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Gretsch Guitars - 251-8000-512

Description

Great hollowbody bass with flatwound strings!

The G5440LS Electromatic Hollow Body Long-Scale Bass is a stylishly seismic new Gretsch bass guitar armed with two powerful new Black Top Filter'Tron bass pickups that endow it with an electrifying deep-end voice and identity.

Its single-cutaway hollow and bound body resonates with full bass tone and balance, and 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. Available in Black and Orange.

Body
Body Material: 5-Ply Maple
Body Shape: Single Cutaway
Body Finish: Gloss Urethane, Gloss Urethane
Bracing: Sound Post

Neck
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Fretboard: Rosewood
Neck Material: Maple
Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.8 mm)
Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)

Electronics
Bridge Pickup: Black Top Filter'Tron
Neck Pickup: Black Top Filter'Tron
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

Hardware
Hardware Finish: Chrome-Plated
Bridge: Rosewood-Based 4-Saddle Adjusto-Matic
Tuning Machines: Gotoh Die-Cast

Miscellaneous
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