Sound test- very Fenderish (surprise)
With a fresh set of rounds and the gain on the SVT up higher than I usually have I could reproduce that sound with my RD Sauna no sweat. Bit of Ric in there too, but the RDs were always closer in sound to a Fender or Ric than to a TBird. Their looks belied.
So is that the way of the future for Gibson then, bringing out lots of new bass models - this would be number 5 (Hobbitbird, Junior, pregnant LP, Explorer and now this here, Shavo Signature and possibly coming Flying V bass not yet counted) within a year - in smaller numbers to gratify collectors and niche people? I wouldn't have thought I'd see the day. Let's face it, Gibson essentially lost the bass battle as early as the fifties, regained some ground in the sixties and early seventies and by the eighties, nineties, noughties and today was back to being a niche and esoteric producer of basses again. If they now highlight exact that image they at least flaunt what they've already got.
