I got my Novak pickups in last week. Also put on a Hipshot bridge and a set of TI jazz flats. I am very pleased. The Midtown now has a great, versatile tone - a huge upgrade in my opinion.
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Gibson Midtown Club.
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Can you describe the difference in the stock bridge pickup vs the Novak bridge pickup? I'm thinking of getting one of those and would be curious to hear your opinion. Or sound samples if you can do that. Thx!
- Nov 28, 2008
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Graphite Pearl Midtown on order. Can't wait! Will post pics when it gets here.
My 2013. Just got it for only $600 out the door. Number please
Fed Ex just delivered my new Gibson Midtown Signature. Absolutely stunning! The quality is just amazing. Not even one blemish and sounds awesome.
Looks great. I love Gibson's trapezoid inlays (my standard has dots...now I'm jealous) Congrats on a sweet bass.
I got to play my new Midtown at band rehearsal last night. Absolutely love it! Great tone and playability. Fits great in our mix. I think I would like a balance knob instead of the three way switch but I'm gonna leave it just the way it is. I used the middle setting for both pickups most of the time.
I actually prefer the toggle. My SG has a "tone" nob instead of the toggle and I find making changes on the fly easier with the switch. Hopefully you will discover the same thing.
I'm sure it will grow on me. I'm very impressed after playing it with the band.
I played mine with three different bands and all of them said the Midtown was their favorite bass of mine (I own nine ).
Viva le Midtown!
Viva le Midtown!
I finally gave my Midtown a Complete setup today. I use Allen wrenches to set string and pickup heights on all of my basses. I had to take some relief out of the truss Rod and I had to lower the bridge a few turns. Right now string height is set at 9/64 at the twelfth fret with no buzzing of any kind. I'm going to wait and see if the neck moves any more before adjusting any further. Rear pickup poles are set at 3/32 and front pickup poles are set at 7/16 so far. I have band rehearsal tonight and I'll adjust overall pickup height to get a good balance string to string and pickup to pickup. As far as action goes, I'd like to have the string heights @ 7/64 as I do on all of my other basses. I'll adjust more in a few days when the neck has settled in.
The setup I did was a complete success. Plays like butter and sounded amazing at last nights acoustic show. I really am contemplating replacing the three way switch with a blend. It just seems like it would give more tone options.
