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Gibsons!

#23
Once owned by Ben Orr of The Cars. I got this one in 1986. It was blue with a black guard (still have the guard). Sent it off to a friend to 'customize' it with birdseye maple top and all around binding.
First gen Kahler, first gen DiMarzio metal faced Model 1's.
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#28
It was a bone stock Gibson when I got it. Daddy's Junky Music in Boston was practically giving it away. I think I paid $300 w/ case. I know how rare they are, but since the Kahler and Model 1's were installed.....how worse could it be.
I had the work done about 10+ years ago. Sold it pretty cheap and I heard it has a good home. No big worries because I never liked the tone or playability. I'm a Fender guy for almost 30 years now.
The thing is, I made tons of cash on ebay from 1998 to 2004. I sold almost everything I owned plus what I got from online pawn shops. My 1984 Jackson Rhoads Vee was bought for $250 w/ shipping and I got a G&L Rampage for about $100. Seriously the prices were insane.
I kept my favorites but the rest was filler. I had some good pieces but in the end I was able to buy my house in cash and pay off all my bills. I say it was a good decision. Now I'm down to three working basses but I had around 35 basses / guitars.

Buy low and sell high. Sure those days may be gone, but there are some great deals out there if you look hard enough.
 
#30
allotabass said:
It was a bone stock Gibson when I got it. Daddy's Junky Music in Boston was practically giving it away. I think I paid $300 w/ case. I know how rare they are, but since the Kahler and Model 1's were installed.....how worse could it be.
I had the work done about 10+ years ago. Sold it pretty cheap and I heard it has a good home. No big worries because I never liked the tone or playability. I'm a Fender guy for almost 30 years now.
The thing is, I made tons of cash on ebay from 1998 to 2004. I sold almost everything I owned plus what I got from online pawn shops. My 1984 Jackson Rhoads Vee was bought for $250 w/ shipping and I got a G&L Rampage for about $100. Seriously the prices were insane.
I kept my favorites but the rest was filler. I had some good pieces but in the end I was able to buy my house in cash and pay off all my bills. I say it was a good decision. Now I'm down to three working basses but I had around 35 basses / guitars.

Buy low and sell high. Sure those days may be gone, but there are some great deals out there if you look hard enough.
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I guess you did not get the memo that instruments are not a good investment then?
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#31
envika said:
If you want a really cool Gibson, go hunt down a 70s Ripper. They run for about $1000 (or a little less depending on condition). They're HUGE-bodied, all-maple, 34.5" scale, and with roundwounds you can get a great bright, snarly punk tone (think Krist Novoselic) out of them.
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Thought you were gonna put Mike Dirnt's name at the end of that sentence for sure, both get awesome, but very different, tones out of them.

Barkless Dog said:
I think it depends on what other basses you own and the type of music you play.

if you play Death Metal or do any drop tuning - Tbird only

If you play jazz or funk / slap - neither

If you already have another full scale bass & play classic rock, dub or blues then either will work
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If the SG is deep like people say, why wouldn't it work for Jazz or none-slap funk?
 
#32
SwamiRob said:
Thought you were gonna put Mike Dirnt's name at the end of that sentence for sure, both get awesome, but very different, tones out of them.


If the SG is deep like people say, why wouldn't it work for Jazz or none-slap funk?
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Dirnt used a G-3
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Any bass can be used for any music, but the lack of bottom end definition hurts for jazz, and for slap the smaller neck makes slap a more focused activity and you dont get the brightness of say a MM or Lakland which, to me is a more modern tone that slap calls for. That's what I personally think.

The bottom line is you can play and make anything work on any bass, but some lend themselves better to certain styles than others, overall.

And yes the $15,000 short scale Alembic can do anything well. It better for that kind of money!
 
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Barkless Dog said:
Dirnt used a G-3
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Any bass can be used for any music, but the lack of bottom end definition hurts for jazz, and for slap the smaller neck makes slap a more focused activity and you dont get the brightness of say a MM or Lakland which, to me is a more modern tone that slap calls for. That's what I personally think.

The bottom line is you can play and make anything work on any bass, but some lend themselves better to certain styles than others, overall.

And yes the $15,000 short scale Alembic can do anything well. It better for that kind of money!
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Yeah I'd seen it been refered to as a grabber, but I've never seen the movable pickup when I've seen him use it, and the Ripper looks quite similar to me. Nevermind, that's a cool photo though.

I wouldn't go near either for slap myself, not that I play it, but I though alot of Jazz had some pretty boomy bass to it, some guys seem to like a good boom and click kinda sound assumabley to emulate a DB to some extent. That from what I've heard anyway, I'm not a huge Jazz listener as much as I like it.
 

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