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Gretsch G9201 Honey Dipper Resonator - $750 (Valley)
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Gently Used and Like NEW
Includes Hard Shell Case
$750
One strum of the Honey Dipper Round-Neck Resonator Guitar transports you back 80 years to a hobo jungle just off the tracks, where wandering workers congregate in camaraderie and the comforting and captivating strains of a real all-metal resonator guitar waft through the smoke of oil-drum fires and enchant the ears with a sound like raindrops beating on a rusty pump house roof.
The very sound and look of this fine Gretsch creation will make you want to free yourself from the damning confines of your office, your cubicle or whatever it is that enslaves you and hop the next train to anywhere with a smile on your face as big as the sky and a song in your heart.
Classic Roundneck Resonator from Gretsch
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First developed in the pre-amplified 1920s to accompany the much-louder horn, banjo, and fiddle instruments in popular ensembles of the time, resonator guitars are truly a uniquely American innovation. The Gretsch G9201 Honey Dipper Roundneck Metal Resonator is a stunning throwback to the earliest days of American music, with its all-brass body and old-timey tone and vintage looks. One strum of this Honey Dipper, and you are conjuring the past when traveling musicians roamed the country, playing for whoever would listen — hobo camps along the rails, or if they got a lucky break, live radio broadcasts from the earliest days of mega-watt stations. With a Gretsch Ampli-Sonic diaphragm biscuit resonator cone hand-spun in Eastern Europe, the Honey Dipper kicks out an impressive level of volume and mesmerizing midrange resonant tone. A gorgeous padauk fingerboard with abalone dot inlays responds beautifully whether you are playing chords or using a slide. The G9201 invites you to explore the styles of old country, blues, and early folk as well as whatever sonic innovations you can dream up.
Beautifully appointed
Gretsch's Roundneck Honey Dipper Resonator features tasteful vintage appointments that would look right at home in the company's catalogs of yesteryear. With the G9201, you get a stunning all-brass body with a finish that not only looks great but enhances the instrument's tone. A gorgeous mahogany neck with padauk fingerboard responds beautifully to chords or a slide, letting you explore the sounds of early country, blues, and folk as well as your own contemporary sonic visions. The simple biscuit cone design of this resonator just oozes old-timey vibe and makes you happy they do still make a classic instrument like the G9201.
Gretsch's legacy in American music
The Gretsch G9201 standard resonator guitar transports you back to Gretsch's roots in American music. Everyone knows Gretsch electric guitars and drums, but many don't know they got their start in 1883 as a banjo company. It wasn't long before Gretsch was making mandolins, ukuleles, and eventually flat-top guitars, contributing to the very roots of American music. So when you pick up a Gretsch resonator, you're holding more than a great resonator, you're holding a piece of American music history.
Gretsch G9201 Honey Dipper Roundneck Resonator Guitar Features:
• All-brass top, back, and sides emit mesmerizing resonator tone
• Padauk fingerboard with 19 frets responds beautifully to chording or a slide
• Gretsch Ampli-Sonic Eastern European hand-spun biscuit cone
• Grover Sta-Tite tuning machines keep you in tune
SPECS
• GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER show contact info
SERIES Roots Collection
COLOR Weathered "Pump House Roof"
NUMBER OF STRINGS 6
ORIENTATION Right-Hand
• BODY
BUILD Folk & Bluegrass
CUTAWAY Non Cutaway
BODY FINISH Weathered "Pump House Roof"
BODY SHAPE Resonator
BODY MATERIAL Bell Brass
BRACING Neck Stick
• MISCELLANEOUS
STRINGS D'Addario® EJ16 Phosphor Bronze, Light (.012-.053 Gauges)
STRAP BUTTONS Vintage End-Pin
OTHER FEATURES Bell Brass Body; Gretsch Ampli-Sonic™ Biscuit Resonator Cone and Bridge; Poinsettia Design Cover-Plate; Weathered "Pump House Roof" Body Finish; 1930s Gretsch Headstock with Aged Pearloid Face.
• NECK
NECK MATERIAL Mahogany
NECK FINISH Vintage Semi-Gloss
NECK SHAPE Medium "V"
SCALE LENGTH 25" (635 mm)
FINGERBOARD RADIUS 15.75" (400 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Padauk
NUMBER OF FRETS 19 (12 to Body)
FRET SIZE Medium Jumbo
NUT MATERIAL Bone
NUT WIDTH 1.75" (44.45 mm)
POSITION INLAYS White Dot
TRUSS ROD NUT Hex
HEADSTOCK 1930's Gretsch® 3x3
• HARDWARE
BRIDGE Biscuit - Hard Maple with Ebony/Maple Saddle
HARDWARE FINISH Chrome
TAILPIECE Weathered Trapeze Tailpiece
TUNING MACHINES Grover® Sta-Tite™ Die-Cast
PICKGUARD None
• ELECTRONICS
CONTROLS NA