Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club Bass WLNT STN
Product information "Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club Bass WLNT STN"
The Streamliner™ Collection brings the best elements of the past back to life and combines them with exciting new features to offer extraordinary performance, tone and style at an incredible price. The Jet™ Club Bass is an exciting new addition to the Streamliner Collection that roars with thunderous growl. Equipped with versatile Streamliner single-coil bass pickups, a comfortable 30" scale length and a soft "C" neck shape as well as an intuitive control set, the Jet™ Club Bass gives you everything you need to master the low end. This electric bass range also stands out with its unique Gretsch design and exceptional sound quality.
Construction and features
The Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club Bass comes in a classic Jet body shape and solid-body construction. Its Havana Burst High Gloss finish gives it a distinctive retro look that attracts attention. The high-gloss finish emphasises the quality and detail that have gone into this instrument. The set-in Nato neck provides stability and durability, while the 30" (762 mm) scale length offers comfortable and easy playability. The fretboard is made of laurel, which supports a warm and balanced tone. With 20 frets and Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail fretboard inlays, the Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club Bass enables a wide range of tonal variations.
Hardware and electronics
From warm and rounded to punchy and articulated, the Gretsch Low Down™ single-coil bass pickups can cover a broad spectrum of tones, giving them the versatility to handle almost any style. All this power can be tapped via the simple yet comprehensive control layout, consisting of individual volume controls for the neck and bridge pickups and a master tone control, which gives you the ability to dial in a wide variety of tones. The hardware and pickups in nickel also give the bass an upscale look.
With the two volume knobs and one tone knob you can tailor your bass’s sound and create your own tonal character. The Jet™ Club Bass features a short 30-inch scale length and a soft C-shaped Nato neck that offers a new level of comfort and playability. The soft contour provides a familiar playing feel that minimises player fatigue and enhances performance. In addition, a genuine bone nut is fitted, which further improves the exceptional tonal quality of this bass.
session service package
At session we are proud to have the Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club Bass in our range. Our stores in Walldorf and Frankfurt give you the opportunity to try this exceptional bass for yourself. Whether you order it online or buy it in one of our stores, our unique service package is available to you at all times. We’re always here to help with any questions or issues regarding your new instrument. Our goal at session is that you’re satisfied with your purchase and get the best out of your new instrument.
- Body Material: Nato
- Body Shape: Jet
- Bridge Pickup: Gretsch Low Down™ Single-Coil
- Color/ Finish: Walnut Stain
- Colour: Brown
- Controls: 2x volume, 1x tone
- Country of Origin: Indonesia
- Custom shop: No
- Finish: High Gloss
- Fretboard: Indian Laurel
- Fretboard Inlays: Pearloid Neo Classic™ Thumbnail
- Frets: 20
- Hardware: Nickel
- Includes: Allen wrench
- Neck: Nato
- Neck Pickup: Gretsch Low Down™ Single-Coil
- Neck construction: Bolt on neck
- Pickup Configuration: S-S (2x Single Coil)
- Pickup type: Singlecoil
- Scale: Short scale
- Scale Length: 30" (762 mm)
- Signature Model: no
- Strings: 4 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .040 - .095
- Technology: Solid Body
Since its founding in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, Gretsch has delivered musical instruments of the highest quality with masterful craftsmanship — instruments that have been both influential to and cherished by some of the music industry’s most respected artists, including Chet Atkins, Eddie Cochran, Billy Duffy, Bono, Duane Eddy, George Harrison, Brian Setzer, Stephen Stills and Malcolm Young.
Twenty-seven-year-old Friedrich Gretsch, a German immigrant, began the company’s career by making banjos, drums and tambourines. Only 12 years later Friedrich passed away and left the young business to his then 15‑year‑old son Fred. Far from a typical teenager, he built the company into one of America’s leading importers and manufacturers of musical instruments. Knowing that the key to growth was listening to the public — and the public wanted guitars — Gretsch began producing the sought‑after six‑string instruments.
Initially, from 1926, these took the form of acoustic archtops for the rapidly growing popularity of jazz and a handful of flattops for the ever‑popular country and western sounds in the USA. In 1935 Gretsch launched the legendary Broadkaster drum series, which remained successful into the 1950s. Gretsch’s contribution to the rise of electric amplification came in 1939 with the first Electromatic®, a hollow‑body design that, in contemporary form, remains in the range to this day.
In 1942 Fred Gretsch Senior, after 50 years of successful business, handed the company to his son Fred Gretsch Junior. Because production was interrupted during the turmoil of the Second World War, Junior left the business to his brother Bill and joined the Navy. Tragically Bill died in 1948, like his grandfather at a young age, so the now‑inactive naval officer Fred resumed the helm of the family firm.
Since 1953 the company has also cultivated its expertise in solid‑body guitars, which met the ever‑louder concerts with greatly reduced susceptibility to feedback. The semi‑acoustic line has since been expanded to include guitars with centre‑block construction, combining the tonal character of a hollow‑body guitar with the practical aspects of a solid‑body.
After George Harrison’s appearance with the Beatles and his Country Gentleman on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, Gretsch became firmly established among the iconic guitar makers — a status reflected in 1965 by the highest production volume in the company’s history.
In 1967, at the peak of its success, Fred Gretsch Jr. decided to retire and sold the company to the Baldwin Piano Company, which took over operations — unfortunately with only moderate success. Fortunately Dinah Gretsch joined the company in 1979 and helped prepare the path for a repurchase that her husband Fred W. Gretsch, the great‑grandson of the founder, completed 17 years after the sale. Together the couple restored the company to its former glory, where it seems to remain today.
