Gretsch Committee bass ?

[Barklessdog]

http://www.gbase.com/powered/geardetails.aspx?dealer=25985dc3-7cff-487f-9943-e6cd45af1534&item=2088231

Never seen one before, looks homemade.

[gearHed289]

Hmmm... Very 1979. 

[jumbodbassman]

+1 and very interesting pickup placement.  Reaction to the stingray ?

[Dave W]

Also mentioned in the TK300 thread: http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4025.0

[Pilgrim]

+1 and very interesting pickup placement.  Reaction to the stingray ?

Looks like a pretty darn good location for that pickup.  I like it!

[Barklessdog]

Also mentioned in the TK300 thread: http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4025.0

The guitar is just as ugly!

[godofthunder]

I remember when these came out, they just sat in the store we could not give them away.

[Dave W]

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.

[Bert]

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?)

[7615]

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