With innovation at its core, the Gretsch G9221 Bobtail Steel Round-Neck A.E. will impress your audience with its sweet quality of tone at cutting volumes.
Incorporating a special combination of an all-steel body with their renowned Gretsch Ampli-Sonic™ “Spider” cone diaphragm spun from 99 percent pure aluminum, the Bobtail Steel offers a new tonal signature for your musical creations. Other features include a round mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, Grover® Sta-Tite™ machine heads and Fishman® Nashville pickup. Optional G2180 Resonator Gig Bag (996-481-000).
SPECIFICATIONS
General
- Model Number: 2716015000
- Series: Roots Collection
- Color: Weathered “Pump House Roof”
- Number of Strings: 6
- Orientation: Right-Hand
Body
- Build: Folk & Bluegras
- Cutaway: Non Cutaway
- Body Finish: Weathered “Pump House Roof”
- Body Shape: Resonator
- Body Material: Steel
- Build: Folk & Bluegrass
- Cutaway: Non Cutaway
- Body Finish: Weathered “Pump House Roof”
- Body Shape: Resonator
- Body Material: Steel
Neck
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Finish: Open-Pore Semi-Gloss Urethane
- Scale Length: 25″ (635 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Padauk
- Number of Frets: 19
- Nut Material: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.75″ (44.45 mm)
- Position Inlays: White Dot
Hardware
- Bridge: Spider – Fishman® Nashville
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Tailpiece: Weathered Trapeze Tailpiece
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Open Back
- Pickguard: None
Miscellaneous
- Strings: D’Addario® EJ16 Phosphor Bronze, Light (.012-.053 Gauges)
- Case/Gig Bag: Optional G6296 Gretsch® Round Neck Resonator Hardshell (p/n 099-6495-000); Optional G2180 Gig Bag (p/n 099-6481-000)
- Included Accessories: Optional: 099-6481-000 Gig Bag; 099-6494-000 Hardshell Case
