Hollow body electric guitar with solid spruce top and single coil pickup
The Gretsch G9555 New York archtop Vintage Sunburst is an authentic reincarnation of the legendary Hollow Body electric guitar from the 1950s and accordingly convinces with a traditional jazz sound. The solid spruce top and laminated maple body promise a warm yet transparent sound and a lively, appealing dynamic. These properties are transferred from the Gretsch Vintage Single Coil to the amplifier with harmonious naturalness. Last but not least, the Gretsch G9555 New Yorker Archtop convinces with classic hardware in the form of precise Grover Sta-Tite tuners and a height-adjustable Padauk bridge with trapezoid tailpiece.
The Gretsch G9555 New Yorker Archtop Vintage Sunburst convinces with authentic vintage jazz sounds.
The Gretsch G9555 New York Archtop Vintage Sunburst at a glance:
Hollow body electric guitar from the Gretsch Roots Collection
Body made of laminated maple
Solid spruce top with "Parallel Tone Bars" brace
Glued mahogany neck with "Vintage V" profile and padauk fingerboard
A Gretsch Vintage Style Singe Coil Pickup with volume control
Height-adjustable Padauk bridge and trapezoid tailpiece
Prior to buying this Guitar I did a fair amount of research and played a Godin5th Ave and a Peerless. Both nice, but both small, and I would like a bigger nut width as I am a large man. The New Yorker is possibly not the best Jazz guitar in the world, but for a more roots jazz blues sound I'm pretty sure it would be hard to beat. I like it much more than the Godin - which is in itself a great guitar - and it is more useable for my hand size due to the larger nut. I would check you are happy with the string spacing - it is odd moving from my Strats to this, but what a guitar! The d deAmond pickup is the sound you have in your head if you think "Jazz" and "Smokey Nightclub". Not smooth, but a bit rowdy if necessary and always able to turn to Rockabilly. A bargain at the price and probably got me to buy a streamliner for my next guitar.
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