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Gibson Basses / Re: Does anyone here care about 5 strings?
« on: July 09, 2013, 09:15:44 AM »
I keep thinking I should have a Studio 5er 'Bird
But I'm not paying the 6k ebay idiot!
Nor you need to. Trade one of yours with mine
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I keep thinking I should have a Studio 5er 'Bird
But I'm not paying the 6k ebay idiot!
The mind (my mind at least) is a funny thing. When I held my first Gibson TBird in hand in 1998, I was horrified at the wavy kitchen brush paint job with dents in the wood and all. These days I like that and rate high gloss ultra-even finishes as cheap along the lines of "what are they hiding underneath it?"
Unfortunately, the small market that there is for an authentic T-bird won't be truly happy with anything that Gibson puts out
I haven't heard the Midtown yet, but comparing it to the Casady is apples to oranges, really. The Casady is traditional semi-hollow construction, the Midtown is a chambered solidbody. The Casady has that special circuit with the low impedance pickup and varitone, the Midtown has traditional passive Gibson electronics.
I had a studio 'Bird with a cherry finish. It's tone reminded me of a Fender Precision. Very deep sound. The finish was very sleek and it played beautifully. I loved it, but later traded it for a white Gibson Thunderbird standard.