Okay, guys, I'll get this back on track again, after laughing my ass of for some minutes
A summary:
In the UK it's apparently priced at 1.399 pounds, which is quite an okay price, having in mind ony 350 are made. The magazine does point out that you can score an original '70s version for 800 pounds.
The first things they mention is the 'silky satin ebony overcoat' and the huge size. About the neck they mention: 'Rather than super slim and fast, the maple neck is a model of comfort and playability and feels very classy under the hand.
The reviewer thinks the headstock is a bit too large, the bridge is well adjustable, but you need too many different gauges of screwdrivers to adjust it.
Of course they add some question marks to the sliding pick up:
'When Gibson says it can be moved 'between the end of the neck and the bridge', what they mean is that it will slide over a distance of about 95mm in a section in the middle of the body...'
The again Gibson as we know and love it:
'It isn't hard to adjust: you only need to loosen the four retaining screws and the pick up will slide quite easily. However, on our review model moving it closer to the neck resulted in the strings choking out on the pick up as it's been factory-set a little too proud of the body for comfortabe clearance.'
'With the humbucker slid to the 'bridge' position and the tone knob on maximum treble you get a lively, growly sound with a beautiful chiming, paion-like edge to the bottom end that's packed with harmonics. There's a solid feel to notes on thinner strings, with a well balanced midrange producing a sharply defined note - more than fat enough for grooving along, but it'll also cut through effortlessly, although in a manner that may be a tad lively for some. Nudging the pick up 15mm closer to the neck (all that's possibe without lowering the pick up) adds a noticaby sily width to proceedings. We're not sure you'd want to perform this adjustment on the fly. It really is a 'set and forget' affair.'
'A much easier way to sanitise the lively rock tone of the near bridge position is to back off the tone to 6. There's less harmonic fizz. Dialling the tone down to 4 gives a fat rootsy sound, great for filling space.'
'All kinds of players will find a suitabe sound.'
'Sound-wise it's meat-and-potatoes stuff, but of a very high quality, with lively width and decent, practical tonal varioations, which head into P-Bass direction, but the chiming note edge is married to a well-realised bottom end that sets this 1970s Gibson reissue apart from the legions of basses out there.'
Build Quality: 17/20
Playability: 18/20
Sound: 17/20
Value For Money: 15/20
Vibe: 16/20
Total: 83%
Good for: Retro rock and pop.
ook elsewhere for: Contemporary active sounds or a more conservative headstock.
I typed this quite fast so my apologies for some errors.
