Crackerjack quality for a steal!
Faithful to the Gretsch® “Rex” parlor guitars of the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s, the G9500 Limited Edition Jim Dandy™ Flat Top parlor-style model embodies everything that was great about the beloved “first guitar.”
Perfect for both picked and fingerstyle playing, the Jim Dandy features a non-cutaway basswood body with X-bracing for a powerful and resonant voice, and a top-load walnut bridge with compensated synthetic bone saddle for even intonation along the length of the neck. Joining the body at the 12th fret, the “C”-shape nato neck hosts a comfortable, smooth-playing walnut fingerboard with vintage-style frets and pearloid dot inlays.
Wrapped in a remarkable Nocturne Blue finish, the G9500 also has 1950s-style vintage open-gear die-cast tuning machines, nickel hardware and single-ply aged pickguard featuring a “G” graphic.
Comfortable to play, and full of woody vintage tone with full-sounding bass, the Jim Dandy will inspire hours of playing joy.
General
SERIES: Roots Collection
ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
COLOR: Nocturne Blue
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ID
Neck
NECK MATERIAL: Nato
NECK FINISH: Semi-Gloss
NECK SHAPE: "C" Shape
NECK CONSTRUCTION: Set-Neck
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 12" (305 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Black Walnut
POSITION INLAYS: Pearloid Dot
NUMBER OF FRETS: 18
STRING NUT: Synthetic Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Synthetic Bone
Body
BODY: Basswood
BODY FINISH: Semi-Gloss
BODY SHAPE: Jim Dandy™
BODY TOP: Basswood
BODY BINDING: Aged White
BODY BACK: Basswood
BODY SIDES: Basswood
BODY STYLE: Gretsch® Parlor Acoustic
BODY MATERIAL: Basswood
BRACING: X-Bracing
WAIST: 8.25" (20.96 cm)
ROSETTE: N/A
Hardware
BRIDGE: Walnut Top-Load with Compensated Saddle
BRIDGE PINS: N/A
PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Aged White with Black "G"
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel
TUNING MACHINES: Open-Gear Die-Cast
STRINGS: D'Addario® EJ16 Phosphor Bronze, Light (.012-.053 Gauges)
Measurements
DIMENSIONS: 5.50x15.50x39.00 IN
SHIPPING WEIGHT: 7.40 LB
UPPER BOUT: 9.63" (24.46 cm)
LOWER BOUT: 13.11" (333mm)
BODY DEPTH: 3.75" (95 mm)
BODY LENGTH: 17.875" (454 mm)
FRET SIZE: Vintage Style
SCALE LENGTH: 24" (610 mm)
SHIPPING LENGTH: 39.00 IN
SHIPPING HEIGHT: 5.50 IN
SHIPPING WIDTH: 15.50 IN
