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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: ampang on February 04, 2008, 04:00:25 AM

Title: LP spezial
Post by: ampang on February 04, 2008, 04:00:25 AM

Here Uwe is definitely required..

from your homeland comes this:

http://cgi.ebay.de/Gibson-Les-Paul-Spezial-Bass-5-Saiter-Raritaet_W0QQitemZ150211585809QQihZ005QQcategoryZ87486QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

that looks really interesting..I have tried a babel fish translation to get the basic meaning of description but i'm not sure about what I' have undrstood.

Any comment on this beast...for sure it looks sexy, but how about the sound?

Title: Re: LP spezial
Post by: uwe on February 04, 2008, 05:03:19 AM

It's just an off -the-rack regular LP Special in 5 string version - I have it in black/ebony. White was a standard color of these beasts. TB Plus with Bart TCT circuit. They have a mighty sound, a bit too mighty even for my taste.

Uwe

Title: Re: LP spezial
Post by: Barklessdog on February 04, 2008, 12:55:39 PM

I have never seen a fiver in white. That's pretty rare. They almost always turn up in black (5 strings), except for Uwe's stunning amber one.

Title: Re: LP spezial
Post by: doombass on February 04, 2008, 01:06:29 PM

I've seen three of these for sale in Sweden the last couple of years. Two white, one black.

Title: Re: LP spezial
Post by: uwe on February 04, 2008, 02:30:41 PM

Quote from: Barklessdog on February 04, 2008, 12:55:39 PM

I have never seen a fiver in white. That's pretty rare. They almost always turn up in black (5 strings), except for Uwe's stunning amber one.

The amber one with the tiger stripes is a DeLuxe with Bart pups, not the Special with the TB Plus.

Even the original LP Special 5 string pic on the Gibson site showed a white specimen. I agree that it looks better than black though which is kind of non-descript on a flat top bass. A black Standard would be something though!

Uwe