2020 20/20 Reissue, Where are you????

[tore00]

My 20/20 project is struck in Milan while I am waiting in Southern Italy that the mess passes.

[Grog]

We need a 2020 20/20 reissue, Corona Edition. We had the biggest one day stock drop since the first 20/20 came out in 1987. Coincidence? I think not! Seriously, my best to all LBO’ers around the world, that they may be safe during this outbreak & that it passes quickly.....

[tore00]

No please, call as you want but I do not want hear of corona anymore in my life: beers, basses, royal symbols…. never again

[slinkp]

I'll still listen to the Minutemen song by that name... But will respectfully refrain from posting it given how much the subject is wearing me down too. Much stress in my home and across my whole world, work and family and online contacts, everyone. It's a tough scary time.

[uwe]

No please, call as you want but I do not want hear of corona anymore in my life: beers, basses, royal symbols…. never again

Never a friend of the original name, I'd opt for something contemporary: The Virus.

[Pilgrim]

Never a friend of the original name, I'd opt for something contemporary: The Virus.

I wonder how many new bands just adopted that name?

[Basvarken]

Look what I just scored:



Should I build a bass around it?
What am I going to call it with just one pickup?
10/10?

[4stringer77]

Throw it in a project EB-0 missing the original pickup and call it an EB-20.

[Dave W]

I'd save it for a rainy day. No need to rush into a project, for all you know, you may find a 20/20 in need of one.

[Basvarken]

That's probably the best idea Dave 

[Highlander]

Avoiding 20/20, hindsight...?

[Grog]

A 20/20 Jr, with the pickup in the “Sweet Spot”........ They must have anticipated producing quite a few more basses than they did. Quite a few NOS pickups have showed up on eBay in the last 20 years, many of the sellers not knowing what they had.

[ilan]

Are they good pickups?

[Basvarken]

My 20/20 sounds fantastic. So I guess I think they're great (for this bass)

[Grog]

A former employee of the Gibson Nashville plant has a "Where are they now?" thread on the Les Paul Forum. I asked him if he remembered the 20/20 bass....

Re: Where are they now...
Quote Originally Posted by Grog

Randy, Do you recall any info on the Gibson 20/20 Bass? Ned Steinberger designed it shortly after Gibson acquired his company. They were produced in low numbers in 1987. We think somewhere between 50 to 100 basses were sold. Being somewhat Fugly, they didn’t really sell well, but it was an interesting piece of Gibson’s history of making basses.

Yes I do remember the 20/20. Barely. They were so un-impressive I believe 100 being sold may be too high.
IMO, they weren't much more than a "flavor of the month" before they disappeared.