Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- bass guitars
Variant of:
Dates of manufacture:
1968 to 1972
GRETSCH produced the MODEL 6073 between 1968 and 1972. It was a hollow bodied short scale electric bass, like the 6071 model but with an extra pickup and more controls. This model is sometimes referred to as the Monkee's bass because Pete Tork played one from 1966 to 1967. Reissued as the Gretsch G6073 Electrotone bass
Specifications (20)
Body
Body material | maple body |
Body shape features | single cutaway |
Hollow body | hollow body |
Soundhole | simulated f-holes |
Hardware
Bridge | roller bridge |
Hardware color | chrome hardware, gold hardware |
Tailpiece | G logo trapeze tailpiece |
Fretboard
Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
General
Finish colors | mahogany finish |
Made in | USA |
Number of strings | 4 strings |
Scale length | 29 inches scale-length |
Neck
Neck material | maple neck |
Number of frets | 21 fret |
Peghead (headstock) | black face headstock |
Tuner layout | four-in-a-row tuners |
Electronics
Pickups configuration | 2 pickups |
Controls
Tone controls | 1 tone switch |
Volume controls | 1 volume control |