Gibson SG Standard . . NBD

[RobF]

Black Friday deal saw me parting with my credit card for a new one. 

BUT  omfg. 

Lovely brown hard case, holding a bass that was so covered in dust, a fingerboard that was so dry it was pink. Pink dust everywhere that looked like the paint had not adhered to the corners or crevices and a loose jack socket.

spoke to the dealer, who said it had come direct from Gibson, and the security label was intact when it arrived so I believe them .

secured a further discount on the price, dusted it off, oiled the fingerboard, tightened up the socket, and its wonderful to play . 

Im surprised ( despite hearing lots of nasty comments about Gibson) that they allowed this sort of lack of final inspection lack of quality.

[RobF]

It's definitely got a thinner body and is  lighter than my Epi EB0

[hooky_lowdown]

6 minutes ago, RobF said:

It's definitely got a thinner body and is  lighter than my Epi EB0

The SG's just look so freaking cool. A comparison between the Gibson and Epiphone would be of interest to many I should think (myself included)?

[RobF]

I've fitted the excellent Retrovibe 30k pickup in my EB0 so it wouldn't be a straight comparison I'm afraid, but if it makes any sense the SG feels nicer than the nice feeling EB0

[Grahambythesea]

I believe they’ve made these in 2 scale lengths, which is this? 

[RobF]

30.5 inches 

[Grahambythesea]

That little body makes the neck look long. Super cool bass, the mud bucker is the sound on the 60s British invasion.  

[James Nada]

Looks lush.

Out of interest, what's the difference between an EB0/EB3 and an SG?

[AngelDeVille]

51 minutes ago, James Nada said:

Looks lush.

Out of interest, what's the difference between an EB0/EB3 and an SG?

congratulations on the new bass!

 

 In the most basic terms...

EB0 is the early version with the neck “mudbucker” only.

EB3 has a bridge pickup.

SG is the more modern EB3.

Gibson confused matters even more recently..

the bass on the left is called an EB, some have taken to calling it and EB4 or the 5 string version EB5

the bass on the right is my 2006 SG

 

 

 

[EliasMooseblaster]

On 03/12/2019 at 22:56, AngelDeVille said:

congratulations on the new bass!

 

 In the most basic terms...

EB0 is the early version with the neck “mudbucker” only.

EB3 has a bridge pickup.

SG is the more modern EB3.

Gibson confused matters even more recently..

the bass on the left is called an EB, some have taken to calling it and EB4 or the 5 string version EB5

the bass on the right is my 2006 SG

...and just to muddy the waters further, over at the Epiphone offices:

The EB0 is the short-scale (30.5") with just a neck mudbucker,

The EB3 is has a bridge pickup as well...and is long scale (34")

Gibson did originally distinguish their short- and long-scale twin pickup models by calling them "EB3" and "EB3L" respectively; Epiphone appear to have ignored that convention!