin's left Gretsch for Gibson he took the name 'Country Gentleman' with him and left Gretsch to figure out what to do with the remaining CG bodies and parts that they had. The answer... take those US made parts and put them together in their (Baldwin owned) Mexican factory and call them something different.

This one is in good shape with a few finish chips around the neck join (which hint at a neck reset), some stable cracks in the neck binding and what looks to be a replacement bone nut. Original Filtertron pickups and gorgeous B-12 Bigsby. The fingerboard measures to 7.25" which is odd for a Gretsch. The deep walnut finish looks amazing with the gold hardware and you can get all the country gentleman tones with the Filtertron pickups,  without the price tag. Comes with original Gretsch hard case. 

SERIAL NUMBER: 5_3019
BODY: Laminated Maple
COLOUR: Walnut
FINISH: Gloss
NECK: Maple
NECK SHAPE: C 
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" 
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" (weird for a Gretsch)
FRETS: 22
NUT: Bone 
NUT WIDTH: 1.73"
HEADSTOCK SHAPE: Gretsch
NECK PLATE: Plastic
NECK FINISH: Gloss
FINGERBOARD: Ebony
POSITION INLAYS: Thumbnail
BRIDGE PICKUP: Black Filtertron
MIDDLE PICKUP: N/A
NECK PICKUP: Black Filtertron
CONTROLS: 2x Vol/1x Master-Vol/3-way Tone Selector/3-way PU-Selector
BRIDGE: Adjusto-matic
TUNERS: Gold plated
CONTROL KNOBS: Gold with G logo
WEIGHT: 3.95 kg or 8.70 lbs