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6163 Chet Atkins Piggyback

70W piggy-back stack of 1966-68 — the last of the Valco-built Gretsch amps.

Catalogue code
6163 CHET ATKINS PIGGYBACK
Years
1966–1968
Type
head
Valves & speakers
70W, 1-12 in. Maximum performance speakers
Lifecycle
retired
Confidence
Medium
Watts
70
Speakers
1-12 in. Maximum performance speakers
Tubes
Channels
2
How this model is dated
01 / Witnesses

What applies here

Marks that can be entered for this maker: Serial number (plate), Transformer code.

02 / Bounds

The model year is a floor

Nothing predates 1966; components only push the date later.

03 / Value

What moves the price

Sold-price aggregates are not collected yet, so the archive gives no figure — condition, originality of the transformers and a documented recap move this model more than any list price.

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Evidence: Blue Book of Guitar Values — gretsch