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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: neepheid on October 26, 2014, 06:28:17 PM

Title: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: neepheid on October 26, 2014, 06:28:17 PM

Dear Thomann

Please stop selling new Gibson basses at second hand prices.

Thanks,

My credit card

(http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/midtown/01.jpg)

(http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/pics/midtown/02.jpg)

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: Dave W on October 26, 2014, 08:36:01 PM

Nice! Don't be too hard on your credit card.  ;D  After all, now's the time if you want one, AFAIK they won't be in the 2015 lineup.

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: Nocturnal on October 26, 2014, 08:55:00 PM

Looks good!!!!

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: TBird1958 on October 26, 2014, 11:20:12 PM

 Looking great!

Congratulations!

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: uwe on October 27, 2014, 06:07:28 AM

And sounds good too!

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: Pilgrim on October 27, 2014, 07:04:33 AM

Classic!

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: LoEndMaestro on October 27, 2014, 10:14:37 AM

I approve this message.


Congrats!

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: Highlander on October 27, 2014, 02:30:47 PM

Envy from your lowland's cousin... :mrgreen:

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: OldManC on October 28, 2014, 04:37:39 PM

My first bass was an almost unplayable Kent Hollowbody. One of the newer Gibson hollows would be a nice nostalgia replacement.

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: Highlander on October 28, 2014, 05:16:08 PM

Mine was a Grenn EB2/Rivoli copy with a bolt on neck and action above the 12th that you could drive a truck through so +1 on the nostalgia...
Definitely up there on the wish list...

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: georgestrings on October 28, 2014, 05:37:43 PM

Would definitely like one of those - congrats, OP...


    - georgestrings

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: uwe on October 29, 2014, 05:01:31 AM

Quote from: OldManC on October 28, 2014, 04:37:39 PM

My first bass was an almost unplayable Kent Hollowbody. One of the newer Gibson hollows would be a nice nostalgia replacement.

And you never repaired that SB either.  :popcorn:

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: leftybass on October 29, 2014, 06:27:48 AM

Congrats! I love my red lefty.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/iamthebassman/photo5_zps3b4c6f3e.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/iamthebassman/media/photo5_zps3b4c6f3e.jpg.html)

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: uwe on October 29, 2014, 07:29:59 AM

Man, that is one phat G string there!  ;)

Seriously, this "upside down" approach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWkurH-MEtA

must affect your whole playing in a way that you should sound like pretty much no one else! I remember a Michael Schenker interview where he raved about the UFO-/MSG-rhythm guitarist/keyboardsmith Paul Raymond who strums a Non Rev Firebird like that (i.e. strings "righty", but played "lefty") saying that "everything that Paul plays sounds a little different because of him having the strings in the "wrong" sequence, I am always searching for that sound".

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: OldManC on October 29, 2014, 11:48:22 AM

Quote from: uwe on October 29, 2014, 05:01:31 AM

And you never repaired that SB either.  :popcorn:

True. It's totally playable as is and sounds good. It needs the bridge sorted way more than a new truss rod (the plastic saddles are disintegrating). I originally planned to route it out, paint it white, and add Thunderbird pickups but I grew to like the little ones in it and a few years ago saw a photo of one somebody sprayed seafoam green (I think) and it looked fantastic, so that's my eventual plan for this one.

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: uwe on October 29, 2014, 11:52:01 AM

I never forget.  :vader: :vader: :vader: :vader: :vader: :vader:

Title: Re: NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard
Post by: OldManC on October 29, 2014, 04:43:40 PM

Quote from: uwe on October 29, 2014, 11:52:01 AM

I never forget.  :vader: :vader: :vader: :vader: :vader: :vader:

 :mrgreen: