Krist Novoselic Signature model

[ojplaysbass]

yes. yes please.

[url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2011/09/30/gibson-introduces-krist-novoselic-signature-rd-bass/"]http://www.notreble....nature-rd-bass/[/url]

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Bass/Gibson-USA/Krist-Novoselic-Signature-RD-Bass.aspx

Edited October 1, 2011 by ojplaysbass

[daz]

The main thing is its a different shape than Krst's main Gibson bass from the Nevermind era. (although i am pretty sure it plays a hell of a lot better: )


and all for $2200;(or when its gets this side of the pond £1500)

(yes I will admit to hating Gibson for no discernable reason whatsoever. The bass looks ok id like to hear one but whatever it sounds like it'll be too expensive for my DHSS skewed tastes)

Edited October 1, 2011 by daz

[Musky]

Looks good. Unfortunately I'd imagine it's going to be closer to £2000 when it hits these shores, when you factor in VAT and import duties.

[retroman]

Saw one on the GAK website last night. was about the £1100 mark if my memory serves me right.

Would love an RD, but where are the Moog electronics?? Looks like this one is just straight passive. Me thinks I will wait for an original to turn up .

Looks good though

[cocco]

Isn't the bass he's pictured with an ibanez?

[cocco]

The only thing I don't like about this is the sig on the headstock I can't stop looking at it!

[lemmywinks]

So he used to occasionally use an RD Artist during the Nevermind tour so they do a sig model that is an RD Standard with totally different pickups to any RD ever produced?

I agree that a Ripper would be a better sig bass, maybe Ibanez should reissue the Black Eagle?

[lemmywinks]

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1317443955' post='1390778']
The main thing is its a different shape than Krst's main Gibson bass from the Nevermind era. (although i am pretty sure it plays a hell of a lot better: )
[/quote]


It's an old (70s?) Ibanez, so probably a better bass than a modern Gibson! I think Krist had a few of them, one had a bit of the headstock snapped off.

I used to love those basses when i was a kid, obviously a bit rare and thus out of my price range though.

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='lemmywinks' timestamp='1317459243' post='1390857']...I agree that a Ripper would be a better sig bass,...
[/quote]
I thought that it was going to be a Ripper before I opened this thread.


I really like the RD body shape but for me that style of headstock doesn't suit it at all.

[lemmywinks]

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1317473455' post='1391069']
I really like the RD body shape but for me that style of headstock doesn't suit it at all.
[/quote]


The RD I had (a '77 Artist) looked even odder because it had small Gotoh-style enclosed tuners, original Gibson branded ones though (and no other tuners had ever been fitted to it) but they made the headstock look even longer and out of place.

Stunning looking basses but impractical for 99% of the songs i played!

[bartelby]

For that money I'd rather buy the Kurt sig Fender Jaguar:

[BigRedX]

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1317474103' post='1391079']
For that money I'd rather buy the Kurt sig Fender Jaguar:

[/quote]
Isn't that the wrong way round?

[bartelby]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1317474694' post='1391089']
Isn't that the wrong way round?
[/quote]


There's this too:

[nick]

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1317455246' post='1390816']
Isn't the bass he's pictured with an ibanez?
[/quote]

Yes, its an Ibanez 'Black Eagle', they were also produced under the Antoria brand name too. Been on a constant on my GAS list for quite a while.

Edited October 1, 2011 by nick

[daz]

[quote name='nick' timestamp='1317504212' post='1391435']

Yes, its an Ibanez 'Black Eagle', they were also produced under the Antoria brand name too. Been on a constant on my GAS list for quite a while.
[/quote]

Ah I didnt know it was an Ibby. they made out the Gibson was the only bass he used.

[stingrayPete1977]

He didn't exactly cherish any of them other than one Gibson that he used to put safe before smashing up something else moments later, +1 should of been a ripper.

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1317510782' post='1391494']
He didn't exactly cherish any of them other than one Gibson that he used to put safe before smashing up something else moments later, +1 should of been a ripper.
[/quote]
This one got it's own back.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=u8oT9ag631Q"]http://www.youtube.c...1&v=u8oT9ag631Q[/url]

[cocco]

Good luck finding a black eagle. I've never seen one in the flesh, or for sale, not many were made I don't think. Im an eagle lover too!
I dont understand the pickup choice though, krist was all about proper Gibson buckers as per the ripper and RD basses. Also surprised it's not a ripper shape. Not that I'm not stoked that it's an RD!

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Heres the fugly Ibanez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG6dETcyEzc

Edited October 2, 2011 by Jean-Luc Pickguard

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1317511262' post='1391497']
This one got it's own back.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=u8oT9ag631Q"]http://www.youtube.c...1&v=u8oT9ag631Q[/url][/quote]
I can guess what clip that is without clicking the link! Ouch

[cocco]

I really want it. The more I look the more I fall..... I don't care about the signature anymore.

[andysleigh]

big want!
but for the moeny id rather buy a secondhand RD Artist.
and i wish they had made it 34 1/2" scale, as it was. not 34 "

Krist used a standard ocasionally, which he put some jazz pickups in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3limq8huF80

and more recently
http://youtu.be/WYy8hz-7Cqw

[Toasted]

Didn't Krist play an Ibanez / "Antoria" "Black Eagle" much more than any of the gibsons?

[Gust0o]

Would have preferred the Ripper, but am still keen!

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Would it have been so difficult to get the headstock right? They've just cobbled on the one on the current SG bass.

I won't mention the pickups.

A missed opportunity to properly reissue a classic and sought after instrument.