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Let's See Your Unique/Rare Production Model Basses

Eon Sky

Eon Sky

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I've got a real interest in limited run production model instruments, limited run colors, small batch production models, stuff like that. They're fun to look at. Here are a couple of my more "rare" ones:

Spector Euro Rebop in Zebrawood:
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Warwick "Streamette"
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Let's see yours!
 
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Gibson SB-300. They made about 900 of them in total between1969-70. Probably Gibson’s shortest lived model. Unusual for a Gibson in that it sports a pair of single-coils instead of humbuckers or sidewinders, and a maple rather than mahogany neck - both unheard of on a Gibson in that era. Doesn’t sound like any other Gibson short-scale either. I’m guessing there’s probably less than a fifth of them still around or in playable condition.

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40Hz said:
Gibson SB-300. They made about 900 of them in total between1969-70. Probably Gibson’s shortest lived model. Unusual for a Gibson in that it sports a pair of single-coils instead of humbuckers or sidewinders, and a maple rather than mahogany neck - both unheard of on a Gibson in that era. Doesn’t sound like any other Gibson short-scale either. I’m guessing there’s probably less than a fifth of them still around or in playable condition.
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The metal surrounding the knobs and pickups is pretty uncommon too, isn't it? I really dig the look.
 
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Eon Sky said:
The metal surrounding the knobs and pickups is pretty uncommon too, isn't it? I really dig the look.
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Yeah. It’s pretty weird for a Gibson in a lot of respects. Skinny neck profile. Feather light. Oddball bridge too. Plastic saddles! And as far as looks go, most people think it looks kinda cheap at first. But it also grows on most people after awhile.

All that said, it has a pretty cool sound. Tonestack is just a V/T circuit with two slide switches that turn the pickups on or off. But despite being dirt simple, it actually provides a surprising number of decent useable tones. And it’s one of the few basses I’ve played that I really like using a pick on. The pickups really respond to your attack and playing position when a pick is used.

This guy demoed one he was selling. It’ll give you some idea of what it sounds like. And I also think he’s wrong about the manufacturing dates. AFAIK Gibson was shipping them in 69, 70, and 71. But the ones shipped in 71 constituted only a relative handful. Which to me would seem indicate they all were built between 69 and 70. The 71s were just clearout shipments of already existing inventory.

 
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