FS/FT Gretsch G5440 LSB

honkytonk

Gretsch Electromatic G5440LSB (long scale bass)

Really don't want to have to sell this but as it's last in its possibly first out as a new ongoing project means I'm after something else.

Cheapest price new I can see online is £980 from PMT and they don't have it in stock. Otherwise the average is £1100 and those prices are without a case. This one has a Gator GL case which cost over £100. Bass is mint condition with no issues. 

Some blurb about the bass :

The G5440LS Electromatic Hollow Body Long-Scale Bass is armed with two powerful new “Black Top” Filter’Tron™ humbucking bass pickups that endow it with an electrifying deep-end voice and identity.

Single-cutaway hollow and bound body features sound-post bracing and elegant 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.

Model Name:     G5440LSB Electromatic® Hollow Body 34" Long Scale Bass, Rosewood Fingerboard, Orange

Model Number:     2518000512

Series:     Gretsch® Electromatic Collection

Color:     Orange

Body Shape:     Electromatic® Bass

Bracing:     Sound Post

Body Material:     5-Ply Maple

Body Finish:     Gloss Urethane

Body Back:     5-Ply Arched Maple

Body Top:     5-Ply Arched Maple

Neck Material:     Maple

Scale Length:     34" (864 mm)

Number of Frets:     22

Fret Size:     Medium Jumbo

String Nut:     Delrin®

Nut Width:     1.6875" (42.8 mm)

Neck Plate:     None

Neck Finish:     Gloss Urethane

Fingerboard:     Rosewood

Position Inlays:     Hump-Block

Bridge Pickup:     Blacktop™ Filter'Tron™

Neck Pickup:     Blacktop™ Filter'Tron™

Controls:     Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone

Pickup Switching:     3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

Bridge:     Rosewood-Based 4-Saddle Adjusto-Matic™

Tuning Machines:     Gotoh® Die-Cast

Orientation:     Right-Hand

Pickguard:     None

Strings:     NPS, Gauges .045-.105

Unique Features:     Hump-Block Fret Board Inlays, Bound Body Top and Back, Bound Sound Holes, Bound Fingerboard, Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs, Adjustable Truss Rod, "G" Cutout Tailpiece

£695 no cash offers

Pickup from Ayr 25 miles south of Glasgow
Will post at cost

honkytonk

can provide other pics on request.

Funkfingers

I am surprised that @Bridgehouse has not commented on this. 

Is any part of the bridge pinned to the soundboard?

honkytonk

This sounds daft but I don't actually know the answer to that. I purposely haven't changed the strings since getting the bass so I don't know whether the bridge is floating or pinned. Will have a look though.

I could possibly be into a MusicMan Stingray or Sterling as well. I like them too

honkytonk

BUMP

Interested in G&L, Musicman and Fender guitars too.maybe higher end Pacifica and Revstar models. Ovation Electro acoustics also (Custom Legend/Elite etc) cash either way depending on what is offered