Gretsch electromatic CVT bass

[shoulderpet]

I couldn't see that a thread has been created for this, looks like a very interesting bass.

 

Medium scale, humbucker in the neck, single coil in the bridge position, looks gorgeous.

 

https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Grestch-Electromatic-CVT-Bass-Double-Cut-LRL-Bristol-Fog/79HO?origin=product-ads&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22290702940&gbraid=0AAAAAD_kjLR1Nk-UwpcsIbHeg9fwsf-Mr&gclid=CjwKCAjw3rnCBhBxEiwArN0QE3co07vE79qIfly1XnMv8zcqzQ1OcvWp8yKhQTyojo_K_20krLm8DBoC8fkQAvD_BwE

 

 

[AlexDelores]

These look really nice! Nice unique shape too. 
 

Have no doubt that they’ll play lovely too If their Jet basses are anything to go by! 

[fretmeister]

Lovely!

[Fishfacefour]

Just came here to post this. Looks great. Nice to see another medium scale bass on the scene.

 

Any idea on availablity?

[Jonesy]

14 hours ago, Fishfacefour said:

Just came here to post this. Looks great. Nice to see another medium scale bass on the scene.

 

Any idea on availablity?

 

Andertons has them as being in stock on July 7th........not that I'm longingly looking at the Bristol Fog finish and thinking about selling a bass to make room or anything..........

[RichT]

Love the look of it, but oof that's a wide pickup spacing! It'd be interesting to hear what kind of tones it can produce. The only bass I have with anything like that sort of spacing is my Hofner, and they're famously rather specific tonewise. 

[jd56hawk]

I've never been to Bristol, but I hope the fog doesn't look like that!

Seriously, though, I feel sorry for anyone who recently bought a Junior Jet and can't buy this one now. 

It looks great!

Edited June 18 by jd56hawk

[BigRedX]

3 hours ago, RichT said:

Love the look of it, but oof that's a wide pickup spacing! It'd be interesting to hear what kind of tones it can produce. The only bass I have with anything like that sort of spacing is my Hofner, and they're famously rather specific tonewise. 

 

It's a typical 60s, non-Fender type spacing.

 

I had a Burns Sonic with the same "wide" spacing although both pickups were identical and the best sound was with them wired in series.

[MichaelDean]

55 minutes ago, jd56hawk said:

I've never been to Bristol, but I hope the fog doesn't look like that!

Seriously, though, I feel sorry for anyone who recently bought a Junior Jet and can't buy this one now. 

It looks great!

I don't think I've seen any brown fog... 

[Obrienp]

Quite expensive: £599! £250 more than the Streamliner Jet. Apart from the 32” scale and front humbucker, I don’t see a huge amount extra to justify the higher price. A little bit of contouring to the top is welcome but no belly cut. It looks like the same super cheap BBOT bridge and knock-off Gotoh tuners, which will probably need replacing quickly (at least there are plenty of drop in upgrades), adding to the cost of ownership.
 

Always nice to have another “affordable” medium scale on the market, of course. 

[AlexDelores]

8 minutes ago, Obrienp said:

Quite expensive: £599! £250 more than the Streamliner Jet. Apart from the 32” scale and front humbucker, I don’t see a huge amount extra to justify the higher price. A little bit of contouring to the top is welcome but no belly cut. It looks like the same super cheap BBOT bridge and knock-off Gotoh tuners, which will probably need replacing quickly (at least there are plenty of drop in upgrades), adding to the cost of ownership.
 

Always nice to have another “affordable” medium scale on the market, of course. 

I thought exactly this. If you’re specifically looking for a medium scale then it’s not a bad shout as the only other ‘affordable’ medium on the market is the affinity range by Squier and that’s a lot cheaper (happy to be corrected).

 

But, between the Jet basses and this, is it going to be almost twice as good as the Jet basses which is what the price point indicates? Hmm. Looks to have slightly better woods than the Jet basses, and a ‘bone’ nut. Otherwise, likely to be a very similar beast in terms of quality.

 

Be interested to hear some first hand reviews on them!