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GIBSON Club. Part II

#281
mr.mow said:
It plays and sounds awesome too!
Only issue with these is the neck pickup, very unbalanced across the strings and much louder than the bridge.. not easy to adjust though, I suspect the adjustable poles are there for looks, I had to jam foam under on side and drop the other.. but even then the E is quiet and the A is pretty booming. I have the bridge pickup as high as it can go as well.. But they play nice together.

Much as I'd love a 335, I just can't swing the price difference!
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I agree. I finally managed to find one in a store to try after lusting over them for so long. Was't impressed enough to take it home. The neck pickup was all boom, the bridge pickup sounded good but not really powerful comparatively, and the combination was overpowered by the neck pickup. Could have been a setup issue. The switch was scratchy too. I mean, a little contact clearer would probably clear that up, but on a brand new instrument :hmm: Just didn't wow me enough to justify another 4 string fretted.
 
#282
coreyfyfe said:
I agree. I finally managed to find one in a store to try after lusting over them for so long. Was't impressed enough to take it home. The neck pickup was all boom, the bridge pickup sounded good but not really powerful comparatively, and the combination was overpowered by the neck pickup. Could have been a setup issue. The switch was scratchy too. I mean, a little contact clearer would probably clear that up, but on a brand new instrument :hmm: Just didn't wow me enough to justify another 4 string fretted.
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That is really the sound of the neck mudbucker/bridge mini humbucker combo as it was designed. The first Gibson basses just had the mudbucker. People wanted more treble, so the mini humbucker was added just to add a little treble sheen to the mudbucker. It was never really intended for the bridge pickup to sound good by itself, or for them to be equal power.
 
#284
Showdown said:
That is really the sound of the neck mudbucker/bridge mini humbucker combo as it was designed. The first Gibson basses just had the mudbucker. People wanted more treble, so the mini humbucker was added just to add a little treble sheen to the mudbucker. It was never really intended for the bridge pickup to sound good by itself, or for them to be equal power.
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I guess. The same store had a 70s EB3 that sounded awesome. Really dug that bass, sounded and played great, great condition, still had the mute bridge setup and everything. Price was a bit high IMO but it was beauty. Better balanced sound-wise than the midtown for sure.
 
#286
Never knew there was a Gibson Bass Club here. Howdy!

The RD in back has been with me about 20 years. It was my first real bass. We have seen many miles together over the years. I bought the RD in front about 10 years ago when I was heavily gigging as a backup. Both are from 1978.

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#288
Hello all...

I have a 68 Gibson EB3, I'd like to get a number, please.

Here's a pic of the bass...

It's a 1968 Walnut finish bass, that I purchased new, at Muscara Music in Belleville, N.J. back in the day.

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...and here's the sister ship. It's a 1975 Gibson SG Standard guitar. It was also purchased new at Muscara Music.

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Thank you.
 
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TomStuart said:
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Tom - Would love to hear your thoughts on the comparison/contrast between the LP and the Blackbird. I have an inbound LP coming from AMS and am hoping that it can go toe to toe with my Blackbird. So far I've had to do quite a bit of modding to my Studio Tbird 5'er and Thunderbird IV just to get them in the ballpark of the output and tone of the Blackbird. Close - but still no cigar.
 
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