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The 2210 / 2220 model has a longer neck... it joins the body at the 15th fret, instead of the 13th as in the older junior jet model. Mine is just that much too long for a Les Paul case... and swims around in a bass case.
I've been thinking of making my own from Tandy's "Armor and Shield" weight leather (possibly cuir bouilli treated), with some closed-cell foam and a shearling liner... but the materials would cost almost as much as I paid for the guitar in the first place!
I've been thinking of making my own from Tandy's "Armor and Shield" weight leather (possibly cuir bouilli treated), with some closed-cell foam and a shearling liner... but the materials would cost almost as much as I paid for the guitar in the first place!
If you go the route of making your own, you use water-hardening for the method. Less mess and just requires a big tub for big pieces. Wax-hardening requires an oven, wax and lots of fumes.
I am a former medieval reenactor, and the smell of wax and leather was common when I was younger.
Hmm...that second sentence could be read out of context...
I am a former medieval reenactor, and the smell of wax and leather was common when I was younger.
Hmm...that second sentence could be read out of context...
I also used to be a member of the SCA, and have done wax hardening. My dormmates at college didn't speak to me for an entire semester because I didn't know, the first time I did it, how bad the stench would be, and how long it would linger.
Not quite. Guitars usually have a standard scale length of either 24.75" or 25.5". Whereas short scale basses are usually 30".
So, as a rule, a guitar case will seldom work for a short scale bass.
My Fender Precision Junior has a 28.25" scale and it just barely fits in a Telecaster case.
Hey, folks. A number of you have got Gretsch hollow-bodies, and I'm thinking about picking up the long-scale electromatic hollow-body. I'm curious... how is the unamplified sound? Is it loud enough to hear when you're sitting on the sofa practicing?
Should be plenty loud enough; I practice my slab Jaguar unplugged most of the time.
I love those long-scale hollowbodies and have played them in the store and could hear the HB even with shrednutters next door in the noodle guitartment.
I love those long-scale hollowbodies and have played them in the store and could hear the HB even with shrednutters next door in the noodle guitartment.
Good golly! Is there no escaping the SCA? I was in from 1972 until around 1994, and when I left it was as bitter a parting as that between Elrond and Arwen in LOTR. I may have been the last fighter in my kingdom to get to use a freon-tank helm.
But to answer Jenny's question, unless there is a lot of background noise, the G5440 LSB is plenty loud for sofa practice. It has real f-holes to project the sound, and with that big hollow body you can feel the notes as well.
In that picture I was sitting in with an acoustic duo playing mostly classic rock. I've used it live in an all acoustic non-hippie jam band and on an album that a critic labeled Adult Alternative Americana, whatever that is.
