New EB2

[copacetic]

Hmmm..long scale, semi hollow bodied ES-335 Gibson bass w/ TB+ pups. That has my interest. Even the chrome bridge makes sense here. Having offed my 2 '66, 1x'67 and '96 Guild SF's last year to Gruhn's I was in the market for a semi hoolow body that suited my taste having always loved that 335 bdy shape. Tobacco SB for me.

[fur85]

Another picture and confirmation of 34" scale.

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2013/Feb/GALLERY_NAMM_2013_Day_4.aspx?Page=27&#gallery

[neepheid]

Another picture and confirmation of 34" scale.

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2013/Feb/GALLERY_NAMM_2013_Day_4.aspx?Page=27&#gallery

Yet they also claim it has 24 frets?  Can't people count any more?

[ilan]

And suddenly I see another 335-bodied cherry Gibson bass in my future...  this time NO mudbucker! And I have nothing against the 3-point bridge.

If these are the same pickups they put in the SG basses under the retro-looking covers, I think it's a winner.

Just a bit worried about the neck dive. So I'll wait for a review.

What do you think the street price will be?

12 years ago... my incredibly beautiful-but-sounding-like-crap '68 EB2C Sparkling Burgundy - the only Gibson bass I ever had:

[uwe]

Another picture and confirmation of 34" scale.

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2013/Feb/GALLERY_NAMM_2013_Day_4.aspx?Page=27&#gallery

"Gibson ES-335 Bass
 
For the first time in nearly 50 years, Gibson has once again created a totally rad ES-335 semi-hollowbody bass. It features a 34" scale, 24 frets, humbuckers, and a historically accurate 3-point bridge."

  That will cause some controversy here I fear ...

[uwe]

And suddenly I see another 335-bodied cherry Gibson bass in my future...  this time NO mudbucker! And I have nothing against the 3-point bridge.

If these are the same pickups they put in the SG basses under the retro-looking covers, I think it's a winner.

Just a bit worried about the neck dive. So I'll wait for a review.

What do you think the street price will be?

12 years ago... my incredibly beautiful-but-sounding-like-crap '68 EB2C Sparkling Burgundy - the only Gibson bass I ever had:

You don't look happy with it either on that pic, Ilan! 

[uwe]

As usual, German reconnaissance is best,



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So the black one is actually the budget version. Still looks a bit like a custom hollowbody for James Hetfield to me.

[ilan]

You don't look happy with it either on that pic, Ilan!

Nah, that's just my guitar face. 

[Dave W]

"Gibson ES-335 Bass
 
For the first time in nearly 50 years, Gibson has once again created a totally rad ES-335 semi-hollowbody bass. It features a 34" scale, 24 frets, humbuckers, and a historically accurate 3-point bridge."

  That will cause some controversy here I fear ...

Did the last year of the EB-2 have a three-point?

Even the 50 years is off. No matter, with different scale length and pickups, it's not meant to be a reissue.

[uwe]

I've never seen a three point EB-2 (but the Jap Rivoli's had them), but I wouldn't rule it out that a few still crept from the production line after Gibson had wisely superseded the vile two point with the holy trinity around middle of 1973. Honest Jules' site says that an October 1972 price list was the last mention of the EB-2. By 1973 the LP Sig was Gibson's new hollowbody and those all came with the holy trinity, I dare guess that any late EB-2 built around that time would have been spoiled with it too, why go back to something so obviously failed as the dastardly two point? 

[uwe]

Nah, that's just my guitar face. 

I know. Peolple always say that about my face too when playing bass, they say I look grim. 

[saltymonkey]

Holy trinity or Tyburn Triple Tree?  

[Grog]

What we need here is compromise, a three point with nylon saddles....................

[uwe]

That's nothing new, both the mid-seventies EB 350ies/450ies and the Triumph had those. My hunch is that they used those on the first three-points overall (as they had done one the two points) and only later reverted to metal saddles. I don't mind either way.

[Highlander]

I have a hunch...