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03-04-2013, 09:44 PM
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I don't know if it's new, because I usually don't have eyes on Gibson basses (only on guitars), but right now I saw this: http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Elec...A/EB-Bass.aspx
Mmmmh, looks like Gibson tries something in the Fender market, some might think.
To me, it looks like a Fender Jazz Bass copy - designed by a very drunk person. ROFL
Questions: are there guys in here who have one?
Is it better sounding than it looks?
Or am I completely wrong - and it's a fantastic sounding and comfortable playing instrument?
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03-04-2013, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 2meterbassman  Questions: are there guys in here who have one?
Is it better sounding than it looks?
Or am I completely wrong - and it's a fantastic sounding and comfortable playing instrument? | Or are you wrong for starting a new thread without searching at all? New Gibson Bass in 2013
Mods get in here and close this.
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03-04-2013, 09:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia | | Ha ha. Yeah, could be the Gibson DJ4 - DRUNK JAZZ  Might be a nice player tho. 
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03-04-2013, 09:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | | What does a EB bass have in common with a Fender besides a Burst paint job and a Tort guard?
The body shape is like nothing Fender has ever had.
Set Neck.
Two Humbucker pick ups with switching.
Just because a bass has a burst finish and tort guard doesn't make it a Fender.
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03-04-2013, 10:02 PM
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03-04-2013, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jordak Or are you wrong for starting a new thread without searching at all? New Gibson Bass in 2013
Mods get in here and close this. | um lol? someone needs to get over himself.
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03-04-2013, 10:05 PM
| | | | In no way I found that close to a fender haha... Well fender bought guild so that they can sell Gibson copies.
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03-04-2013, 10:08 PM
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Me endorsed? | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | Furthest thing away from a Fender IMO.
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03-04-2013, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by jordak Or are you wrong for starting a new thread without searching at all? New Gibson Bass in 2013
Mods get in here and close this. | Oh, you god of all forum members in the world: please excuse me that I forgot to use the search function.
Maybe I should buy a sword now and cut my belly off like a samurai, because my unnessecary thread offended your mighty eyes.
Man, you're really rude.
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03-04-2013, 10:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2012 Location: Münster, Germany | | | Hey guys, I didnt say that this is an exact copy of a Jazz bass - but in a technical way, it is - and it looks like made by a drunk person. Ts, ts , ts...
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03-04-2013, 10:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville, NC USA | | | Pretty much the only thing it has in common with a J is the fact that it is double cutaway. And I'm no huge Gibson fan. This thread is just ridiculous from the standpoint of companies like Lakland, Mike Lull, Sadowsky, and many MANY others making basses that look EXACTLY like Fender basses (albeit many technical differences). I just find it hilarious that THIS bass is the one you choose to point out.
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03-04-2013, 10:15 PM
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03-04-2013, 10:19 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Genz Benz Amplification | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nashville | | | Technically, since Fender made the first electric bass, EVERYONE building basses is copying Fender.
As for this one the only similarities I see are double cutaways and the bridge. |
03-04-2013, 10:22 PM
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03-04-2013, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM I thought it looked more like a Mosrite. | Exactly what I was thinking.
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03-04-2013, 11:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | I bought one. It's a great bass. Right in there with my collection of vintage and modern Precisions and Jazz basses. Just a fine instrument with it's own cool tone. I've turned on a few good friends to this bass and they are just as fond of theirs. Give one a try, or don't. Mine is working fine. :-)
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03-04-2013, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by lowfreq33 Technically, since Fender made the first electric bass, EVERYONE building basses is copying Fender. | Look up Paul Tutmarc.
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Originally Posted by JohnMCA72 Sure, it "sounds better" loud, just like it "sounds better" drunk. | Quote:
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03-04-2013, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM I thought it looked more like a Mosrite. | Me too. |
03-04-2013, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM I thought it looked more like a Mosrite. | Yes, like a very blatant body knock off of one.
OP, it pays to do the homework.
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03-04-2013, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Hobobob Look up Paul Tutmarc. | i just read an article that said he was inspired by telephones.
i wish i could be inspired by a telephone 
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