I bought this little Gretsch last June and it has had some technical difficulties. Twice now it has played perfectly at night and the next morning, nothing.....I had to take it in to GC about a month ago, a friend of mine is the tech, he said there was a loose connection....he fixed it and it played great until Thursday morning, same thing....nothing. So today I grab the bass and my warranty and go to GC.
The sales clerk called in my warranty to the main office and they wanted to talk to me, she double checked all my information and she said seeing this was the 2nd time in for the same problem, she wants to reimburse me for the cost of the bass plus sales tax with a GC gift card and I get to keep the bass. She asked me if i was alright with that deal and i`m thinking free bass and I still have money to spend ...yeah, I`m alright with that. I`m going to take the Gretsch into a local guitar shop and have it fixed.
I tried a 32" scale Ibanez ABG and was pleased with how it played and sounded. I think I will have to own one....
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs041.ash2/35408_1337215470821_1244151729_30812765_837845_n.jpg) (http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs368.ash2/64692_1426008490591_1244151729_31008941_2950594_n.jpg)
Update: It`s fixed and playing sweet again! ;D
Talk about stepping up for you! That place has earned your busiess!
I have that Gretsch and it's a fantastic bass. I also have the same pickup in a Bronco bass.....that is one GREAT pickup!
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j306/apowell1/Electric%20Basses/Bronco%20Bass/IMAG0109.jpg)
:sad: Just this week I was out-bid on a G-1112 Junior Jet II, the early Korean version with two of those PUPs, on evilBay.DE. I was really curious how that baby would sound but it was not to be ......... >:(
(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6532/gretschelectromaticbd1.jpg)
I never knew there was a 2-pickup model.
Quote from: Pilgrim on October 09, 2010, 05:21:37 PM
Talk about stepping up for you! That place has earned your busiess!
I have that Gretsch and it's a fantastic bass. I also have the same pickup in a Bronco bass.....that is one GREAT pickup!
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j306/apowell1/Electric%20Basses/Bronco%20Bass/IMAG0109.jpg)
Yeah Pilgrim, I`m a GC fan for sure! Love what you have done with the Bronco!
QuoteJust this week I was out-bid on a G-1112 Junior Jet II, the early Korean version with two of those PUPs, on evilBay.DE. I was really curious how that baby would sound but it was not to be .........
Droombolus, sorry ya lost out on that little Gretsch....I did`nt know they even made that version!
Quote from: ilan on October 10, 2010, 04:33:07 AM
I never knew there was a 2-pickup model.
The Junior Jet was made in Korea between 1999 & 2003 in both 1 & 2 PUP models ....... Believe the 1 PUP version went under G-1111 ......
Now you've done me the great favor of giving me GAS for a model I didn't know about before.
Arrrrrgh.
+1
Quote from: Pilgrim on October 10, 2010, 12:58:36 PM
Now you've done me the great favor of giving me GAS for a model I didn't know about before.
Arrrrrgh.
You're welcome ! :mrgreen:
The Gretsch is 32" too? I like it but in blue with a semi-hollow body! :mrgreen:
The Junior Jet bass is 30" scale.
OOOOoooo... Ahhhhh.... :) Nice
My 2-year-old likes his.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/iamthebassman/0626101821a.jpg)
^ That's awesome! Very cute :-*
I bought it for my wife about 5 years ago when she wanted to learn to play, but she didn't, so it was collecting dust 'til my son was old enuff to mess around with it. It's on a stand in his room and he grabs it and bangs on it.
He's a natural ! Do I see him do tap-ons & pull-offs on that pic ? And of course the room is rocking that's why it's that much out of focus of course ....... :mrgreen:
Either that or it's a cheesy camera-phone.
I had one of those Gretsches (http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp360/dannew2008/h2/2639192945_a6070808e8_o.jpg) I liked it when I got it, it played and sounded nicer than anything I had owned previously. I got mine at GC in late fall, and by the end of winter the neck had warped so much that adjusting the TR and shimming the neck pocket had no effect on the fret buzz. I was ready to plane down the frets even... I tried taking it back for warranty work and the tech at GC told me that they wouldn't honor the warranty because I must have stored the bass wrong, like the wrong environment. >:( I ended up stripping all the parts off of it to fix my Hofner (http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp360/dannew2008/h2/1976748555_35f967f5c4.jpg) I swear the pups sound better in the Hofner than they did in the Gretsch. Of course it had cheap mini-pots and switch, and I used CTS parts when I did the rebuild so that may have something to do with it...
SHORT VERSION:
I had one of the 2-pickup versions, they sound fine but are made kind of cheaply.
You did what I had in mind! I was going to put my spare 2202 pickup in a Lyle hollowbody, but it went into my Bronco instead. I'll bet those sound fantastic in that Hofner.
I think the neck pup sounds more or less like the unplugged bass, just louder if that makes any sense. I also think I spent less $ gutting the Gretsch to fix the H. than if I had just bought real Hofner pups. Did you just add the G pup to your Bronco or did you replace all of the circuitry?
And the Gretsch wasn't plywood, but it was definitely veneered for the "Black-burst" finish. I can't say for sure if the all-black ones GC had when I bought mine were ply or not, they were cheaper than the burst ones.
Quote from: daan on October 13, 2010, 09:39:05 PM
I think the neck pup sounds more or less like the unplugged bass, just louder if that makes any sense. I also think I spent less $ gutting the Gretsch to fix the H. than if I had just bought real Hofner pups. Did you just add the G pup to your Bronco or did you replace all of the circuitry?
And the Gretsch wasn't plywood, but it was definitely veneered for the "Black-burst" finish. I can't say for sure if the all-black ones GC had when I bought mine were ply or not, they were cheaper than the burst ones.
I just dropped in the pickup...no electronics replacement - yet.
Quote from: Droombolus on October 10, 2010, 01:56:39 AM
:sad: Just this week I was out-bid on a G-1112 Junior Jet II, the early Korean version with two of those PUPs, on evilBay.DE. I was really curious how that baby would sound but it was not to be ......... >:(
(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6532/gretschelectromaticbd1.jpg)
I was kinda bummed out because I was outbid ( again >:() on the SG Supreme Fireburst yesterday. The cosmos must have had pity on me and decided I needed a serious pick me up because this morning I got contacted by the seller of
this baby, asking if I'm still interested. The winner of the auction has problems in transferring the money from Australia and has bowed out ....... so now it looks like I'm gonna get her after all ..... 8)
That Hofner looks stunning.
Quote from: Droombolus on October 18, 2010, 03:29:13 AM
I was kinda bummed out because I was outbid ( again >:() on the SG Supreme Fireburst yesterday. The cosmos must have had pity on me and decided I needed a serious pick me up because this morning I got contacted by the seller of this baby, asking if I'm still interested. The winner of the auction has problems in transferring the money from Australia and has bowed out ....... so now it looks like I'm gonna get her after all ..... 8)
YOWZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Epic WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you get bored with it, let me know. Looks like something I could give a good home to.
^ x2, Congrats! Let us know how she sounds! =)
She arrived last week thursday. The seller never bothered with maintanance so she was covered in about 10 years of goo and the strings were completely dead, so it may have been the set she came from the factory with. She carries no serial number or marking to determine orgine, but according to the info I found on the web this model was produced in Korea between 1998 & 2003.
I got the neck straight in 2 days and used the hours between other activities in the weekend to clean her up, oil the fretboard and put on some fresh strings. She plays real OK for such a cheap bass. I played her with band practise last wednesday and was quite surprised.
Even though she's only got 1 volume pot ( which is to be amended this weekend ;D ), so there's no way to locate the sweet spot between the PUPs, she's got a really snappy sound which cuts through the mix even at a relatively low volume. Precision-like aggressive mids, a respectable lo-end and enough hi-end to give her an excellent definition. Long story short, she sounds like no other bass in my collection and probably will be a welcome addition. Yes, me thinks me gonna like this baby ........
Just putting quality pots & switch in that thing will really make the pickups come alive. Just keep an eye on the neck and don't let it get too dry, mine warped so bad the neck needed to be replaced after a year, and I live in Minnesota, not the Gobi Desert or something...
Hope you keep enjoying your new bass!
Post-op ............ Drilled a new hole for a second volume pot, put in CTS pots with Witch Hat knobs and a Switchcraft toggle & jack-ouput.
(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4487/jjpostop002.jpg)
Those basses are so simple they're elegant. NICE work!
So now you have a vol. for each pup, and a master tone? Does the switch then allow neck/both/bridge independantly from the volumes? ??? How does it sound to you now? When I moved my Gretsch pups over to my Hofner, it now has more or less "Les Paul" wiring (2vol/2tone/3way). I was wondering if the wiring changed the tone on mine or was it being in a hollow body, or some of both... anyway cool bass, enjoy!
Quote from: daan on November 21, 2010, 12:44:15 AM
So now you have a vol. for each pup, and a master tone? Does the switch then allow neck/both/bridge independantly from the volumes? ??? How does it sound to you now?
Yup ! I wired PUPs > Volume pots > Toggle > Tone
Without the 2nd volume option she sounded as aggressive as a Precision with lots of mids. Real cool in my book and excellent for playing hi-energy rock but not very versitile.
Now that I can blend the two PUPs I can also make her sound a lot mellower. Overall she gives a real dry tone, which probably has to do with her multiplex body, that really cuts through the band-mix. So much that you can play her at a relatively low volume, which is a positive thing in my experience because when I crank up the volume the drummer will hit harder so I'll have to turn it up even further ...... etc etc etc. :mrgreen: On the down side I'd say that you can hear she's a cheapo instrument, the sound is not really 3D. More like 2D ........ ;) I used both the JJ and the SG Bass on the same rehearsal and you could easily tell the SG is in another class