• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

2015 Gibson SG Bass...price doubled?

#21
Doesn't Gibson always end up blowing out last year's models around this time of year? I got my SG guitar for something like $500 a bit after Thanksgiving last year. I think they've kind of become the Joseph A. Bank of instruments: if you pay full retail price you're overpaying by a pretty huge margin.
 
#26
mr p taylor said:
well, traditionally the SG was their "student model" right? i know, i know, buy an epiphone...but i buy basses for life.
Click to expand...
The sg wasnt a student model. originally the sg guitar was used to replace the les paul body style, however, les paul didnt like the sg and eventually got the les paul changed back and the sg was given the "sg" name, or "solid guitar" the body style of the sg was then just used for the eb models. had nothing to do with a student instrument.
 
#27
hdracer said:
A new, economy priced bass by Gibson, - that's wonderful news in the world of frets. Made to Gibson's exacting specifications, the EB-0 will 'fill the bill' for any bassist who desires a solid body instrument. It offers clear sustaining bass response, powerful pickup, easy and fast playing action, and modern red finish. Double cutaway body brings the entire length of the fingerboard within easy reach. Rosewood fingerboard. Expensive bass style machine heads further enhance the value of this instruement. Once you hear its throaty bass tone and feel the quick easy response, you'll agree, the EB-0 gives the professional artist the quality he wants.
Click to expand...
 
#29
hdracer said:
The the SG standard went up $280.
The SG Special and faded are under $800. They are the best buy on a American made bass that comes with a hard case.
Click to expand...

+1 also nitro finish and pleked I love the satin finish on my new SG Special the better finish and a SuperTone bridge wasn't worth an extra grand to me for a 2015 model.
 
  • Like
Reactions: mrb327
#32
Gibson appears to be operating under the business philosophy that if they charge more, people will think their products are better. They've made some small changes in some of their products for 2015, but these changes aren't anywhere near enough to justify ultra-premium prices for these instruments.
 
#33
Of every single bass and guitar I've touched and played a bit over the past two years (over 20 stores and multiple visits), the 2014 SG satin special is the only one that made or still makes me think "Buy it.You have a Fender, if you wanted a Stingray as badly as you think you do you'd own one." The SG just feels..... right. And the pricing is very fair.
 
  • Like
Reactions: hdracer
#38
I always thought sg was standard guitar? Anyhoo, I purchased a cherry red 2014 sg special (red) 4 weeks ago. Its a blast to play, sounds great (with new strings) fit & finish is awesome! I waited for a big sale at GC, beat them down to the point they were going to throw me out, and walked out the door with this beautiful bass for 6 bills! I don't think I would shell out 15 bills for the standard sg, however, if that's what you have to pay for the model you want, so be it! Cheap food aint good,good food aint cheap!
 
#39
I love the blanket Gibson's are over priced argument. They have offered budget SG's for 2 years for less than any other US manufacturer and all are nitro finished and come with a case. The EB4's were less than a Fender American Standard and have a set neck and coil tapping. So far Gibson looks to offer only the Standard T-bird, The SG Standard and the V bass. The V bass which I have not seen yet is active w/coil taps and a Babicz bridge which clearly is their flagship model and out of my price range. The T-bird is neck through, nitro, has coil taps and the upgraded Babicz bridge there is no comparable Fender. The SG is the same price as an American standard but us short scale, has a nitro finish the Babicz bridge and inlays on the GS and neck. People seem to forget that all Gibson's are made in the USA, come with a hard shell case, are either set neck or neck through and come in a nitro finish where as Fender has instruments made in China, Mexico, Japan and the USA.

  • People complain that Gibson just puts out basses based on their guitar designs but those same people ignored the EB4
  • They complain that they are over priced but for the past two years you could buy an SG special/faded for $200.00 less that a Fender Am Special
  • They complain about finish but seem not to understand that nitro does not look like poly (compare the Gibson's to the Honey satin Am Special for a fair) comparison
  • They complain that Gibson rests on it's tradition but The P and J have been around for well over a half a century and make up 90% of their basses
  • They say that it does not feel right but limit their knowledge to experience playing one in a guitar store or a chance to use someone elses for a short period of time
The bottom line is Gibson's are not for everyone. They do feel and sound different from a Fender. Many do have neck dive issues but my sole Fender I owned was in need of another string retainer and had some dead spots around the 7th fret. This does not mean that I would never consider another Fender. Different strokes for different folks. I just do not understand some of the Gibson Hate (although Rickenbacker seems to get it's share of similar hatred around here)
 
  • Like
Reactions: MrAtomic, Tbone76, loendmaestro and 1 other person
#40
I don't mind Gibsons. Just not with my Buckeroos anymore. I've had enough of their lousy fret jobs on the boards. I've been using EB0/SG Std. Gibsons since 1969, and they haven't done enough to justify this price. The 2015 has a case that supposedly protects it from having a neck breakage in the case, the neck inlay is now Mother Of Pearl, the new bridge, and the, as they say, thicker Rosewood board that should have been used all along, instead of the two pieced board. Wake up kids!
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back