Gretsch® G9500 JIM DANDY™ 24" Flat Top Acoustic Guitar | 2-Color Sunburst | Basswood Body | Walnut Fingerboard | Non Cutaway

Gretsch® G9500 JIM DANDY™ 24" Flat Top Acoustic Guitar | 2-Color Sunburst  | Basswood Body | Walnut Fingerboard | Non Cutaway

The G9500 Jim DandyTM Flat Top parlor-style model, faithful to the Gretsch® "Rex" parlor guitars of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, captures everything great about everyone's first guitar. 

The G9500 is made with premium guitar woods, is completely lined and braced for a warm and appealing tone, and has a 24" scale length for countless hours of playing comfort.

The Jim Dandy has a non-cutaway basswood body with X-bracing for a robust and resonant voice, a top-load walnut bridge with a compensated synthetic bone saddle for equal intonation down the length of the neck, and is ideal for both picked and fingerstyle playing. The "C"-shaped nato neck, which connects to the body at the 12th fret, features a comfortable, easy-to-play walnut fingerboard with vintage-style frets and pearloid dot inlays.

The G9500 has a traditional 2-Color Sunburst finish, vintage open-gear die-cast tuning machinery in the style of the 1950s, nickel hardware, and a single-ply white pickguard with a "G" design. 

This small masterpiece works well for both novices and seasoned professionals and is perfect for songwriting, practice, or even as a travel guitar. The Jim Dandy will provide hours of enjoyable playing thanks to its comfortable playing characteristics and full-sounding bass in a woody vintage tone.

• Basswood body with X-bracing
• 12th fret, 24”-scale nato set neck
• Vintage-style 18 frets
• Synthetic bone nut
• Walnut fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays
• Top-load walnut bridge with compensated saddle
• Single-ply aged white pickguard with “G” graphic
• 1950s-style vintage open-gear die-cast tuningmachines and vintage end-pin strap buttons

Product Specifications:

General

• SAP NAME: G9500 JIM DANDY FLAT TOP 2SB
• SERIES: Roots Collection
• ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
• COLOR: 2-Color Sunburst COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ID

Neck

• HEADSTOCK: 1950's Gretsch® 3x3
• NECK MATERIAL: Nato
• NECK FINISH: Semi-Gloss
• NECK SHAPE: "C" Shape
• NECK CONSTRUCTION: Set-Neck
• FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 12" (305 mm)
• FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Walnut
• POSITION INLAYS: White Pearloid Dot
• NUMBER OF FRETS: 18 (12 to Body)
• TRUSS ROD: Dual-Action
• TRUSS ROD NUT: Hex
• STRING NUT: Synthetic Bone
• NUT WIDTH: 1.6875" (42.86 mm) 
• NUT MATERIAL: Synthetic Bone

Hardware

• BRIDGE: Walnut Top-Load with Compensated Saddle
• BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE: Traditional Acoustic Bridge
• BRIDGE PINS: N/A
• PICKGUARD: 1-Ply White with "G" Graphic
• HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel-Plated
• TUNING MACHINES: Open-Gear Die-Cast
• STRINGS: Phosphor Bronze, Light (.012-.053 Gauges)
• STRAP BUTTONS: Vintage End-Pin

Body

• BODY: Basswood
• BODY FINISH: Vintage Semi-Gloss
• BODY SHAPE: Jim Dandy™
• BODY TOP: Basswood
• BODY BINDING: Aged White
• BODY BACK: Basswood
• BODY SIDES: Basswood
• BODY MATERIAL: Basswood
• CUTAWAY: Non Cutaway
• BRACING: X-Bracing
• WAIST: 8.125" (20.63 cm)
• ROSETTE: White/Black Rings
• SOUND HOLE: 3 7/16" Diameter Soundhole

Measurements

• DIMENSIONS: 0.15 x 1.27 x 0.98 m
• SHIPPING WEIGHT: 3.12 kg
• UPPER BOUT: 9.375" (238.12mm)
• LOWER BOUT: 13.125" (333 mm)
• BODY DEPTH: 3.75" (95 mm)
• BODY LENGTH: 17.875" (454 mm)
• FRET SIZE: Vintage-Style
• SCALE LENGTH: 24" (610 mm)
• SHIPPING LENGTH: 0.99 m
• SHIPPING HEIGHT: 0.152 m 
•  SHIPPING WIDTH: 0.39 m

About Gretsch

The Gretsch company was founded in Brooklyn, New York way back in 1883 before Fender or Gibson had started making instruments. Gretsch guitars are renowned for their excellent playability, high quality and unmistakable Gretsch sound. Don't let the iconic hollow body guitars fool you... These aren't just for Jazz and blues players. John Frusciante famously played a Gretsch White Falcon with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers (along with plenty more awesome guitars!)