Depends on the strings. When I bought it I put tape-wound strings on it. Sustain was not my concern. It now has bronze round-wounds and plenty of sustain. Not as much as a solid body, but more than I need.
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Depends on the strings. When I bought it I put tape-wound strings on it. Sustain was not my concern. It now has bronze round-wounds and plenty of sustain. Not as much as a solid body, but more than I need.
Dear all, I just got a Broadkaster.
I love this bass. However, I am getting quite a lot of buzzing from E and A strings.
As described here, http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/gretsch-broadkaster-bass-buzzing-problem-1060189/
Could you please help me out?
Thank you very much.
I love this bass. However, I am getting quite a lot of buzzing from E and A strings.
As described here, http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/gretsch-broadkaster-bass-buzzing-problem-1060189/
Could you please help me out?
Thank you very much.
I assume you are referring to guitar basses and not uprights. With
ABGs and electroaoustic basses, strings have an influence -- roundwounds will get you more sustain than flats or tapes -- but
build also exerts a major influence. Epiphone El Capitans and my favorite, the original-issue Eko BA4, both are over-braced, which makes them very robust but which diminishes sustain (but not to an unacceptable level IMO). The gargantuan Dean Playmate is so lightly built you would think the top is made of rice paper, and it has much more sustain.
The contemporary Gretsch reissues, with their open soundholes and different bracing, have more sustain than the closed-bodied
vintage Gretches of forty years ago.
Of course, if sustain were all that mattered, we'd all still be playing Kramers and Travis Beans.
For those interested in hollow bodies with lots of sustain, I recommend the current Hagström basses. They have a unique H-beam design of neck reinforcement. I tried one a while back and it was as even sounding and long sustaining as some neck throughs. Very different from my G5123B.
After a little bit of a journey I've finally ended up with a GC special. I will post pictures over the weekend, but please do issue me a number.
72 will do just fine, thanks. I've had it for a little over a week so far and I do truly love the feel, the sound- acoustic and amplified- and the sheer beauty of this bass.
I had the non GC long scale version with the Gretsch pickups and the sound does not compare. Acoustically very similar but the TV Jones pickups are sweet sounding. And, the 32" scale does not feel short but combats the neck dive of it's long scale sibling.
I had the non GC long scale version with the Gretsch pickups and the sound does not compare. Acoustically very similar but the TV Jones pickups are sweet sounding. And, the 32" scale does not feel short but combats the neck dive of it's long scale sibling.
Member #73, Polo35!
I don't know where to get the G2220 pickguard; all the places I look for Gretsch pickguards are showing the more expensive models. I've been thinking about replacing mine as well, but I'm pondering making a replacement... probably out of copper or silver.
I don't know where to get the G2220 pickguard; all the places I look for Gretsch pickguards are showing the more expensive models. I've been thinking about replacing mine as well, but I'm pondering making a replacement... probably out of copper or silver.
Contact Chandler. They'll make a pickguard for anything. I've been dealing with them for 30 years and they've never disappointed me.
http://pickguards.us/
If you go to the contact page and e'mail them they will tell you how to have a custom pickguard made. You can send them your guard and they can duplicate it. However sometimes they can do it from a full size outline drawing.
Checkout their options for materials. They have the widest selection of the coolest choices.
