Gibson SB350 Bass

[uwe]

says the man that kollected all 4 variations 

Just trying to fend off competition from "my" market!!!

[Dave W]

I don't see why a set neck SG shape bass with alder body and maple neck should automatically sound "deader" than an all maho EB with a pup (or a maho body one with a maple neck) that only picks up the bottom quarter of the frequency spectrum anyway.

It was a tough assignment, but Gibson managed to pull it off. 

Those Melody Maker pickups sure had plenty of top end in a guitar.

[uwe]

But the Melody Maker guitar pups don't sound thin at all on the SB 300 and 400 models - thanks to the positioning right behind the neck and in the middle of the body. If anything they have more ooomph than the later humbuckers of the SB 350/450 series (those offered more midbite though).

But I see defending the SB series is a lost cause with you! 

[Dave W]

I didn't say they sounded thin. I was just countering what you said about them only picking up the bottom quarter of the frequency spectrum.

Lost cause? You never know, I might someday find an SB300 with magic tone and buy it. Until then, I can only go by the few SB series I've heard and played.

[uwe]

"I don't see why a set neck SG shape bass with alder body and maple neck should automatically sound "deader" than an all maho EB with a pup (or a maho body one with a maple neck) that only picks up the bottom quarter of the frequency spectrum anyway."

With all due respect, Herr Moderator, that "with a pup" was referring to the mudbucker EBs come with not the Melody Maker guitar pups of the 300/400 or the humbuckers of the 350/450 series!!! The latter pups pick up the full frequency spectrum nicely, in fact the charm of the 300/400 series is the purity and eveness of the single coil all across the bass' frequency spectrum. Solely the mudbucker is the frequency bottom dweller.

[Dave W]

Sorry. Your explanation was muddy. 

P.S. I do like the single coils of the SB300/400 better than the SB350/450 buckers. But that's not saying much.

[uwe]

Sorry. Your explanation was muddy. 

That excuse sounds dead to me.