Just what I didn't need - but I did it anyway.
There has been discussion on both TB and the Gretsch pages of a new hollowbody addition to the Electromatic line, the 3125B. Evidently it's a special issue to Guitar Center and was rolled out on Black Friday to a limited number of stores, one per store.
Here's a post from the Gretsch pages:
These basses were created just for Guitar Center's promo sale and, so far, do not represent a new model that we will see in wider release. There were very, very few made and they only went out to a handful of stores, so the odds of us getting the serials, some pics, and the information up on the site might not be terribly good. The model number is confirmed as G5123B by a friend who should be receiving one of the limited run any day now. I'll post whatever else I can find out when it arrives.
Here's a photo and link to the description...including dual Thundertrons at a price point of $799:
http://gretschpages.com/guitars/models/examples/993/ (The gent who wrote up the description of his bass evidently doesn't know how to measure scale length, but most posts agree it's roughly 30" scale.)
I ran down to the local GC today, walked in with the model # and asked if they could find me one. They fired up the computer, which showed about 16 in stock at various stores, but they ALSO showed that 94 had just been shipped and were in transit. It appears that perhaps there will be at least a partial second round of stock on these.
I told them if they could get me one, I'd buy it. They called a store in the major city nearby that shows one on the truck that should arrive Thursday...and they're willing to send it up here. I'm expecting a call Thursday confirming that they can get one for me, new in the box. If not, I'll go after one of the ones in stock at other stores - which presumably have been floor models.
I know this is not a bass I need, but it's the one bass I WANT. And with the dual Thundertrons - usually found only in the higher-priced lines - it seems like a great value.
