Nice bass! Congrats!
And biiiiiig +1 on the Barefaced One10 cab! I play my Fender Bassman 100T through a pair of One10's. It sounds fantastic!
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NBD: Gretsch G2220 Junior Jet - Torino Green
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Nice bass! Congrats!
And biiiiiig +1 on the Barefaced One10 cab! I play my Fender Bassman 100T through a pair of One10's. It sounds fantastic!
That’s awesome! I had a 100T for a minute - love that amp.Nice bass! Congrats!
And biiiiiig +1 on the Barefaced One10 cab! I play my Fender Bassman 100T through a pair of One10's. It sounds fantastic!
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FYI I’m putting TI flats on it. Usually a Chromes guy but wanted to change it up a tad. Just can’t do rounds of any ilk anymore....old age.
The red is great looking too. The store I went to (Starving Musician in Berkeley) had the red, green and tobacco burst. Red and green were my faves by far. Tobacco burst was decent, but kinda took away from the distinctiveness of the bass itself.
I agree the red and green are better than the burst. The area I live in had the green one new in one store and the red one used in excellent condition for $200 in another. So that's why I went with red. I'd have been equally pleased with either color.
Way back few years. I had a GC Credit Card. But, did not use it some time. I was considering to get short scale. One of my favorite bass players played Gibson Les Paul bass. So, I decided to follow that line and found this little bass online. Decided to pull the card. Something was wrong - call us. I did. Spent 45 minutes on the phone to be advised my card was canceled. Never mind, I will not buy anything in GC in the future. Went direct to Sweetwater and decided to research same model and options. Just before I pulled debit card and pay in full, it showed something similar - Epiphone Rumblekat. Well, it's 2 times more. Let me check it first...
1/2 hour later Rumblekat with case, new strings and Hipshot bridge were on the way to me.
That's how I got my Epiphone. I love it.
I call it "My air-guitar" So easy to play, it's shameful.
1/2 hour later Rumblekat with case, new strings and Hipshot bridge were on the way to me.
That's how I got my Epiphone. I love it.
I call it "My air-guitar" So easy to play, it's shameful.
Last I checked there was one in a store called Music Go Round in St Louis for $200. I played it once and it seemed in excellent shape. I believe that they sell online.
Better to whom? I think the picture is a fair representation, minus the artifacts from jpg compression. But yeah, TO ME, it probably looks a little better.
Actually, I saw one today.... and I think it looks better in the pictures. It didn't do it for me. Probably a good thing though as it was only $699. 
daveobieone
Providing the "musical foundation" since 1966
LOVE the Torino Green! That was my first choice, but I got a great deal on this black one used last night.
I put a black HipShot bridge on it, blacked-out a bunch of the screw heads, and put LaBella Flats on it. I have no other black basses.
WOW, does this cheap little thing play great, and sounds very good too with the original hum-buckers. I would love to find some black chrome Gretsch knobs. I'll probably rewire it for VVT, because I don't like switches.
Now we've named it "Cash" after "The Man in Black". As you can see, I'm really into short-scale basses these days.
Dave O.
I put a black HipShot bridge on it, blacked-out a bunch of the screw heads, and put LaBella Flats on it. I have no other black basses.
WOW, does this cheap little thing play great, and sounds very good too with the original hum-buckers. I would love to find some black chrome Gretsch knobs. I'll probably rewire it for VVT, because I don't like switches.
Now we've named it "Cash" after "The Man in Black". As you can see, I'm really into short-scale basses these days.
Dave O.
daveobieone
Providing the "musical foundation" since 1966
BTW, these LaBella strings were probably not the best choice for this bass and bridge combination. Had to shave off a good bit of the silk on the bridge end. Getting the intonation correct was a bit of a chore because the bridge saddles are (in some cases) not resting on the flat-wound parts of the strings either. It's all good now, but I'd pick some other variation of the LaBella flats if change them out again. I have some on my Mustang that don't have any silk on the bridge ends. Can't remember what variant that set is though.
Thanks. Sounds great. Going to make custom pic guard and other accoutrements for it as well. Hipshot Style A bridge, gotoh tuners, 250k pots, bone nut and rotosound strings.
