Gretsch G9500 Jim Dandy Frontier Stain Acoustic Guitar

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 2-Color 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 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 tuning machines and vintage end-pin strap buttons 

Product Specs 

General

SERIES: Roots Collection
ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
COLOR: Frontier Stain
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ID

Neck

HEADSTOCK: 1950's Gretsch® 3x3
HEADSTOCK BINDING: None
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 (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
FRET SIZE: Vintage Style
SCALE LENGTH: 24" (610 mm)

Body

BODY: Sapele
BODY FINISH: Semi-Gloss
BODY SHAPE: Jim Dandy™
BODY TOP: Sapele
BODY BINDING: Aged White
BODY BACK: Sapele
BODY SIDES: Sapele
BODY MATERIAL: Sapele
CUTAWAY: Non Cutaway
BRACING: X-Bracing
WAIST: 8.125" (20.63 cm)
ROSETTE: White/Black Rings
SOUND HOLE: 3 7/16" Diameter Soundhole
UPPER BOUT: 9.375" (238.12mm)
LOWER BOUT: 13.125" (333 mm)
BODY DEPTH: 3.75" (95 mm)
BODY LENGTH: 17.875" (454 mm)

Hardware

BRIDGE: Walnut Top-Load with Compensated Saddle
BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE: Traditional Acoustic Bridge
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)
STRAP BUTTONS: Vintage End-Pin

Electronics

CONTROLS: NA

MODEL #: 2704000579