Whether bluesy porch pickin’ or speakeasy swingin’, the G9520E Gin Rickey Acoustic/Electric with Deltoluxe Soundhole Pickup is a real gone finger-zinger classic. Inspired by the Gretsch® Rex parlor guitars of old, the G. Rickey whisks you back to the halcyon days when the earliest Gretsch guitars fueled many a barrelhouse barn burner.
Fun, flip and finely crafted, it features an X-braced basswood body with a powerfully resonant voice, a “C”-profile nato neck that joins the body at the 12th fret, a smooth walnut fingerboard with 18 vintage-style frets and pearloid dot inlays, a top-load walnut bridge with compensated synthetic bone saddle for even intonation all along the neck, and more. And coolest of the cool, the Gretsch Deltoluxe acoustic magnetic soundhole pickup reproduces a crisp yet throaty voice.
What else? You’ve got aged white body binding and an aged white “G”-graphic pickguard, gold-and-white soundhole rosette with gold double-line top striping, nickel hardware, vintage-style end-pin strap buttons and open-gear die-cast tuners, and a hot Smokestack Black finish.
• Basswood body with X-bracing
• 12th fret, 24″-scale nato set neck
• 12″ radius walnut fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays and vintage-style 18 frets
• Synthetic bone nut
• Gretsch® Deltoluxe soundhole pickup with gold/white rosette rings
• Top-load walnut bridge with compensated synthetic bone saddle
• Single-ply aged white pickguard with “G” graphic
• 1950s-style vintage open-gear die-cast tuning machines and vintage end-pin strap buttons
• Available in Smokestack Black with aged white binding and nickel hardware
Specs
COLLECTION: Roots Collection
BODY SHAPE: Jim Dandy™
BODY TOP: Basswood
BACK AND SIDES: Basswood
BODY FINISH: Semi-Gloss
BRACING: X-Bracing
ROSETTE: Gold/White Rings
NECK: Nato
NECK FINISH: Semi-Gloss
FINGERBOARD: Walnut
FRETS: 18
POSITION INLAYS: Pearloid Dot
NUT (Material/Width): Synthetic Bone, 1.6875″ (42.86 mm)
TUNING MACHINES: Open-Gear Die-Cast
SCALE LENGTH: 24″ (610 mm)
BRIDGE: Walnut Top-Load with Compensated Saddle
PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Aged White with Black “G”
SPECIAL ELECTRONICS (If any): Gretsch® Deltoluxe Soundhole Pickup
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel
CASE/GIG BAG: Optional G6296 Gretsch® Round Neck Resonator Hardshell (p/n 099-6495-000)