You mean the SG bass should be more like the old EB-3 it's based on? Funny how many of us feel that way. I wish they'd bring the old Varitone control back too. And the mudbucker.
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Gibson has straight up said they don't have tools to make a mudbucker at the moment. If we are lucky we may see a custom shop reissue down the road. *maybe*
custom shop exists to compete with vintage markets and PRS / MM / Suhr in the absurd price areas. The EB3s from the 60s are hitting $2000-$3000 for good ones so we need another grand of value to justify an EB3 reissue.
Really Gibson needs a custom shop only new Warwick Spector style competitor and some basses even if they are low volume just to get the brand back in the bass world. Own the short scale market or something.
but anyway, SGB is a winner I just want those 2 things dammit.
custom shop exists to compete with vintage markets and PRS / MM / Suhr in the absurd price areas. The EB3s from the 60s are hitting $2000-$3000 for good ones so we need another grand of value to justify an EB3 reissue.
Really Gibson needs a custom shop only new Warwick Spector style competitor and some basses even if they are low volume just to get the brand back in the bass world. Own the short scale market or something.
but anyway, SGB is a winner I just want those 2 things dammit.
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Just for your all's interest a 1969 Mudbucker. The last year of the true ones. Just thought you might like to take a look.
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Bob (from his hospital bed)
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Info: The Curtis Novak EB-0 doesn't have that mounting flange.
Also, the Novak EB-0 in the current SG bass requires a little routing.
It does fit in the Epi EB-0 without routing.
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Gibson "re-issues" have failed to impress me so far with very few exceptions. Furthermore, they don't have the wood to make a proper EB-3 reissue, unless it were a VOS or Historic for $10K+ that would justify them using whatever limited stock of old growth Mahagony and Brazilian Rosewood they have left.
If a '60s EB-3 is your thing, just grab one. They are still a bargain compared to most of their counterparts from the same era.
I hope you feel better soon, my friend. Wishing you all the best.
Cool sound you guys have...where did you set the pickups? It sounds like a lot of the 'mudbucker' neck which i dig the tone you are getting on these cuts. Good job!
Just stumbled on this thread, thought you all might get a kick out of my Serek.
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You can use the standard P-bass wiring scheme.
Wiring Kit for P-Bass | stewmac.com
I wouldn't use 200kOhm pots though. I would use 500kOhm or 1MOhm for the volume control, to extract as much high-frequency content as possible.
Wiring Kit for P-Bass | stewmac.com
I wouldn't use 200kOhm pots though. I would use 500kOhm or 1MOhm for the volume control, to extract as much high-frequency content as possible.
Thanks! I'm using the bridge pickup for both songs
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I needed to shim the pickup cavities to get the pickups close enough to the strings (I routed them too deep in the first place; my bad). That done, I got it wired up last night. Freeway Switch, master volume. The Freeway Switch lets me do neck/both/bridge for each pair of pickups. Plugged it in and noodled a bit. The Model One is, well, warm. Not my favorite tone, but maybe useful for sixties stuff. The Delano is full and crisp (of course!), but for some reason has a bit of buzz; need to check the shield ground on that one. The SGDs have dual coils and neo magnets; they are full and clear, but more mid-focused than the Delano.
The tones change in a predictable way from bridge to neck. Bridge solo is nasal and nigh unusable on its own. Neck solo is full and warm and mushy and doesn't excite me. The middle positions can get into P-bass territory, not surprisingly. Combinations sound semi-modern.
Re the bridge: I'm really just using it because I have it, and because the body already has the bushings. I am in the camp of folk who aren't particularly bothered by the three-point, but this design does eliminate any concerns about the bushings pulling out. It also avoids the "silk on the saddles" phenomenon.
An interesting beast indeed, a product of an Ovation Magnum 3 and Guild SB-202 that failed to keep their social distance....
I've never played a Serek bass but I like the way the builder in question thinks...
What are the pickups, BTW ?
