| Author | Message | ||
| govegan
Junior Username: govegan Post Number: 14 Registered: 9-2008 |
My band is being filmed for a reality show in conjunction with our local news station / internet site. Some nice shots of the Bass in there, and if nothing else it's good for a laugh now and then  http://videos.syracuse.com/post-standard/2010/01/the_scarlet_ending_tapes_a_cal.html | ||
| rami
Senior Member Username: rami Post Number: 915 Registered: 6-2002 |
When I feel like having a good laugh, I usually look at a Gibson Bass. P.S. Just this weekend I traded a my much HATED Gibson Thunderbird for a Beloved Alembic Epic - my first Epic! | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1352 Registered: 9-2002 |
Actually Rami, I've come to consider 'Gibson bass' as big an oxymoron as 'government intelligence' and 'jumbo shrimp'. Joey | ||
| govegan
Junior Username: govegan Post Number: 16 Registered: 9-2008 |
I actually don't mind the ripper too much. It's nothing like my Essence but it has a cool tone. But yes, the majority of Gibson Basses are garbage. | ||
| fmm
Advanced Member Username: fmm Post Number: 286 Registered: 6-2002 |
I regret selling my Ripper. Of course, I think I've regretted getting rid of all the basses I've sold except maybe one. | ||
| poor_nigel
Junior Username: poor_nigel Post Number: 44 Registered: 11-2009 |
Uh oh. . . People are making fun of the basses I learned to play bass on. I must retaliate! "Oh ya, well, my dad can whip your dad anytime!" You know, since my father came out of the closet last summer, it gives that come-back a whole new meaning. Might be best to just walk away this time, or run, if they rode in on Harleys. (Message edited by poor_nigel on January 20, 2010) | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1797 Registered: 10-2003 |
I bought a '76 Thunderbird solely because of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL68VE-Qi7Y John | ||
| ajdover
Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 803 Registered: 11-2003 |
I like Gibsons. I have: A '76 Bicentennial Thunderbird. An EB-3. A '74 Ripper. A '77 RD Artist An '81 Victory Artist An '87 Custom Shop Thunderbird Are they Alembics? Hell, are they Fenders? No. But I like them just the same. My Ripper, for example, is a beast - and I love it. And too many have played Gibsons, and happily so to term them "garbage," as govegan asserts. To wit - John Entwistle - Gibson Thunderbird Jack Bruce - Gibson EB-3 Leon Wilkeson - Gibson Thunderbird Jack Bruce - Gibson Les Paul Signature Peter Cetera - Gibson Ripper Gene Simmons (yeah, I know, not a great player and an endorsement deal) - Ripper, Grabber, G-3 Nikki Sixx - Gibson Thunderbird Gibson hasn't had as good a reputation as, say, Fender for any number of reasons. They have a tendency not to fix problems (e.g., neck dive on Thunderbirds, weak pickups on Rippers, weight on RDs). This being said, they are unique and appeal to a certain clientele, I think. This isn't unlike our beloved Alembics, which certainly aren't everyone's cup of tea (though they might be ours!). All this aside, I like my Gibsons, and play them with joy. Alan | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 443 Registered: 1-2008 |
My first "good" bass was a Ripper... I wish I still had it. I recall a 5-way(?) switch on it that gave it tons of different tones. It was with this bass that I discovered you had to change strings every now and again!!! It was sounding like crap (and the rust on the strings was probably irritating the skin on my fingers) so I decided to put fresh strings on it... Voila!!! I also had a Les Paul Recording Bass (actually it may have been a guitar... man, I'm getting old). | ||
| govegan
Junior Username: govegan Post Number: 17 Registered: 9-2008 |
AJDover I am not downplaying that many people such as Entwistle have played and enjoyed the Thunderbird... however every Gibson I have had the chance to play on has been sub par with the exception of the Ripper I mentioned. No offense of course, I use garbage in the broadest sense of the term possible and probably should have included the word "new" before "Gibson". | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4297 Registered: 7-2004 |
Don't forget Rick Danko of The Band, another Gibson bass player. Bill, tgo | ||
| rami
Senior Member Username: rami Post Number: 918 Registered: 6-2002 |
I also have a Gibson SG-Z which I like. But the T-Bird is way over-rated. It's the difficult upper register access and that HORRIBLE directional hum that makes it virtually unplayable. They'd never let one of their guitars leave the factory with such a glaring flaw. Shameful indeed. Rami (Message edited by rami on January 21, 2010) | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1536 Registered: 11-2003 |
Alan, I've never seen Jack Bruce play a Les Paul but he has been playing an EB-0 recently. Or is it an EB-1? I get those confused. It's the violin shaped one. Sam | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2402 Registered: 6-2002 |
Jack Casady, not Bruce. The Epiphone Jack Casady Signature is based on the Gibson Les Paul Signature | ||
| benson_murrensun
Advanced Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 217 Registered: 5-2007 |
Jack Casady has played the Gibson Les Paul Signature as well as a standard-shape Les Paul Bass. Phil Lesh has played an SG-shaped Gibson, don't know the model. I had a Gibson EB2 that played well but sounded like crap. I had a Gibson Grabber that wasn't too bad... Oh oh, the thread's been diverted! | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 642 Registered: 10-2006 |
Lesh's Gibson started as an EB-0, but he quickly modified it with 2 Guild/Hagstrom p/ups (or, more likely, Mssrs. Turner, Stanley, and/or Wickersham modded it for him). Peter |
