Gretsch G9500 Jim Dandy Flat Top Guitar Frontier Stain

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 tuningmachines and vintage end-pin strap buttons

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 MATERIAL: Synthetic Bone

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

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