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Gretsch also makes a 32" medium scale hollowbody electromatic g5123b, which as far as I know are only sold at Guitar Center in the US. Runs about $850 and sounds fantastic. I love mine. Overall length is about the same as a normal full scale bass in terms of hand position.

I've got a 30" scale Gretsch g2202 that sounds ferocious with round wounds when I need some crunch, but unfortunately the songs that I want that growl for are almost all in drop D tuning. On top of that we're playing a half step down for the singer's sake, all of which results in a pretty...

I'm a recent bass convert from the guitar world so I won't be as knowledgeable as some of the others here, but I recently picked up a Gretsch 5123B and its definitely not a one trick pony. You can get a lot of pop on the bridge pickup and a fairly mellow sound off the neck pickup even with...

Yesterday I bought a new Gretsch 5123B and I couldn't have been happier about it. I'm a recent convert from the six string side of the Gretsch world so I don't have a great ear for tone, playability, ect of basses yet, but it's been pretty much everything I'd hoped for. However, today of all...

The Syracuse, NY location is now out of 5123b's. :D Merry Christmas, from me to me. I can't wait to get this thing home and plugged in.

I'm a guitarist that's been conscripted as a bassist for a band a few of my musician friends are putting together. By far my favorite guitar is my hollow body Gretsch, so between already biased toward hollow bodies and looking for a short scale to make the transition easier, I've been looking...