guzzibass Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Anyone seen this - looks pretty cool...!!!! [url="http://ht.ly/4NmJX"]http://ht.ly/4NmJX[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Savage Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='guzzibass' post='1220577' date='May 5 2011, 08:01 AM']Anyone seen this - looks pretty cool...!!!! [url="http://ht.ly/4NmJX"]http://ht.ly/4NmJX[/url][/quote] Like the look of that, not sure one'd be worth nearly a grand and a half though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Reminds me of a DaisyRock bass.... does it come in metallic pink? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozza Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I agree. If it was an Epiphone, I'd be tempted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 It's essentially just a slightly differently shaped EB-3, surely? Incredibly loony pricetag for a simplistic & inevitably limited-sounding bass, which doesn't even have the distinction or interest value of being old. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The LP Junior is my favourite guitar. I've always thought an LP Jnr would make a great bass version. This looks all out of proportion and very wrong. Pelham blue is a great colour but it looks minging on this. If it had a slimmed down headstock, one 4 screw P90 looking pickup, was in TV yellow or cherry and had a sensible bridge we might be on the right track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Savage Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Bassassin' post='1220632' date='May 5 2011, 09:15 AM']simplistic... inevitably limited-sounding.... which doesn't even have the distinction or interest value of being old....[/quote] Hang on, I think I [i]am[/i] this bass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Like it, but in TV Yellow it would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 If it was more like this one............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Nope, yet another fail for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 aweful looking, and i didn't even look at the price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I quite like it, all told. I'm equally convinced that the price will totally ruin that value judgement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robocorpse Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I like it, but it definitely needs slimmer headstock, and 2 matching mudbucker covers (even if the bridge one is just hiding a slimmer pickup bobbin). There is no way on earth I would pay more than 500 quid for it though, given the limitations of 90% of Gibson basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I like it, but it needs to be in black with white binding..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Looks like a less funky and more expensive version of my daisyrock I see Gibson are still designing new basses with that ridiculous 3 point bridge. Surely they could design something that looks similar but works better. It seems to me that the only reason to use that tired old flawed design is for the sake of vintage cred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) Don't like that new one. No siree. The original '59 EBO below was owned by the guy in the Guess Who and used on American Woman. £1500 five years ago in Guitar Village and I let it slide Edited May 5, 2011 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Bassassin' post='1220632' date='May 5 2011, 09:15 AM']It's essentially just a slightly differently shaped EB-3, surely? Jon.[/quote] Without the varitone circuit it's not even that. I'm guessing that the pickup are going to be the same as those on the current SG Bass so it's not really going to sound anything like an EB. Also why is the neck joint/heel so far out from the body? There's plenty of room to move the heel further along the neck for better upper fret access without compromising the strength of the neck joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1220800' date='May 5 2011, 11:13 AM']....I see Gibson are still designing new basses with that ridiculous 3 point bridge. Surely they could design something that looks similar but works better. It seems to me that the only reason to use that tired old flawed design is for the sake of vintage cred....[/quote] Maybe they over ordered in 1959 and are still using them up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 And no doubt Guitar Centre in the US will be jobbing them out for considerably less than $1000 this this time next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='BigRedX' post='1221050' date='May 5 2011, 01:54 PM']And no doubt Guitar Centre in the US will be jobbing them out for considerably less than $1000 this this time next year.[/quote] That would still make it an overpriced plank. Honestly, it might be the nicest sounding bass in the world (highly unlikely but possible) but looking at it i'm not seeing any work which even remotely justifies the price tag, even taking the brand name into account. It's actually quite a crude looking instrument, going off pictures anyway. My mate had one of the DC Junior guitars, paid around £500 for it new. Nice enough but beaten hands down by a PRS SE and a Washburn Idol in pretty much every department Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='BigRedX' post='1221037' date='May 5 2011, 01:46 PM']Also why is the neck joint/heel so far out from the body? There's plenty of room to move the heel further along the neck for better upper fret access without compromising the strength of the neck joint.[/quote] It's probably for people like me who rarely go past the double dots so aren't bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Low End Bee' post='1221080' date='May 5 2011, 02:20 PM']It's probably for people like me who rarely go past the double dots so aren't bothered.[/quote] But Gibson could make even more money by leaving out the frets after the 12th. If you're going to the trouble of putting the frets in there, then at least make them playable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'd love it in black, or tv yellow, or cherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1220800' date='May 5 2011, 11:13 AM']Looks like a less funky and more expensive version of my daisyrock [/quote] That's much more like it! Still on my GAS list. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1220800' date='May 5 2011, 11:13 AM']Looks like a less funky and more expensive version of my daisyrock [/quote] wow, what are they made of? do you think they'd respond well to having all the finish stripped off? (then a nice tv yellow or cherry red) i wonder if one of those could be de-glittered and then pimped to make a great stage bass. (i'm rather fond of shorter scale basses) Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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