In 1962, at Chet's suggestion the “F” holes were simulated as a further measure to prevent feedback. However the guitar was hollow. Unlike a Gibson ES-335, the Country Gentleman did not have a center black, but instead it had parallel tone bars and a sound post. The guitars neck is made from 3-piece maple.  

The hardware, tuners, bridge and Bigsby were all top of the line and gold-plated.  The Bigsby vibrato unit was specially manufactured to have a V shape in the trapeze-like tailpiece section embellished with the brand name Gretsch.

As already stated, the pickups were FilterTrons, made by DeArmond of Ohio.Controls on Gretsch guitars are much different from other electric guitars.  

The original Country Gentleman and the subsequent double-cutaway model of 1962 came with three potentiometers for volume.  

Each pickup had an individual volume control and a master volume control was placed on the lower horn.  

On the upper bout were two toggle switches.  On switch was for pickup selection and functioned like the usual three-way selector.  

The other switch was the master tone control. This was a unique three position switch that yielded three distinct sounds.  

Position one was medium level with a high frequency roll off.  Position two switch the pickups out of phase and wide open.  

Position three produced a slight level, with a high frequency roll off.  The result is Gretschs’ unique sound.

The guitars maple neck was capped with a bound ebony fretboard and at Chet’s request, the position marker were half-circles under the fifth and sixth string.  

These are commonly known as thumb markers, due to Chet’s propensity to use his thumb to fret the lower strings.  

The Country Gentleman also had a zero fret for tonality.  
The guitar had 22 frets, which includes the zero fret. 

The neck had a 12-inch radius, which is fairly flat. The scale was 24.6 inches. 

The neck width at the brass nut was 1 11/16th inches.  
The tuners are square rounded stair-step Grover Rotomatics - transitional modell.