Hello, I am A Gibson Bass addict......

[Chris P.]

It's a nineties reissue. I have it. Haven't tried it out yet. It has a repaired neck break and the mudbucker is replaced by what seems to be a singlecoil. They put it nicely under the chrome cover. I have a spare Epiphone humbucker at home. I'll try it out first and then I'll decide what to do. It looks nice and I'll post pics soon!

[chromium]

Congrats, Chris.  I love the look of the RI in natural finish.  If that pickup doesn't work out, that might make a good candidate for one of those Artec mud-slingers!

My latest Gibbie is an, errm..., extended range bass!  Yeah that's the ticket!



SG Special... Unfaded

[Chris P.]

Nice SG!

I'll try her out tonight with the singecoil. A friend of mine's building an Artec in his Rivoli, so I'll wait for his experiences. And I still have this Epi mudbucker. I was surprised the Epi EB0 pup is a real sidewinder.

[Dave W]

I was surprised the Epi EB0 pup is a real sidewinder.

It is a real sidewinder, but it's definitely not like the old style sidewinders.

[ramone57]

I didn't care for the stock pup in the reissue rivoli too much.  while practicing, some days it seemed to sound alright and then others it just wasn't doing it for me.  in group settings, I was always sort of surprised that it managed to hold it's own in a mix as well as it did.  but I couldn't ever really embrace it's voice, so it had to go in favor of a model g.  the g is better but I have a mudbucker waiting to be installed.  it's a pretty low priority because the neck has some issues that limit how much I play it.  maybe you'll have a different experience, though, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

I've been a Gibson lover since way back when....I saw Jack Bruce with CREAM in 1968. Sad to report that I never saw Felix Pappalardi but I always loved that Gibson he played too so when I saw an IMMACULATE '53 Gibson EB with a Buy It Now button to push I tried to restrain myself by tellin' myself my 2 Fender Precisions were all I really need but couldn't resist & pushed that button! Yow~ 12k!
I know, I'm seriously addicted & I've been lookin' high & low trying to find LEFTY Gibsons but had to settle for a lefty Tokai Thunderbird & a lefty Greco EB3 & I've been playin' the HELL outa both of 'em!!
Oh~ & a Steinberger Spirit bass....nice little ax tooo
Finally next week I'll be playin' that '53 GIBSON made lefty & then I'll tell y'all how gooood it fokken feels to be a really strung out Gibson user.

[Barklessdog]

Be sure to post pics!