Can’t remember the model # right now (5220 maybe?) but I’ve got the older Gretsch shorty with a single non humbucking humbucker. It really does sound pretty great and it’s definitely got personality of it’s own. It might be the one I use for my first video cover. I don’t wanna drop my BB and both songs that I’m working on right now are in Eb. I’m between the Gretsch and dropping my trbx and playing through the J pickup primarily on it. I was fiddling with that tonight.
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it is a really big short scale that might not resolve my shoulder issues
The Gretsch is by far the lightest of my 3 basses. It really isn’t close. The TRBX isn’t heavy and the BB is built to go to war, the Gretsch is light enough that I use my old 2" strap on it, where my Yamaha’s have the 3.5 and 4" straps on them.
Well FYI, PJ does not sound like a P+J it’s their own thing. I have several they are not the same. P on the PJ is close enough to the normal P but the J is a little different to notice.
But closer to the bridge would translate to a “deeper” sound, if I understand physics correctly (I’m just an ex-psychologist, so I’m surely wrong)?
Reason: the string moves more if it’s closer to the center.
At least that’s my theory.
So that would in fact mean a better tone, at least for me…
Eh, sorry … you’re of course right … 4 hours sleep … I read “bridge” and my brain said “neck”! That’s why I said: “the string moves more if it’s closer to the center”…
I ordered the new model Harley Benton MV-4MSB. The old one does not “exist” anymore. You will not find it on Thomann though, as there was a 5 minute glitch on the Thomann web site that I immediately used to purchase it.
Purchase = confirmed!
Difference to the old/better model:
no Gotoh Tuners anymore. “Modern” tuners instead (JB-350). That s#cks!
finally a pickup seletion switch - which I will replace with blend.
JJ instead of P/J: HBZ-Custom Wound AJB-B alnico 5 single coil (bridge) - HBZ-Custom Wound APB Alnico 5 single coil (neck). My nightmare.
38mm nut instead of 41mm
only four colours, but I will go for their “pretty in pink” and black…
I think they switched the staging system to production for a few minutes, so you could see (and order) new products.
They switched it back, but I had already ordered - so no going back for them. That is the advantage - I will definitely have it (the old model was very popular and soon out of stock).
Officially you cannot get the new Harley Benton MV-4MSB now, but it is already teased on Instagram (see above).
I have chatted and phoned several times with them, to make sure the order is real. It is. They have done setup already, but I think they need the GO for sending out, possibly when all basses are checked and setup!? Or maybe they planned a marketing campaign?!
It looks like a P/J config on the pics, though the description says: 1 HBZ- custom wound VJB-B Alnico 5 single coil (bridge) and 1 HBZ- custom wound VPB Alnico 5 single coil (neck)
