{"product_id":"gretsch-model-px-6070-electric-bass-guitar-1964-5372","title":"Gretsch Model PX 6070 Electric Bass Guitar (1964)","description":"Gretsch Model PX 6070 Model Electric Bass Guitar (1964), made in Brooklyn, NY, serial # 69247, sunburst lacquer finish, laminated maple body, maple neck with ebony fingerboard. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most distinctive 1960's creations from Gretsch's Brooklyn domain, the PX 6070 Electric Bass is an imposing instrument in more ways than one. This is a VERY big bass; with a long 34\" Fender scale on a large, fully hollow body it is considerably larger overall than most similar instruments. Gretsch appears to have intended this bass to be played primarily in a stand-up position, rather than slung as a guitar. To that end there is a cello-style endpin that screws to the bottom end, and no lower strap button. The pickup is a single Super'tron in the bridge position, with a simple wiring rig of a single volume knob on the lower cutaway bout, standby switch on the lower quarter and tone-modifier switch on the upper horn. This is also a fairly fancy instrument-the \"Country Gentleman\" sized closed \"Electrotone\" body is multi-bound top and back and finished in a dark tobacco sunburst with \"bound\" appliqu� F-holes. All hardware is gold plated and the headstock is bound as well. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bass was originally fitted with a lever-action Gretsch mute (the mute section is now missing, but the internal mechanism remains), two white plastic finger-rests and a padded back. The neck feels huge, with a deep \"C\" profile and a flat ebony fingerboard-it is easily the largest electric bass neck we have ever felt! The sound is full and punchy, fairly bright if needed and well defined; it is quite unlike the typical dark Gibson hollow body bass sound. These PX 6070's are rather rare�they likely sold in very small; numbers very few players seem to have used them when new (The Who's John Entwistle played one briefly in 1965) and although in production for 5 years or so this model rarely turns up today. There are hardly any vintage full-scale hollowbody basses extant; this Gretsch fills an unusual niche. A spectacular looking and sounding bass for the player of slightly eccentric tastes!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 51 1\/4 in. (130.2 cm.), 17 1\/4 in. (43.8 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 2 in. (5.1 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 34 in. (864 mm.). Width of nut is 1 7\/8 in. (48 mm.). A good example overall; all original except the upper strap button is the correct style but chrome plated and the mute bar and stand up pin are gone. Some of the gold plating is pretty well faded, but still intact. Crucially for this model, there is no sign of binding deterioration, an increasingly common issue with gretsch instruments from this period. There is some light wear to the finish (mostly chips near the body edges) but overall this bass is in well preserved condition. At some point there were screws added to the neck joint from the rear-this has been repaired but there is still some visible touch up. The original huge plasti-leather gig bags for these instruments have often crumbled some time back, so there is no case included. Overall Very Good + Condition.","brand":"Gretsch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853278597260,"sku":"5372","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_f15d6d60-3508-48bb-8929-a9fd0cdeeba0.jpg?v=1774332840","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/gretsch-model-px-6070-electric-bass-guitar-1964-5372","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}