So, are we definitely getting NO basses at all in 2016?

[Basvarken]

No. That's the Holy Grail. The Continental. The bass they never built. The one Uwe ordered. But never received...
And it looks like the new EB, yes. :-)

[uwe]

Some wounds just don't heal. 

[Highlander]

Not that we'd ever poke the wounds...



Incredibly, its spec still shows up on Gibson's Archive pages... go figure...
IIRC, Uwe actually saw one at a show...

[BTL]

No. That's the Holy Grail. The Continental. The bass they never built. The one Uwe ordered. But never received...
And it looks like the new EB, yes. :-)

Interesting...the Continental V I found looks very different:

http://archive.gibson.com/Files/USA_PDFs/Data_ContinentalV_bass.pdf



...vs. the Gibson BAV4NABC1 V Series 4-String Bass Guitar - Natural

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gibson-BAV4NABC1-4-String-Bass-Guitar/dp/B00NAVUWEK



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gibson-BAV4NABC1-4-String-Bass-Guitar/dp/B00NAVUWEK

[Basvarken]

Oops. Must have had a brain fart!

I stand corrected 

[Dave W]

Ah, how could we forget the ill-fated 2015 Gibson V-Bass that apparently never got past the modeling stage. It got dumped with the rest of the 2015 Gibson sales fiasco. Lucky for Gibson that it did, Uwe would probably have been the only buyer at the announced $4K price.

Its body shape does look close to the new 2017 EB Bass.

In case anyone doesn't already know, the T notation of the new bass (2017 Gibson EB Bass T) means Traditional. After the 2015 fiasco, the 2015 Gibson USA guitar line was divided into T and HP models.  The HP stands for high performance, meaning it includes the widely hated G-Force tuner and so-called zero fret nut. I notice that none of the 2017 Gibsons on Guitar Center's site are HP models.

[planetgaffnet]

Ah, how could we forget the ill-fated 2015 Gibson V-Bass that apparently never got past the modeling stage. It got dumped with the rest of the 2015 Gibson sales fiasco. Lucky for Gibson that it did, Uwe would probably have been the only buyer at the announced $4K price.

Its body shape does look close to the new 2017 EB Bass.

In case anyone doesn't already know, the T notation of the new bass (2017 Gibson EB Bass T) means Traditional. After the 2015 fiasco, the 2015 Gibson USA guitar line was divided into T and HP models.  The HP stands for high performance, meaning it includes the widely hated G-Force tuner and so-called zero fret nut. I notice that none of the 2017 Gibsons on Guitar Center's site are HP models.

Dave, you're wrong.  HP means higher priced.

[BTL]

I had never seen either.

The Gibson BAV4NABC1 looked like a new model, so I was very curious.

[uwe]

This thread about my missed chances of enlarging Ze Köllekshün is getting increasingly burdensome for me to read! 

[Dave W]

Dave, you're wrong.  HP means higher priced.

That too!

I had never seen either.

The Gibson BAV4NABC1 looked like a new model, so I was very curious.

The Continental V was actually built in 2006, Uwe saw one at Musikmesse and held it in his hands (unless he was hallucinating). It's possible that Gibson made more than one, but AFAIK no store actually had one in stock and available to buy. Uwe is still sad over this.

The BAV4NABC1 was announced as the 2015 V-Bass, although no one outside Gibson seems to know why. No evidence it ever went beyond a photo mockup.

[uwe]

I had a hun(ch) even back then something might go wrong. I actually asked them at the booth whether they would sell it after the fair - of course they wouldn't, claiming they still needed it at other fairs. Bullenscheiße, I know where it went ...



I should have confiscated it then and there - German style. Hesitation at the wrong moment always h(a)un(t)s you ...

[the mojo hobo]

This thread about my missed chances of enlarging Ze Köllekshün is getting increasingly burdensome for me to read! 

Look at the bright side. You now have 2 chances to add to Ze Köllekshün, a 4 string and a 5 string.

[Highlander]

Having a "complete-set" would be the breaking of Herr Hornung... nothing to do but wander the halls wailing, "I haff nothing to live for...!"

We must have challenges to make life worth living...

[godofthunder]

      I spoke with a couple of the Gibson reps the other week their line of BS was due to a over stock of existing models there would be no new models until 2017.

[Dave W]

      I spoke with a couple of the Gibson reps the other week their line of BS was due to a over stock of existing models there would be no new models until 2017.

I doubt that it's BS. They may not have that many 2013-2015 basses but from what I hear they still have excess inventory from the 2015 sales disaster. Gibson being Gibson, that probably means basses would be low priority.

Besides, the new EB Basses are 2017 models. Like the other announced 2017 models, they should be in stock next month.