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Re: More vintage Gretsch
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2016, 10:08:18 AM »
When i searched for Committee bass images, I found this and similar pictures...very Guild B-301 looking.



But there's nothing wrong with the one shown a couple of posts ago - it just looks rather Precision-ish.
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Re: More vintage Gretsch
« Reply #17 on: June 27, 2016, 12:27:57 PM »
TK300 is a great looking bass- and it also is well made and sounds great.

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« Reply #18 on: June 27, 2016, 10:48:14 PM »
TK300 is a great looking bass- and it also is well made and sounds great.

I have to smile at that. The TK300 is one of the oddest looking ducks out there. I've played a couple, and I found the pickup nasty, unpleasant and harsh. All a matter of taste, of course.

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Re: More vintage Gretsch
« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2016, 07:12:42 AM »
I have to smile at that. The TK300 is one of the oddest looking ducks out there. I've played a couple, and I found the pickup nasty, unpleasant and harsh. All a matter of taste, of course.

That's why they make so many different basses!

I had one of the new Hagstrom HB-4 models. Liked the look and feel, but all six of the pickup settings (rotary knob twistem) sounded metallic to me. I sold it and moved on.

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Re: More vintage Gretsch
« Reply #20 on: June 28, 2016, 11:01:02 AM »
Those Hagstroms need a pickup transplant! I reckon the pickups that came stock are fairly generic guitar pickups.


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Re: More vintage Gretsch
« Reply #21 on: June 28, 2016, 11:47:20 AM »
Those Hagstroms need a pickup transplant! I reckon the pickups that came stock are fairly generic guitar pickups.


Could be; the HB-4 uses rail pickups, but I have no clue who makes them.

The Hagstrom website describes them as: 2 x Dyna Rail 1025HB/N Alnico 5.

To which I would respond: "Mmmmmmmm....kay. Whatever."
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Re: More vintage Gretsch
« Reply #22 on: June 28, 2016, 12:23:37 PM »
I don't remember any identifying marks on the pickups I removed. I figured they were Artec or similar. I tried to use them in another bass, but they were too microphonic to be much use.