NBD , I bought it right here!

[morrow]

Well the Harmony company just took their existing Rocket body and stuck a short scale neck on it back in the late 50's , and I think the company in Korea did a fairly accurate job of re-engineering the pickup on the reissue. The response of the pickup is even across the strings. No complaint there.
Good news ...
Last night I used a more powerful amp to power my tube preamp and the buzz was noticeably diminished. Quite tolerable. I had been using a little Jo Choui amp that was built for me by Jonathon Chouinard in Quebec. I had the gain and volume cranked for room volume and that's why the hum was so loud. Using my Forte amp as a power amp cut the noise down considerably. So if I'm taking the Batwing out to a gig I'll simply bring a more powerful amp. Nice to discover that last night.The buzz has never been an issue at home.
Brought the big orange Gretsch and the Batwing last night. The Gretsch sounded a bit better at room volume. Something about those TV Jones pickups and their placement. Very woody tone. But it was close , the Batwing was sounding great.

[morrow]

Last night did a gig in my favourite dive downtown , both guitarists had Harmonys. Well , one was badged as a Silvertone , but it was a big hollow body made by Harmony. The Stratotone had the loudest hum. No contest.The big hollow body Silvertone came in second , and the Batwing had the least hum on the bandstand. The guitar players were frequently dropping their volume in between songs but just as we'd start a song ... it was there. I was using the more powerful amp head behind the preamp. My hum with the Batwing wasn't that bad , but I was using that big orange hollow body Gretsch most of the time. That one is dead quiet.