This is my 72 or 73 LP Sig. Thing is near mint condition. Lovely bass
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Favorite Gibson bass
- Thread starter Skullheadrac
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Yep. Kris did his part to put the RD Artist back on the map.
You can really hear what that bass is about in this video. Especially when they come out of the bridge and he’s playing it solo around the 3:00 mark for a few bars. (Headphones on.
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A friend of mine has a slot-head long-scale one of those. The balance is HORRENDOUS, but it plays and sounds great sitting down.
I’ve heard good things about the DC and the SG basses of the last two years. I haven’t been lucky enough to get my hands on either.
I’ve only come across a dozen or so (including Epi’s), but all of them were neck heavy. I’ve heard the DC isn’t bad though.You must have not searched very hard...
I do like the wider, leather guitar straps on all of my axes...even my P-Bass so I've never had neck dive! I stand and sling it like a gun slinger...no neck dive here.
I do too, I only use 3-4" leather straps, some padded (might be why weight is a complete non-issue for me), but I don't think there's a wide and grippy enough strap out there to balance an EB-3L the way I want it to be. Everybody's different, and my biggest ergonomic peeve after a too-big or not-tapered-enough neck is a bass that won't balance perfectly at whatever angle I choose. It really limits my choices.
They do make the EB-3L in 34". The EB-0 is short scale.
I really liked the 2013 era EB13 basses. They were comfortable , light weight and the neck was super playable. The pickups had a really aggressive tone that I dug. Wish I could find another lefty....
I've had bunches of Gibson basses over the years. The closest SG style bass that is as good, or better than the 1970 Gibson EB-0 I had back in 1970, is my Epi, 2018 EB-0. QC, is super on it. It plays, and sounds so fine strung with D'Addario ETB92S Nylons onboard. The 1.5" nut, and 12" radius tops it off.
They've become my two favorite basses and I can't decide which I like better. Plus, I got a great deal on both.
Yep. I actually used my '70 EB-0L (since sold) to demonstrate to my bass-playing-son what the term "neck dive" means. That being said, both of us loved playing that bass seated.
I've owned and played my fair share of Gibson basses over the past 40+ years and the majority of them have no neck dive. I could see where the weight and/or ergonomics on some of them might pose a problem for other players, though.
My son plays bass too...and guitar, piano, etc. That is one of my greatest pleasures in life jamming with my son. We don't do it as often now that we're both older but we played and recorded a lot in the last decade. Best years of my life! He owns his own studio now (I hope it survives COVID) and I love hanging out up there talking to all of the bands. They actually pump me for my advice! Ha!
I'd already posted my favorite. Here's my second favorite: Les Paul 5 string. Then the 2 together.
I have a set of twin boys, still in their teens. One plays trombone and bass guitar while the other one fools around with guitar and keyboards. The former brought me out of a *very* long hiatus when he picked up the bass after several years of playing trombone. I owe him, big time. More than he'll ever realize.
Same here, I've got cotton and leather 3" and 4" neck straps, they're really comfortable and no neck dive with any bass. I used the regular neck straps for years, never realized how comfortable the wide ones were.
