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Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club Bass

Gretsch · Streamliner Jet Club Bass

Price: 324 EUR – 898 EUR

Price history 08.09.2026 16.09.2026
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A short-scale, semi-hollow bass built to the compact Jet body shape within Gretsch's budget-friendly Streamliner series, fitted with a single humbucking pickup for a warmer, less scooped tone than a solid-body P or J bass.

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About the Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club Bass

The Jet Club Bass takes Gretsch's small, chambered Jet body - originally a solid-body electric guitar shape - and adapts it into a semi-hollow short-scale bass, giving it a resonance and midrange character distinct from Fender-style solid-body basses. A single humbucking pickup near the bridge keeps the electronics simple, without the split-coil or dual single-coil layouts more common on Precision or Jazz-style instruments.

As part of the Streamliner line, it is built to a value-focused price point below Gretsch's higher Players Edition and Custom Shop offerings, aimed at guitarists and bassists drawn to the brand's vintage-adjacent aesthetic - f-holes, bound edges, and Gretsch-style hardware - without the cost of the company's professional-tier instruments.

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Sound character of the Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club Bass

Adapting Gretsch's chambered, solid-body Jet shape into a semi-hollow short-scale bass gives it more internal air and resonance than a Fender-style slab body, while the single bridge humbucker keeps the sound focused rather than boomy - the short scale adds a touch of looseness and warmth on top of that resonant midrange.

Warm Resonant Airy

Technical data for the Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club Bass

Body Semi-hollow, chambered Jet shape
Pickup Single humbucker
Scale Short scale
Series Gretsch Streamliner (value tier)

Price history for the Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club Bass

Cheapest seen: 324 EUR  ·  Most expensive seen: 898 EUR

938 EUR324 EUR 08.09.2026 12.09.202614.09.202615.09.2026 16.09.2026
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The history of the Gretsch Streamliner Jet Club Bass

Gretsch's Jet Club Bass adapts the compact Jet body into a semi-hollow short-scale bass within the budget-friendly Streamliner series, using a single humbucker rather than a split-coil or dual single-coil layout.

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