The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: OldManC on March 21, 2011, 04:48:53 PM
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I guess these are new?
http://www.samedaymusic.com/product--GIBBA11
The Gibson Les Paul Standard Bass is back! This classic returns with a bang and gives bassists a chance to experience what guitarists have enjoyed for decades. The oversized Les Paul mahogany body has been chambered and features a maple top and cream binding. Two T-Bird bass pickups pump out a powerfully warm tone with great clarity. Other features include a mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, bass TOM bridge and Stop Bar tailpiece, and Grover tuning keys. The Gibson Les Paul Standard Bass is only available for a limited time, so order yours today and experience the power of the Les Paul!
Gibson Limited Edition Les Paul Standard Bass Features
- Mahogany chambered body with maple top
- Cream binding for a classic and elegant look
- Mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard
- Two T-Bird pickups for a growling bass tone
- Vintage amber Top Hat volume and tone knobs
- Grover bass tuning keys
- Bass TOM bridge and Stop Bar tailpiece
Same Day Music is an authorized dealer of Gibson products.
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whoa! very,very kool!
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Yeah, it might be a while but I totally see one of these in my future. I like these a lot.
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I love the sunburst one!
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I kind of dig the Gold Top....................... ;D
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I saw these also, I'm thinking gold top :)
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I saw these also, I'm thinking gold top :)
The gold top is cool... got me thinking... 8)
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I see a gold top in Uwe's future. Finish and bridge.
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I love the look. Might be one for me if the neck is slimmer than before.
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I like the look of my Epi with the longer fretboard better. I'm not one for upper register wheedling, but I do actually use it to great effect. I'd love to compare one to mine with the Fralin T-Bird pickups. I also like the look of the three-point better and have had no problems with intonation at all. I do like the wraparound bar tailpiece much better than that nasty Warwick-looking thing they used to have.
My LP has become my go-to bass of late; those are strong words from a Fenderphile like me.
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Those are fricken' sexy, esp. the sunburst!
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Whoaaa!
Beautiful.
Especially the goldtop.
I like the bridge configuration.
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That Black Beauty is really cool. Though the Goldtop's not bad looking either. Haven't seen the bridges/stopbars before. Any info on them?
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I need a Goldtop too!
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Good to see they finally made it classic looking with the proper bridge. Also using rosewood instead of ebony fretboard. I like the Gold Top and black LP's look great too and even better in real life than pictured IMO. That said I'm set with my '05 Honeyburst. The Warwick bridge is, if not at all classic looking, a charm to work with. I also like the ebony board which make the bass growl in the upper register as well.
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Aw, how you can read my mind, ze Göldtöp bitte!!!
Only for the bridge of course.
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ABOUT DAMN TIME they get the bridge right. They should use those bridges on the current thunderbirds as well. FINALLY!!!
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I have to hand it to Henry, even if most models have been severely limited editions (by design or at the behest of the marketplace), Gibson has treated it's four (and five) string customers very well over the last few years.
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That bridge is unfortunately not "right" at all, it does not offer enough range for obsessive intonators like me (who want that D minor 7 chord in the 17th fret to still sound clean), all it enables is "just about right". It's the bridge known from the BFG bass and - alas - Dean basses. To think they discarded deutsche Ingeneurskunst for zis ... Himmler!!! ... Err, I meant "Himmel" of course!
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I wonder if a BadBird bridge would fit...
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Gold top is the coolest. They should have put three pickups on the Black Beauty.
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That bridge is unfortunately not "right" at all, it does not offer enough range for obsessive intonators like me (who want that D minor 7 chord in the 17th fret to still sound clean), all it enables is "just about right".
I'm not too sure about that Uwe. The angle under which the bridge is positioned should get it almost right if the saddles were all in line . And then the individual saddle travel offers enough fine tuning for perfect intonation. I don't see why this would work on each and every Les Paul guitar and not on a bass...
Unless of course you'd want to string the bass with a very uneven set of strings. Then you might need more saddle travel
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I'm not too sure about that Uwe. The angle under which the bridge is positioned should get it almost right if the saddles were all in line . And then the individual saddle travel offers enough fine tuning for perfect intonation. I don't see why this would work on each and every Les Paul guitar and not on a bass...
Unless of course you'd want to string the bass with a very uneven set of strings. Then you might need more saddle travel
Well said, all that is required is to properly locate the bridge...assuming of course the builder knows how to do that. Judging by the 1963 attempt left uncorrected through 1967 I'm not sure Gibson has that ability. :rolleyes:
I'll be installing Tonepro studs and a Badbird bridge on Scott's JAEbird. First I'm gonna get trashed, lose my glasses and cut 1/4 inch off the tape measure to simulate Factory conditions.
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Watch your fingers!
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I'll be installing Tonepro studs and a Badbird bridge on Scott's JAEbird. First I'm gonna get trashed, lose my glasses and cut 1/4 inch off the tape measure to simulate Factory conditions.
Be sure to do it on a Monday morning or Friday afternoon.
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Be sure to do it on a Monday morning or Friday afternoon.
Luckily it's evening as I read that or I'd be cleaning my new keyboard. ;D
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A regular 105-45 set could not be intonated perfectly on my BFG because the saddle travel is minimal and not much more than on a guitar with its thinner strings (not that 9 out of 10 guitarists even have the faintest grasp what intonation is). Same thing on the - structualrally similar - Dean bridges by the way. It won't get you kicked out of a studio, but it's not as good as it could be. Form over function. Unlike the here so much derided three point which offers perfect intonation.
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Nice looking bass! That neck-position pickup looks like it's in a pretty good spot. Now if only they had left off the other pickup! ;D
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A regular 105-45 set could not be intonated perfectly on my BFG because the saddle travel is minimal and not much more than on a guitar with its thinner strings (not that 9 out of 10 guitarists even have the faintest grasp what intonation is). Same thing on the - structurally similar - Dean bridges by the way. It won't get you kicked out of a studio, but it's not as good as it could be. Form over function. Unlike the here so much derided three point which offers perfect intonation.
You could retro fit it with the brilliant german engineered one?
;)
They really took a step backward with the bridge, functionally (the German in me) speaking. There is no adjustment it can't do. Great bridge.
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You could retro fit it with the brilliant german engineered one?
That would involve major routing.
Again I'd vote for the Duesenberg two point bridge if you might feel the urge to replace the bridge. No routing involved.
(http://www.duesenbergusa.com/store/image/cache/data/IMG_1803-500x500.jpg)
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While you guys obsess over the bridge, I'll wait to get a report on weight. I suspect it will come with its own Little Doctor Truss.
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You could retro fit it with the brilliant german engineered one?
;)
They really took a step backward with the bridge, functionally (the German in me) speaking. There is no adjustment it can't do. Great bridge.
Hang on. Isn't Uwe supposed to be collecting this for the bridge? So he can't change it.
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Hang on. Isn't Uwe supposed to be collecting this for the bridge? So he can't change it.
Well, it does have a rosewood board... ;D
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Looks like a Wilkinson tuneamatic/tailpiece combo. Allparts used to carry them but discontinued this year.
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It has an oversized body. I'm curious how big. Were the older LPB's similar to a guitar in size?
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Yes, guitar size. Not sure this is larger though. The BFG wasn't, it just looked that way.
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We all know ...................... Size Matters ;)
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We all know ...................... Size Matters ;)
...until you play one of the Waterstone TP 12'er's which do have an oversized LP-shaped body. They're hollow, so you get a bass that neckdives like crazy whose body feels as big as an acoustic guitar. I'll bet mine comes close to 20 lbs, no joke.
It's like my wife always says:" You've got to be really in the mood for that big beastie." :mrgreen:
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I love the look. Might be one for me if the neck is slimmer than before.
profile the neck you have of mine and finish/change the neck on your blank Paul to its contour.
nice thread, i missed being able to get online = hopefully all fixed now but i have some catching up to do in here.
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Hang on. Isn't Uwe supposed to be collecting this for the bridge? So he can't change it.
Arrrgh, such burning, slicing and even devastating logic!!!!
It adds to the inherent "guitardishness" of the thing. But it could have been worse ... think two-point!
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