The Last Bass Outpost

I'm in for a book 

Me playing my SG, sorry for the bad iPhone video  go to the 1 min. mark to see the Gibson and in the end  it is in Danish by the way

http://youtu.be/Luj8982K7-Y?list=FLd8jYK6f0QPXmlY8yweDbYQ

Quote from: uwe on October 10, 2012, 08:33:04 AM
Finally someone admits to slapping here, errrm, thumbs up you brave minority!  
 

Just went back to my youth, seeing the music man like pickups, used to play Funk in the 80th (even used tape on the thump ). Now it is all old Hippie Rock on my SG With Flats and Tube overdrive   but I would love to, one day to be on a stage and play funk fusion on a Gibson  

Me to like the natural best, looking forward to a review of the sound, if it is modern sounding, read, can you get a decent modern slap sound out of it, and the difference between humbucker and singlecoil mode.

Just released today













http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Bass/Gibson-USA/EB-Bass.aspx

Hi!

Thank you for all your input about Gibson and slap bass, not that I plan to start a new career  as a slap bass player again, but after I have fallen in love with Gibson basses I was just very curious about it's ability to play this genre, because I have never seen any serious funk player use a gibson (apart from the guy on the EB-2 from Finland )
Best "modern" Gibson sound I have heard is Ralph Armstrong playing on Enigmatic Ocean and Live with Jean-Luc Ponty. If you have not heard them give them a listen, I think he uses a G3.

Is there a Gibson that has a particular good  slap sound? I have 2 Gibson basses and I love them, but in the 80' I used to play funk on a Music Man Sting Ray. These days I play mostly hippie 60' style on my Gibson SG standard and EB 2 and they sound so much "no Funk" as a Bass can sound, but perfect for the music I play now. Is there any Gibsons that has this funky bite like a Jazz Bass or Music Man?

Hi!

I can recomend you to try the Tech 21 VT Bass Pedal if you have a solid state amp, it works wonders to the sound, it is a SVT emulator, I use it all the time on my Gallien Krueger amp/Mesa Boogie cab setup, It can make everything from deep warm to heavy distorted tube sounds.

Is there a difference in sound between the middle and the right Gibsons? I believe the one to the right is with a maple top and not all mahogany as the Standard in the middle.

I have this minute measured my SG Bass, it is exactly 30,5#

Hi Folks!

My name is Anders and I am new to this great forum, no need to say I love Gibson basses so it was a relief to find this forum.  

here is some pix of me:

first up in my "young" days playing a Music Man Cutlass 1 this pix is from 1984


this is from around 2006 with my Gibson EB 2


and last from 2010 playing my Gibson SG Standard Bass