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One of the last mangoes in Paris, and she's all mine as of last night... Can I please join the club?
2019-model Gibson Les Paul DC Tribute Bass, Left-handed
2020 production from the serial#, new in box arriving last night via Southpaw Guitars of Houston - a class act!
2019-model Gibson Les Paul DC Tribute Bass, Left-handed
2020 production from the serial#, new in box arriving last night via Southpaw Guitars of Houston - a class act!
Hello, can someone tell me a good Gibson or gator case for this bass? It looks like all of the Gibson bass cases that would fit it are sold out in stores right now.
My 14 year old is going to Florida to play a concert in two weeks, and I want to let him take this bass. Bad thing is, I only have the soft case for it.
Sorry it’s not an SG, but thanks in advance!
-ScottM
My 14 year old is going to Florida to play a concert in two weeks, and I want to let him take this bass. Bad thing is, I only have the soft case for it.
Sorry it’s not an SG, but thanks in advance!
-ScottM
When I had mine, it fit perfectly in a Gator Cases Deluxe ABS Molded Case for Extended Length/Extra Long Electric Guitars; (GC-ELEC-XL). I remember seeing a post about it on another forum (maybe Gibson's?), and it seems to fit other SS basses as well. Hope this helps!
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Here are mine:
EB-2014, had since new
EB-0 (1968), a mistreated wreck
EB-2014, 5-string, bought a few weeks back
NR Thunderbird (2021), got this one a month ago, love it!
I've had this 67 Gibson EB-2C since the mid 90's now. Love this bass.
This one needs some love. May be an interesting restoration project. And I've got a good luthier...
(he works with one of the famous Norwegian guitarists btw).
Need to think about it
This one needs some love. May be an interesting restoration project. And I've got a good luthier...
(he works with one of the famous Norwegian guitarists btw).
Need to think about it
Which guitarist? And which luthier? There is a great luthier here in town, one of the best in Norway (rumours say).
I've got some plans, but restoration is not really an option anymore. Well, it could be done, but it would probably be cheaper (and definitely easier) to buy another one in good condition. This one turned out to be in much worse condition than the impression given by the seller. There's a deep crack in the wood at the heel, the electronics are a mess, the Badass bridge is a bad fit and it needs some work on the neck as well. If I ever find the time, I'll get a three-point bridge, sort out the wiring and get it in playable condition. The worn-out punk look is what made me buy it in the first place!
I played one at Chicago's Music Exchange back then and as I have an EB2D which I have owned about 45 years, was able to make a comparison.
The ES-335 was advertised as a Custom Shop bass, not a production item. It looks it.
The scale was 34" compared to Gibson's 30.5" scale for the EB2
The neck was both wider and thicker than the EB2
The part lost on me was the top fret access as I play up there a lot and the EB2 was more accessible and less chunky feeling.
The EB2 was also better balanced when comparing the 2.
Pick ups were modern windings and more tame that the 60's versions in the EB2, especially the Bass (Neck) pick up. The combination of both pick ups was a milder tone overall.. less growl perhaps, is a better description.
The overall feel was a larger bulkier guitar but certainly not to uncomfortable proportions.
The finish and quality was superb as you'd expect from the custom shop and I could not find a single flaw in finish anywhere. Nicely done.
Having said that, I would not wish to deter anyone from buying one, it is just a larger bulkier feel for me after using EB3's and EB2's for so long, it is harder to walk away from.
This one.
The luthier is located not in Norway though.
Yeah, it's definitely a complicated case.
Do you play it? A string is missing but maybe it's an old picture.
Strings have been replaced (pics are from the seller), but I don't play it at the moment, mostly because it's not much fun to play an instrument that can't be set up properly. The bridge is too wide, so the strings are barely inside the neck at the upper frets. Some of the frets need proper reseating and dressing. Oh, yeah, and the wonky electronics are no fun when it's plugged in. Some day...
Query: is anyone aware of Gibson having used low impedance mudbuckers on EB basses in the 70s? I've seen at least four ads claiming to sell--indeed, a couple of them DID sell--"vintage Gibson" mudbuckers under-wound with thicker wire. Blunt Force Audio sold one once, and they seem to know what they're doing. There is one on Reverb right now. Are these likely just contemporary Epiphone mudbuckers, which, I understand, are wound this way?
I can tell you that I was weened on 60's EB3's and after the turn of that decade a buddy bought a new EB3 and it had several differences in design that made it a different bass with the same name.
The body was wider and heavier with less contour.
The headstock was longer and had a volute added.
Machine Heads were caste and bulkier.
The bass pickup was more central in the body.
The neck felt chunkier and not as fast as the 60's model, especially at the neck join where we play often back then.
The bass overall was bulkier and heavier feeling, less comfortable and unfamiliar.
The pickups were milder and did not have as much growl and in your face definition we were used to.
It still was a decent bass and quite useable but not a continuation of the EB3 as were previous transitions.
I came away as I said, feeling it was a different bass with an old name. Not for me.
I still play a 1965 and it bites through any mix when using a Hartke or Marshall.
