I'd love an EB-2, as well. Naomi Yang (of Galaxie 500 and Damon & Naomi) always played one of those. I think those vintage Gibson basses are amazing.
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Just Some Thoughts/My Experience With Gibson Basses - Not a Gibson Bashing Thread!
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I'd love an EB-2, as well. Naomi Yang (of Galaxie 500 and Damon & Naomi) always played one of those. I think those vintage Gibson basses are amazing.
Okay, I just reversed the red and black connections for the bridge pickup and now both seem to be in phase.
Thanks for the responses! (I was going to attempt this fix but it was enough of a hassle that I wanted to be reasonably sure before I started hacking on the wiring harness.)
My already-cool EB-5 is that much cooler now that I can rock both pickups at once!
This....can someone post a pic or video of 'Johnny Cash Live at San Quentin'?
Johnnys bass player is playing exactly the same model as my 65 Epiphone Newport, the 'batwing headstock' is on the cover and its a neck PU only 'mudbucker' bass....listen to the tone....its not that dirty and not far from a P bass.
No, it's dead straight and plays like a dream. It's a bass I could never part with.
It's a great look and definitely of its time. As a bald man, I am more than a *bit* jealous. I always love seeing pics of forum members from back in the day. It's very interesting to me.
I've just bought a Les Paul Tribute DC, my first Gibson, and so far I'm very impressed with it - though yet to play at volume or at a gig.
Just watched the Premier Guitar tour of the Gibson factory, where it was said all USA made guitars now go through a Plek machine. Can anyone confirm this, and by 'guitars' does this include all basses?
Just watched the Premier Guitar tour of the Gibson factory, where it was said all USA made guitars now go through a Plek machine. Can anyone confirm this, and by 'guitars' does this include all basses?
It's been a few years. Couldn't tell you exactly when they started.
This les paul jr dc tribute bass, is the hottest gibby to come down the line in a long long time! Yes im bias as i snapped one up a month ago and im buying another asap. This bass is like your buddies 1970 original paint chevelle, with a 454, holly carb and a hurst 4 speed, a little rough on the outside, but holey $hit does it have it going on under thr hood!
No kidding? That's a nice bit of added value. It's not cheap to have a bass PLEK'd. I realize that the PLEK job is only as effective as the neck woods can remain stable, but still a good "feature".
I'm fairly certain that is in regard to guitars only, not basses. Plus Henry J... I mean he was the president, not a luthier unless you include some of his unfortunate designs.
I know folks like to rip on Henry J for some of the weird stuff he tried to push (e.g. Firebird X, Darkfire, Robots etc) that nobody was asking for. But I always gave Gibson credit for trying stuff and trying to push the envelope a bit. When was the last time Fender tried anything remotely innovative? Anyway, I like Gibson basses. Current inventory...
2013 EB 4 string (natural)
2007 SG Supreme (guitar of the week - week 1 - FMT)
2020 Les Paul Tribute DC (love this thing!)
Other ones I've had...
2007 Money bass - never bonded with it and it was uncomfortable sitting
? SG worn mahogany - nice but I already had the 2007 so moved it along
2013 EB (worn cream) - was redundant with my natural one
Had a couple minor QC issues along the way, but nothing that soured me on the brand.
2013 EB 4 string (natural)
2007 SG Supreme (guitar of the week - week 1 - FMT)
2020 Les Paul Tribute DC (love this thing!)
Other ones I've had...
2007 Money bass - never bonded with it and it was uncomfortable sitting
? SG worn mahogany - nice but I already had the 2007 so moved it along
2013 EB (worn cream) - was redundant with my natural one
Had a couple minor QC issues along the way, but nothing that soured me on the brand.
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The little known Gibson Studio Thunderbird, small headstock, set neck, rounded smaller slab body, modern bridge. This combination works really well with their stock pickups, this bass has great tone that is a bit different from the standard construction Bird. I had been looking for one for quite some time, this one came from a fellow TB'er.
I haven't got a Gibson, I have an Epiphone EB-0 and it's a lovely bass to play but the neck dive is awful and does diminish the guitar, which is a real shame.
I've owned a few over the years. The most interesting was a '70s prototype with an oversized body, ebony board and a pair (!!!) of extra hot mudbuckers. I swapped out the neck PU for a DiMarzio which gave me an incredibly versatile bass. I still have that pickup in a parts box, I think.
Too bad I don't have pictures. When I bought it, there were 9 or 10 others with the bodies carved down in various shapes culminating in the Ripper and Grabber. This was done after finishing so the carved edges were raw wood. This was decades before we had cell phones with cameras, dammit.
I'd probably still have it but there was a '68 Telecaster bass that I just had to have…
Ten years later, I bought a Bass V. 5 strings spaced the same as 4 — too narrow and I couldn't get used to it so, when Carvin came out with their 5 strings with wider spacing, I bought one and never looked back. That Gibson had the P-Bass body shape and TB pickups. Sounded good. The guy I sold it to still plays it.
Too bad I don't have pictures. When I bought it, there were 9 or 10 others with the bodies carved down in various shapes culminating in the Ripper and Grabber. This was done after finishing so the carved edges were raw wood. This was decades before we had cell phones with cameras, dammit.
I'd probably still have it but there was a '68 Telecaster bass that I just had to have…
Ten years later, I bought a Bass V. 5 strings spaced the same as 4 — too narrow and I couldn't get used to it so, when Carvin came out with their 5 strings with wider spacing, I bought one and never looked back. That Gibson had the P-Bass body shape and TB pickups. Sounded good. The guy I sold it to still plays it.
