Gretsch G9500 Jim Dandy 24″ Scale Acoustic – 2 Color Sunburst Price $189

Description

Crackerjack quality for a steal!

Faithful to the Gretsch® “Rex” parlor guitars of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s, the G9500 Jim Dandy™ Flat Top parlor-style model embodies everything that was great about everyone’s first guitar.

Everything and then some that is, because the G9500 is crafted with select guitar woods and is fully lined and braced for warm and pleasing tone, with a 24″ scale for endless hours of playing comfort.

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 classic Two-Tone Sunburst finish, the G9500 also has 1950s-style vintage open-gear die-cast tuning machines, nickel hardware and single-ply white pickguard featuring a “G” graphic.

Ideal for songwriting, practice or even as a travel guitar, this little wonder is great for beginners or seasoned pros alike. Comfortable to play, and full of woody vintage tone with full-sounding bass, the Jim Dandy will inspire hours of playing joy.

• Basswood body with X-bracing
• 12th fret, 24”-scale nato neck
• Walnut fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays
• Walnut top-load bridge with compensated saddle
• Single-ply white pickguard with “G” graphic
• 1950s-style vintage open-gear die-cast tuning machines and vintage end-pin strap buttons
• Nickel hardware
• Available in Two-Tone Sunburst

Features

• Parlor-size agathis body
• X-bracing
• Screened white purfling and rosette
• “C” shaped neck
• Rosewood bridge
• Double-action truss rod
• Open-back tuning machines

Specifications Body

• Body Material: Agathis
• Body Shape: Non-Cutaway
• Body Back: Agathis
• Body Sides: Agathis
• Body Top: Agathis
• Body Finish: Semi-Gloss Vintage Sunburst
• Bracing: X Bracing
• Rosette: Screened White
• Purfling: Screened White
• F Holes Sound Holes: 3 7/16″ Diameter Soundhole
• Body Length: 18″ (457 mm)
• Body Width Upper Bout: 9.5″ (241 mm)
• Body Width Lower Bout: 13″ (330 mm)
• Body Binding: Screened White

Neck

• Neck Shape: “C” Shape
• Number of Frets: 18 (12 to Body)
• Fret Size: Vintage-Style
• Position Inlays: Pearloid Dot
• Fingerboard Radius: 12″ (305 mm)
• Fretboard: Rosewood
• Neck Material: Nato
• Neck Finish: Semi-Gloss Vintage Sunburst
• Nut Width: 1.6875″ (42.8 mm)
• Scale Length: 24″ (610 mm)
• Headstock: 1950’s Gretsch 3×3
• Truss Rods: Double-Action Body Adjust
• Truss Rod Nut: Hex

Hardware

• Hardware Finish: Nickel-Plated
• Bridge: Rosewood Top-Load with Compensated PPS Saddle
• Tuning Machines: Open-Back Geared
• String Nut: PPS

Tools

• Truss Rod Wrench: Yes

Miscellaneous

• Strings: D’Addario EJ16 Phosphor Bronze, Light (.012-.053 Gauges)
• Unique Features: Compensated saddle; 24″ Scale Length.

Accessories

• Truss-Rod Hex Wrench