The Last Bass Outpost

I was at a local music store about ten years ago or so, & they had three sets of Gibson NOS bass strings from the sixties, probably the sets made after the orange box. One set was normal, one flat wound and the other black vinyl coated flat wounds. All short scale of course! I'll post a picture if I can remember where I stuck them.

I had mine 35 years ago at a time when you stayed in the hospital for a week afterward. A co worker had his done orthoscopicaly (spelling?), they punctured his colon, he had to be opened up also, everything taken out, cleaned and put back. He's lucky to be alive!

Here is another one, it is listed as being for a 1992 Les Paul Bass.................  

http://cgi.ebay.com/1992-Gibson-Les-Paul-Bass-Guitar-Hard-Case-/330477215876?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4cf1fa2084

I've got all Plant's solo stuff so I got this one too.

I gotta tell ya that after my first run thru I ain't diggin' it much; it's probly his weakest solo effort yet & of all his catalog only his album with Page called Walking into Clarksdale is worse.

I've got Walking into Clarksdale. I had a tough time listening to it the one time I tried.   

Mine is the Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior. Unfortunately none of my personal photos are scanned.

My wife & I just returned from a couple days in Duluth last weekend!

Why do I still want a EBS-1250, an EB-6, a Thunderbird & a white LP Triumph?      I think I need a second job................

Here is my little herd. After looking at Uwe's list, I don't feel so compulsive anymore!

1959 Gibson EB-2
1964 Gibson EB-0F
1967 Gibson EB-2C
1968 Gibson EB-2DC
1968 Gibson EB-0
1969 Gibson EB-3
1969 Gibson EB-1
1970 Gibson Les Paul Bass
1972 Gibson EB-4L
1972 Gibson Les Paul Triumph
1973 Gibson Les Paul Triumph
1974 Gibson Les Paul Signature Bass
1978 Gibson RD Artist Bass
1987 Gibson 20/20
20?? S102 Acoustic Bass

I wonder if anybody has ever tried a low impedance mudbucker...   A stacked humbucker with the same gage wire as the Les Paul Bass, only sideways.    The mudbucker cover is big enough to cover a massive coil, and it can be made adaptable to go in any of the EB series basses.... It may not sound exactly the same, but it might be interesting! There may even be enough room for the coils to be positioned normaly, if the shape is slighly altered.