Far from exact...no 4-way switch, different pickups, single tone control. So it looks like an EB-3 but doesn't sound like one.
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new gibson and epiphone basses coming out
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Far from exact...no 4-way switch, different pickups, single tone control. So it looks like an EB-3 but doesn't sound like one.
For the price they're asking they could at least have made it active, I play one of the new SG Basses regularly at a local Jam session; it is just an average Bass although I always dreamed of owning one in the 60s; that was until I discovered round wounds and putting a horn in my Bass cabs long before it became standard, my 65 Jazz Bass came alive in a way the the EBs couldn't.
I like the fact that it's not active.
By the way, we still haven't found out what the new basses are yet.
By the way, we still haven't found out what the new basses are yet.
I had something like that when I first started playing (early 80's)I have since moved on but have seen the bass you are talking about. They made a few of them and funny enough I saw one out here yesterday. It is their SG Supreme, 4 string and for a Gibson 30.5" scale may be their best offering in a while. It is mahogany with a maple top, standard passive electronics (like the reissue) with a satin natural finish. They were asking quite a bit for it so I gingerly moved on. For a vintage sound and heritage angle it would be a pleasant addition.
Especially with Fender and Gibson people don't seem to want some radically different from them when they come up with something new. Fender and Gibson put out tons of reissues because the people demanded it. Like the responses here, people asking for reissues of the Ripper, Grabber, RD, Les Paul. And many people don't know that Gibson also made the EB-650/750 which was the bass version of the ES-175.
Actually, the Supreme has a Maple top, Mahogany body and Mahogany neck. See my photos in Post #63.
i'm going to have to agree--Gibson (and Fender) has (have both) come out with new models before, but they never catch on, so they fade from people's memory quickly...they just focus on making modifications on the popular instrument to open up the market a little (for example -- Bassist: "I'd really like a Fender Jazz bass, but i wish it had a series/parallel switch" hence the S-1 switch)
Gibson for the most part had too large an ego to follow Fender so they tried re-inventing the bass, each series completely different sounding from any bass made, for the most part failing each time.
Unfortunately their lack of jumping on the Fender band wagon cost them. They have not had any long run successes, not like what Leo had done, each time he did it was golden.
Unfortunately their lack of jumping on the Fender band wagon cost them. They have not had any long run successes, not like what Leo had done, each time he did it was golden.
I'm not so sure. With the Gibson name on it, it would cost 3x as much as the JC -- and I doubt it would be much better!
you mean the RD artist. thats what the esp is a copy of. NOT the eb-3.no problem tho. its just a little mistake you made.
the only things i know that the are releasing new in the bass department is the 2nd nikki sixx model thunderbird. and theyre coming out with a shavo odadjian signature thunderbird. i think that they both are going to be alittle bit different from the other thunderbirds, considering they have 1 tone knob,1 volume,and a toggle switch.when t birds have always had 1 tone and 2 vol. knobs.so theyre changing it up alittle but for once. besides that. i have no idea if anything else from gibson is coming out for bass.and epiphone..i have no idea about them. thanks for actually having a concern though.instead of arguing about fender and gibson.
No offense to the gibson players but,there basses never really did it for me other than the grabber. the 3 point bridge totally sucked in my honest opionion and has for all of the basses since there inception.This is where gibson needs to pull there head out and make something new.You here me gibson NEW!!! not something from the past that has been reborn.It is 2008 and still a 3point bridge? come on.also the t-bird need a serious up grade to get that bass away form diving to the floor.oh well theyare what they are.Just you wont find a gibson in my stable unless it is an old grabber with a better bridge hold the strings in place.;-)
I dont think you know what that smily means, its not a sad face.I asked him what happened to the bass, and he said he tried to change out the pickups on it, botched the job, and eventually threw it away.
3 Point bridge is terrible and shouldn't work on a bass and barely works on guitars. Its acceptable if the year is 1940 but other than that... Its part of the Gibson trend of just making bass versions of their guitars.
That said my 2 favorite Gibsons ever were the Grabber and the Ripper.
3 Point bridge is terrible and shouldn't work on a bass and barely works on guitars. Its acceptable if the year is 1940 but other than that... Its part of the Gibson trend of just making bass versions of their guitars.
That said my 2 favorite Gibsons ever were the Grabber and the Ripper.
i dont even focus on the bridge.so idk though the three pt. bridge just might be terrible. i never mess around with it on my basses that have them so i really wouldnt know. it didnt phase me a bit.
either way though i have to agree with your second statement cus rippers are F***ing sick!!! its the main bass on my want list (aside from the RD artist)
Why isn't there a flying V bass anymore?
good question. i have no idea. there was only like 400 made. i think it was because they werent very popular.i dont think they had very good sales ratings.and on top of that most people say that they had extremly bad quality!!! either way i want one cause they look sick. and because theyre rare.but playing..idk so much
