Gretsch G9555 New Yorker Archtop With Pickup, Antique Sunburst

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Key Features

  • Stunning design with a classic 50s Hollow-Body reborn
  • Utmost comfort provided by V-shaped mahogany neck
  • Excellent bright sound emitted from laminated maple sides
  • Brilliant lightweight design provided thanks to laminated maple sides

Gretsch G9555 New Yorker Archtop With Pickup, Antique Sunburst Overview

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The Gretsch G9555 New Yorker Archtop with pickup revives the classic 1950s archtop design, faithfully recreating that classic design and delicate sounds. A gorgeous antique sunburst arched solid spruce top provides an exceptional level of clarity, with bright and snappy overtones, all of which are reinforced with laminated maple sides. A custom-wound vintage-style single-coil pickup excellently captures every single infliction of your performance. The vintage-style 'V'-shaped mahogany neck profile performs.

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Classic Jazz-Box Design

The G9555 is reminiscent of the classic 50s designed archtop guitars, originally designed for only acoustics but were later modified for removeable pickups for use with larger bands, allowing the instruments to become an integral part of the rhythm section. Retaining some of the original design features, such as a tortoise shell appearance and compensated rosewood bridge. It all comes together delivering an authentic jazz-box aesthetic.

Delightful tonewoods

The G9555 is constructed from a delicate selection of tonewoods. An arched solid spruce top delivers incredible resonance with an exceptional well-balanced tone perfect for fitting a wide variety of genres. This is additionally reinforced by maple back and sides, which adds a bright characteristic to the sound, elevating the high-end to give the guitar a distinct characteristic. The maple addition also gives the guitar incredible projection making it an excellent option acoustically.

The Gretsch Roots collection

The Gretsch G9555 New Yorker Archtop comes from the Gretsch Roots collection, which aims to bring back classic guitar designs from decades gone by. This model offers the classic looks, tone, and playability of the 50s jazz-box instruments, when acoustic arch-top guitar bodies were first amplified with pickups to be used with big-bands and in dance halls. Here you have a very comfortable large body instrument that effortlessly gives you jazz tones and aesthetics, whether plugged in or not.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

  • Body Style: New Yorker™
  • Body Top: Arched Solid Spruce
  • Back and Sides: Laminated Maple (Arched Back)
  • Body Depth: 3.3" (84 mm)
  • Bracing: Parallel Tone Bars
  • Bridge: Katalox
  • Pickguard: Single-Ply Faux Tortoiseshell

Neck & Fingerboard

  • Neck: Mahogany, Vintage "V" Shape
  • Frets: 19, Vintage Tall
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.45" (240mm) Radius
  • Position Inlays: .25" Pearloid Dots
  • Nut Width: 1.75" (44 mm)
  • Scale Length: 25" (635 mm)

Pickups & Hardware

  • Pickups: Custom Wound Vintage-Style Single-Coil
  • Controls: Master Volume
  • Tuning Keys: Grover Sta-Tite™
  • Hardware: Nickel-Plated
  • Strings: D'Addario® EJ24 Phosphor Bronze, True Medium (.013-.056 Gauges)