Show Us Your Basses (Part 1)

[spidey9]

I love my Junior Jet - it’s the bass I reach for when I just feel like playing for fun.

I did a mod to it that you may find interesting:

Gretsch Junior Jet Controls Upgrade

I’ve had a Gretsch Junior Jet II G2220 short scale bass for several months and like it a lot. However, I was less than thrilled with the control layout of single volume and tone and a selector switch (bridge, neck or both). [mod1] I decided to do something about it. [mod2] This would give me a volume for each pickup and a master tone control - like a Jazz or PJ bass. Since the Gretsch has “mini humbucker” pickups, I went with 500K pots and a .022 uf cap. I also decided to upgrade the outpu…