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.

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 ...

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 talented singer, songwriter, and musician also shares tales about the orange 1957 Gretsch guitar that was his favorite instrument, on which he composed some of his bands’ biggest hits.

In that time, he amassed hundreds of additional guitars. The pandemic and the return of his fabled orange 1957 Gretsch guitar in 2022, which had been missing for nearly 50 years after being stolen ...

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.