"Why Bass Players Choose Gibson ..." (Warning: inane content)

[OldManC]

I play Gibson:

I really like Thunderbird necks, I really, really like Thunderbird necks.
I love how all the different ones I have sound, big, f*%king clanky, angry pianos, with widely varying degrees of f%7king angry clankyness.
God help me I love how they look - Nothing else even comes close to *right* for me -  Ughhhhh, no 7ender will ever *do* for this Gurl 

(As far as the question of why.) /thread

[Granny Gremlin]

OMG I forgot the necks - going back for an edit.  I blame the fever.

[66Atlas]

Sound, feel, classic looks, sound... sound...I can put up with some wonky finishes I guess.  And they're the only basses that offer the majestic 3-point  .   or used to at least.

[Dave W]

Yep, you have to love the looks and tone of any particular Gibson model to want it. But most of her article has nothing to do with that.

[mc2NY]

Most of the popular Gibson Bass models are flat slab bodies.....easy to stand your beer on when they are laying one the ground.

More seriously, from the early days of rock, it was always Gibson if you wanted a bass that wasn't a bolt-on neck....Fender if you did.  That just carried over from the 60s for those who looked at photos of the basses their favorite bassists played.

That article was garbage. Maybe she did it to trade out for her new Gibson Bass ?

[westen44]

No, she got an Epi-EBO.  Maybe if they had given her a Gibson SG, the article would have been better.  I did find out, though, from the article that there's a band named Crobot. 

[exiledarchangel]

I play Gibson Epis cause of the neck profile! Well, the updated TB+ pickups didnt hurt either, but I REALLY love the neck. It's the only bass I can play in the dark and wont sound out of tune cause of me hitting the wrong frets most of the time. Also because it is cool. Very cool. Beyond coolness. Ice ice baby cool.

[westen44]

There is a world of difference between that an an Epi EBO, however.  The neck dive alone makes an Epi EB-O unplayable for me.  There is no neck dive at all on a Gibson EB-O.

[uwe]

Not only was Step 6 interesting, she left out a step between 1 and 2 -- the step where Gibson illegally imports the wood. 

You old viper! 

[uwe]

Why do I play Gibson?

Constant failure bred daring creativity in design and approaches. Fender and Ric have been doing the same thing for half a decade at least. How boring to get it right from day one, human perfection is heathenish in concept, we are born to fail.

Besides, a lot of Gibsons (SG-shapes, Explorer, T-Birds, Flying V and, yes, the 20/20) look idiosyncratic and have not been copied to death by lesser brands.

And I like the sound nature of maho. Je suis a pick playérrre, I have no need for bright sounding woods. There is no other bass brand that has stuck to maho like Gibson has (for the most part and the wealth of their models).

Finally: Not every Joe Blow plays one. People might compliment you on the sound of your P Bass, but they will never ask "what bass is that, never seen it, sounds great!".