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Here are two of mine.

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Like this one?

Here are a couple... :p

Some of my older 'birds:

RDs: My RD with my post '87 'birds: A couple RD Standards: (I borrowed some of these pics from Jules at www.gibsonbass.com. If you're interested in Gibson basses, it's a great site to start with.)

Other 'birds:

Here's that fretless 'bird. It was advertised as a '67, but they didn't make reverse 'birds then so who knows... Probably '64-'65...

There are at least five Epis already posted in this thread. Epiphone is owned by Gibson, so they count...

I weighed my '78 P for the first time yesterday (I've had it since 1986). It never felt heavy ten years ago, but lately... 10.6 pounds. I've mostly been playing my 7- 8.5 pound Thunderbirds for a while, so that P feels like a bag of bricks to me now! Tell you what though, in a live situation...

Economies of scale might apply to a point (more CBS Fenders than 51-65 Fenders, so more bad ones), but percentage-wise, there are just as many crap pre-CBS Fenders as there are post (I've played and heard of both). Your comment on voodoo has merit, but the idea that people only modded their CBS...

How about this one? :D

Then you most likely have never heard nor played one... Darkstars are the best single coil pickups I've ever heard.

I think a Gibson megathread would be a great idea. They've always gotten a bad rap but I love my Gibson (and Epi) basses. And yes, Epis count! (Yes, three of these aren't Gibson products, but they're close friends or maybe illegitimate cousins. Can you guess which ones?)

No problem... I'm old but at least I can put my limited knowledge to good use somewhere! :p That's interesting. I like mine better than the U.S. Mockingbird I had (for sound and playability). With my Eagle and Mockingbird, I always used the same setting (which I couldn't diagram for you, but...