Author Topic: 60s Rivoli reissue on the way?  (Read 9999 times)

leftybass

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Re: 60s Rivoli reissue on the way?
« Reply #30 on: April 13, 2011, 10:44:54 AM »
I've got a 60s Gibson EB-2 and a 90s Epi Rivoli reissue, but lately I've been digging this:





32" scale but fits in an EB-2 case 'cause the bridge is set further back, so the bass is the same size as an EB-2/Rivoli.
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Re: 60s Rivoli reissue on the way?
« Reply #31 on: April 13, 2011, 06:23:52 PM »
Love that bass, both soundwise and concerning your way of playing, both in style and your choice of playing close to the neck pup. Gives such a nice groove.

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Re: 60s Rivoli reissue on the way?
« Reply #32 on: April 14, 2011, 04:48:21 AM »
Looks like a modded EB-2D.  Rear pup looks like a DiMarzio, although it may be a homebrew variant if the vid predeates the model one.  It has two rows of poles, like the lead pup. That one is not a DiMarzio, which leads me to suspect homebrew futzing.

The video dates from 1978, the Model One was introduced in 1976, so it could be a Dimarzio.