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Allen Woody Epi sighting

spigmu

spigmu

Mar 25, 2009
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Brooklyn, NY
#1
Went to The Root Hill Cafe in my neighborhood to see The Stan Mitchell Trio, and was once again mesmerized by how great the bass player, Chris Smylie, sounded. I've seen them before and, not being familiar with the bass (and never seen one before in the northeast) assumed it was some weird old German thing. Can't read headstocks anymore after 11 from further than 30 feet and two beers. Finally asked him what the heck that thing is that sounds so awesomely swampy and he says it's an Allen Woody reissue.

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What a great sounding bass! A little fretless sounding and girthy but with a certain articulation, not murky. Guess there's no chance of a lefty one in any NYC pawnshops...
 
#4
I have one. It's interesting to listen to and play. Lots of low end and mids. Has a lot of features of other Gibson and Epi products. It was supposed to have had Allan Woody in on it's development. Yes, it's gold hardware is tacky to me too. However, I cannot say anything about it's fit and finish. It is a well made bass. Love that short scale.
However, that Gibson 3 point bridge is a pain in the posterior to deal with.
 
#5
Bongolation said:
I'd like to have one of these if:

They dumped that crappy goldtone hardware

Gibson made it

Gibson did one of their rare decent builds on it

Yeah, I know...ain't gonna happen.
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I have one. It is as well made as the three Gibson basses I own. Better than some new Gibson basses I've played. Don't discount it just because it says Epiphone on the headstock. It is a well made bass. And they sound great for what they do, old school tones. The neck pickup is fat but not muddy like a mudbucker, and the other pickup (can't really call it a bridge pickup) sounds somewhat P like. Typically I used the middle pickup on 10 and the neck pickup on 2 or 3. I used mine in a country band a lot, with TI flats. It also sounds good with rounds, which is what Allen Woody used.

Epiphone makes some very good basses.

Here is a clip of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykms-gK-2e8
 

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