ajkula66
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Having played Gibson guitars since 1980 and basses since '83 I'm well aware of the design intentions. Some people - not myself - do refer to these as "baritone basses", though. I haven't used the term "guitar" associated with the instrument(s) discussed. My point was that the Gibson/Epiphone concept being discussed here was not an answer to Fender VI, but actually preceded it. No more, no less.
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Actually, Gibson was in the 6 string (baritone ?) bass game before Fender, with its EB6 - based on EB-2 - out in 1959, full two years before the Fender Bass VI. The re-design of '61 moved the concept to SG-bodied series of instruments while retaining the same name. Having said that, I never knew that there was a matching Epiphone version, so yeah, these things must be very rare.
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That's actually a handrest. For folks playing with a pick, or so Gibson/Epiphone thought at the time. It finally disappeared from Kalamazoo-built basses somewhere around 1968 but was an integral part of their bass design for quite some time.
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Guild had Jaco Pastorius on their Pilot brochure/advertisement... Terribly under-rated instruments IMO. Hope you and your "new" Pilot end up making some great music together.
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I bought an SB1000 when they first came out. Yes, a Jack Bruce fan here... Replaced it with an Ibanez MC924 which I found to be more versatile at the time. A couple of years ago I re-visited the SB series by purchasing a near mint SB-900. One lovely bass, but I don't really play long scale basses anymore so off it went.
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Short scale strings - various brands - on all of my five shorties. I've used long scale strings out of necessity in *very* distant past but would prefer not to resort to that route again. -
That looks *very* clean. There's nothing like finish checking on an old Gibson.
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
ajkula66 replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I'm up there in age and not in the best of health, so I rarely play out but it's usually the modded EB-0 which is my #1 and will be going to grave with me, or Les Paul Triumph if I don't know what kind of amp is waiting for me. -
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
ajkula66 replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
Greetings to my fellow short-scale bass players! New to this forum - OK, I have been lurking occasionally - but not new to bass (45 years and counting) or the concept of short scales... My current crop From left to right: '69 Gibson EB-0 (modded), '76 Guild JS-2, '69 Gibson EB-3, '70 Gibson Les Paul Bass, '72 Gibson Les Paul Triumph Bass. Yes, they all sport Hipshot Supertone bridges and no, I'm NOT a paid endorser...
