NBD: gretsch g2202 electromatic junior jet

[bnolsen]

craigslisted this today with hard case included for 120usd. The guy said he had people calling him trying to talk him down (amazing).

Mostly fiingerprints and a couple of very very light dents in the finish. Still has the factory strings on it as well..the low E is thumpy. Pickup is hot and there's no noise, pots were clean as well. Brought an amp to test with but we were in a lobby so I couldn't crank it at the time. That waited for when I got home. Probably will need to do a string search.

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[kar120c]

put medium gauge short scale strings to avoid the low E thump. Light gauge strings will cause the thump.

 

[MakoMan]

One of my favorite shorties. Have fun with it!
FYI I have short scale Chromes on my bass and it sounds fantastic!

 

[Gorn]

Ya know, the shadow/reflection on the e string side of the body makes it look like it was cut in that shape. It would kinda look cool that way with a rounded upper horn.
These are great basses.

 

[dubhnight]

You need to get some flats on this thing. I had a set of LaBellas on mine, can't remember the exact type but they were off a Hofner Violin bass. Unbelievable British invasiony sort of tone, really really nice, much more character than the rounds.

 

[felis]

I got one of those recently. You got a better deal on yours though.
I almost returned it, but I'm glad now that I didn't.
I really like the low string thump, and don't think I'd want to change that about it.

 

[bassment zombie]

PM me if you ever decide to part with it

 

[bnolsen]

Nope this is a keeper bass. I ended up tossing d'addario chromes on it and they play quite nicely.

I notice that g2202's come up on craigslist about once a month or so, at least around here.

My squier bronco actually gets more play time but that's because I've been fiddling with it. For playability I really like the neck on the bronco, maybe even slightly more than the gretsch, but as an overall package the gretsch wins hands down. A new bridge will get the bronco a little bit closer. I'm toying with maybe defretting that bronco after the bridge replacement...

 

[UK Philip]

great basses, i've got the model after this one.

BUT be careful of dints and dents - these things are made of soft basswood and they are easy to damage.

 

[bnolsen]

if there's a bass that needs a hard case to sleep in, this is one of those.

 

[BrianMarc]

Just wondering, how do you like that bass?

 

[bholder]

Mine's purple.

 

[bnolsen]

Me? I still love this bass. Still wearing chromes. Just love the sound and vibe from it with the tone knob cranked.
Very tempted to get rid of the bronco and just keep this and the hadean ubass I defretted.

No you can't dial in different sounds with it, but I don't feel that to be necessary at all.

 

[BrianMarc]

Do you have the single or double pick up version?
Also, w/r/t the neck, is it thin like a jazz or chunky like a PBass, or somewhere in between?

 

[BrianMarc]

Plz disregard the pick up question. I did not see the picture above.

 

[bnolsen]

I believe the gretsch has the widest string spacing of any short scale. The neck isn't super thick though.