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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: marcnorth on February 04, 2008, 11:57:38 AM
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Just bought this one this morning and was able to go pick it up right after I bought it.
Cool bass, it will go good with my white reissue.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-SG-Supreme-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ280198181367QQihZ018QQcategoryZ64402QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Congratulations! Uwe had linked to the auction in this thread: http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=122.0. Glad to see one of us snagged it.
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The link he posted was the other one the same guy had posted at the first of the month. He said he had 2 of them.
He just posted this one this morning. I would like to have one of the fireburst ones too. If they stay that low I'll have to pick one up.
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So you bought the bass I was looking at!!!
I went home to talk to my boss about letting me buy it and was going to push the button and it was gone!
Thank you! I was going to butcher it anyway. I was going to transplant the guts of my EB-0 project bass and even put a kahler on it (somewhere in Germany a lawyer spits coffee all over his computer screen)!
I really don't need another bass, at this point. I still have the Lakland DPLEIII headed to me in January
Next I will get an LP triumph, put a Bigsby on it and cut away the lower horn for upper fret access (Somewhere in the Netherlands Rob spits coffee all over his computer screen)!
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I have another custom ordered Hamer double cut in process so I really didn't need to spend the money either but it's hard to resist at that price.
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it's hard to resist at that price.
Agreed, you can't go wrong. That's $100 less than a faded SG Reissue.
Stupid deals you have to snag fast.
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Great score~ she's a beaut! Congrats!
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Congrats! I was even tempted by that one, but I'm making progress - I exercised restraint! :) I especially like it, since it reminds me of what the offspring of two of my personal favorites might look like:
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/orangegibson2.jpg)
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/alembic/DSCF1019.jpg)
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Congratulations Marc! That's a steal. A question about the white SG RI. All pics I've seen of them seems to show they have ebony fretboards. True?
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Congratulations Marc! That's a steal. A question about the white SG RI. All pics I've seen of them seems to show they have ebony fretboards. True?
Thanks, my white SG RI has a rosewood fretboard, it seems to be darker in color but it's not ebony.
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Ok thanks. Maybe the contrast is decieveing after all. I did compare pics between whites and other finished SG's taken by the same seller at same location and no matter how I looked at it I would think the whites had ebony fretboards just like the white T'birds have. Oh well.
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Naw, it's rosewood alright (which I actually prefer to ebony) on the SG Supreme. A steal of a buy and a very fine bass. The whole SG RI line was one fine creation, but the GoW Supremes really add something with that thick maple top which gives them more edge and attack.
Uwe
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Nice score! There really are some great prices showing up on new Gibson's lately.
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Great score! I saw that while I've been hunting for an SGR, cuz I tried one of these at GC a couple of weeks ago and was very impressed - so I picked up this Caribbean Blue one from Bizarre Guitars....should arrive this week. These are way underrated imo, great basses for the $$$
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/AmpegKat/88a3_1.jpg)
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They are great sounding basses. I picked up a Supreme version in December based on the good reviews form members of this forum. Plays and sounds fantastic. Quality wise was very good except for one significant escape from the factory. Three of the four screws mounting one of the tuners were never installed. Still, possibly the best short scale bass Gibson has ever built.
Reid
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I never heard how Jules likes his Blue boy?
I have a question for Uwe- Do you notice a difference in sound from the Tequila sunrise and the natural flame maple SG, or do they sound identical?
I 'm going to have to get one now and Work it out somehow?
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Both sound similar, but the Tequila Sunrise/Fireburst is a bit more "there" which I,
needless to say, solely attribute to the difference in the fins ... :o, I meant to say the strings on the Tequila are still fresher.
Compared to the SG RI, they both have a certain "boney" characteristic that mixes with the mahogany warmth and makes them even more versatile.
I make a bet right here and now that if you buy an SG Supreme you will not bring it over you to pluck it apart for your white Pitbull equipped resurrection. You will be converted. Amen.
Uwe
PS: Overall, the Supreme Satin Fin looks more valuable and tasteful than the garish Tequila even though the latter's fin is well applied. But it does have a bit of a lollypop.
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make a bet right here and now that if you buy an SG Supreme you will not bring it over you to pluck it apart for your white Pitbull equipped resurrection. You will be converted. Amen.
I think you are right, I'm sure that the Sg Reissue would just be another color for the Gibson sonic palette. Although I have a Kahler sitting here unattached to a bass.
I should have just snagged the bass instead of figuring out how to pay for it & clearing it with the boss. You snooze, you loose.
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The Kahler on a short scale - less tension - does of course offer new dimensions ...
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You can go the other way you know?
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I should have just snagged the bass instead of figuring out how to pay for it & clearing it with the boss. You snooze, you loose.
You might have noticed this already, but there have been a few of these up from the same seller:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-SG-Supreme-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ280198181367QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280198181367
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-SG-Supreme-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ320214453645QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320214453645
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-SG-Supreme-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ320214039340QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320214039340
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-SG-Supreme-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ260208371118QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260208371118
Maybe send him a message and see if he will list another one for you to BIN!
If you are seriously considering transplanting the guts from your white EB, selling the remainder of it would probably offset a lot of the cost of the SG (you know how project guitars always seem to get bid up on Ebay). If you are like me, however, you'll probably find reasons to justify keeping both basses :)
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I agree with Uwe, Why not have two basses instead of combining them into one?
I will at least have to try it out for a while to see if I really like it, before I did anything to it. Also I PM'd him and he said he might be getting some more in.
$699 is hard to pass up for a limited edition bass that cost less than the basement budget faded (Which I still like in cherry)
This is what I really wanted to do-
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/1972bass.jpg)
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Are you able to get the action really low on them with the three point?
is this a new Short scale three point bridge?
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No worries there, there is plenty of room. If you screwed the 3 point all the way down on an SG RI, the strings would be dangling on the fretboard. They adjusted fretboard height and bridge height just right, something that has not been true for all three point equipped basses in the past, both my Blackbird and my LP Sig were misaligned in that sense.
Uwe
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Thanks for the heads-up on the SG Supreme for $699! I sniped one last night. Woohoo!!!!
I just noticed that Musician's Friend is clearing out the Canary Yellow and Coral Pink one's: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gibson-SG-Reissue-4String-Bass?sku=517540
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Congratulations on snagging one! I keep thinking about it since the maple should give it more punch than an all mahogany short scale. Maybe. Just maybe.
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I am dying for a white SG RI the 929 BIN is tempting me but I still have a Hiwatt deal in the wings. To be honest I never should have bought that Jazz bass, no matter what I do I just can't make it work, beautiful piece of work though.
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Congratulations on snagging one! I keep thinking about it since the maple should give it more punch than an all mahogany short scale. Maybe. Just maybe.
Thanks, Dave. I can't wait to play it. I ran into some financial trouble last year and had to sell my heritage cherry SG. I missed it immediately.
Now I need to sell something. My Greco T-Bird isn't getting a lot of love, so it's probably going to be next on the chopping block.
I'll post my opinion of how it compares to my old SG.
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Congratulations on snagging one! I keep thinking about it since the maple should give it more punch than an all mahogany short scale. Maybe. Just maybe.
Course it does. It's not just a maple veneer, but half the body is (sandwich) maple, so the SG Supreme has audibly more cut and focus than an SG RI.
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I realize that. But I'm still on the fence.