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Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: Barklessdog on July 14, 2010, 09:08:28 AM

Title: Gretsch Committee bass ?
Post by: Barklessdog on July 14, 2010, 09:08:28 AM: http://www.gbase.com/powered/geardetails.aspx?dealer=25985dc3-7cff-487f-9943-e6cd45af1534&item=2088231

Never seen one before, looks homemade.
Title: Re: Gretsch Committee bass ?
Post by: gearHed289 on July 14, 2010, 11:31:13 AM: Hmmm... Very 1979. ;D
Title: Re: Gretsch Committee bass ?
Post by: jumbodbassman on July 14, 2010, 12:06:44 PM: +1 and very interesting pickup placement. Reaction to the stingray ????
Title: Re: Gretsch Committee bass ?
Post by: Dave W on July 14, 2010, 01:03:33 PM: Also mentioned in the TK300 thread: http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4025.0
Title: Re: Gretsch Committee bass ?
Post by: Pilgrim on July 14, 2010, 04:32:59 PM: Quote from: jumbodbassman on July 14, 2010, 12:06:44 PM
+1 and very interesting pickup placement. Reaction to the stingray ????

Looks like a pretty darn good location for that pickup. I like it!
Title: Re: Gretsch Committee bass ?
Post by: Barklessdog on July 15, 2010, 04:31:41 AM: Quote from: Dave W on July 14, 2010, 01:03:33 PM
Also mentioned in the TK300 thread: http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4025.0

The guitar is just as ugly!
Title: Re: Gretsch Committee bass ?
Post by: godofthunder on July 15, 2010, 04:49:58 PM: I remember when these came out, they just sat in the store we could not give them away.
Title: Re: Gretsch Committee bass ?
Post by: Dave W on July 15, 2010, 07:36:50 PM: I haven't played one in years, IIRC they didn't sound bad. Problem was that they didn't look like customers thought a Gretsch should look. The sound wasn't identifiable as Gretsch either, not that Gretsch was ever famous for basses.
Title: Re: Gretsch Committee bass ?
Post by: Bert on July 23, 2010, 11:20:23 AM: I bought a bass from this shop which apparantly was "very good" and "Yes, Bert, "a bass which is used a lot, but which is structurally sound" is quite accurate.". The bass has some serious issues like not being able to lower the strings far enough and on top of this a neck which sits deeper in the body on the E string side than on the G string side. (Monday morning with a hangover production?)
Title: Re: Gretsch Committee bass ?
Post by: 7615 on January 04, 2016, 07:49:13 PM: My first bass. I removed the varnish and the ugly pick guard. Installed a Carvin pick-up and it is a keeper. Beautifully made. The varnish was a bad idea. Gretsch was trying to match the Alembic trend but those guitars were oiled not varnished.

the original pick-up I put into my 6070 a few years later