The gretsch g9221 electro acoustic bobtail steel resonator marks a return to the original resonator designs providing you with a loud acoustic instrument perfect for delta blues and bluegrass. Equipped with a fishman nashville pickup you can plug in and use those same tones in a live setting. This guitar has a completely steel body for pure metallic blues tones and features an ampli sonic spider cone diaphragm that allows your tone to reach the very far end of the room. This reissue of a 1930s has been designed with a long body construction paired with a comfortable soft v neck profile in order to capture the voice of the past generation of blues and ragtime musicians. If youre looking for a professional steel body resonator performance which can also be used in live situations through an amplifier the bobtail wont disappoint.