G5442BDC Electromatic® Hollow Body 30.3" Short Scale Bass, Rosewood Fingerboard, Transparent Red

SKU #2518002515
United States of America $999.99 EST. U.S. STREET
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Model Number 2518002515
Series Electromatic®
Color Transparent Red
Number of Strings 4
Orientation Right-Hand
Build Basses
Cutaway Double Cutaway
Body Finish Gloss Urethane
Body Shape Electromatic® Bass
Body Material 5-Ply Maple
Bracing Sound Post
Body Top 5-Ply Arched Maple
Neck Material Maple
Neck Finish Gloss Urethane
Scale Length 30.25" (768 mm)
Fingerboard Material Rosewood
Number of Frets 22
Fret Size Medium Jumbo
Nut Material Delrin®
Nut Width 1.6” (40.6 mm)
Position Inlays Pearloid Hump Block
Headstock Early '50s Gretsch
Neck Plate None
Bridge Pickup Black Top Filter'Tron™
Neck Pickup Black Top Filter'Tron™
Pickup Color Chrome
Controls Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone
Pickup Switching 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration Filter'Tron™ / Filter'Tron™
Bridge Adjusto-Matic™ with Secured Rosewood Base
Hardware Finish Chrome
Tailpiece Gretsch® G-Cutout Tailpiece
Tuning Machines Die-Cast
Pickguard None
Control Knobs G-Arrow
Strings Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.100 Gauges)
Strap Buttons Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
Other Features Hump-Block Fingerboard Inlays, Bound Body Top and Back, Bound Sound Holes and Fingerboard, Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs, Adjustable Truss Rod, "G" Cutout Tailpiece
Case/Gig Bag Optional G6299 Gretsch® Short Scale Bass Hardshell (p/n 099-6409-000)

Support Materials

Gretsch Setup Specs Pdf
Gretsch Manual-4-24-03

The G5442BDC Electromatic Hollow Body Short-Scale Bass is a stylishly seismic Gretsch bass guitar with a comfortably short 30 1/4" scale and armed with two powerful "Black Top " Filter'Tron™ humbucking bass pickups that endow it with an electrifying deep-end voice and sonic identity. The double-cutaway hollow and bound body resonates with full bass tone and balance, and features sound post bracing and elegantly bound F-holes. Other features include a maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and Hump Block pearloid inlays, three-position pickup switch, classic G-arrow control knobs, rosewood-based four-saddle Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and G-cutout tailpiece.

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