I had a Rivoli , that looked better than it sounded , sold it , and missed looking at it. So when a white Eastwood Gretsch style hollow body popped up on kijiji for a good price I snagged it. I have about a half dozen short scale hollow bodies , but three are Danos.
Before buying the Gretsch I started playing the Eastwood to get a rough feel for the size and big body. The Eastwood is actually a pretty good bass , but the TV Jones pickups in the new Gretsch certainly give it a much nicer warmer woody tone. And it is a bigass orange Gretsch.
I’ve got twenty something basses , so I’m far from collector status , but have still acquired a good sized pile of them. There’s only a couple I’d sell at the moment. I mentioned selling the Eastwood to Herself after buying the Gretsch and she said the white one was beautiful , and not to sell it.
I have cab , and maybe a couple of amps I’d like to sell , but not before Christmas , I’ll probably wait until tax return season in March or so …
I used a vintage Gretsch padded strap for years and years , and have a new one in that style. Thin strap with the sliding shoulder pad , the classic vintage strap.