2018 Gibson basses. New basses, new topic :)

[Chris P.]

Gibson Limited Run Guitars:
Theme: 100th Anniversary of Orville Gibson's Heritage
100 Limited Runs released through the year
Limited Runs announced per quarter
Exclusive features:
Modern-Retro "Gibson" headstock logo
"Only a Gibson is Good Enough" decal on the back of the headstock


EB Bass 5 String 2018 Satin Trans Black

EB Bass 5 String 2018 Satin Trans Black Left Hand

EB Bass 5 String 2018 Natural Satin Left Hand

EB Bass 4 String 2018 Satin Trans Black

EB Bass 4 String 2018 Satin Trans Black Left Hand

EB Bass 4 String 2018 Natural Satin Left Hand

EB Bass 4 String 2018 Natural Satin

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Bright Cherry

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Ebony

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Bright Cherry Left Hand

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Ebony Left Hand

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Vintage Sunburst Left Hand

Thunderbird 4 String 2018 Vintage Sunburst

RD Artist Bass 2018 Antique Natural

RD Artist Bass 2018 Ebony

SG Standard Bass 2018 Ebony

SG Standard Bass 2018 Heritage Cherry

SG Standard Bass 2018 Ebony Left Hand

SG Standard Bass 2018 Heritage Cherry Left Hand

SG Standard Bass 2018 Walnut Left Hand

SG Standard Bass 2018 Walnut

[4stringer77]

That's a relief. It was starting to look like Epiphone was going to take over all the new bass production. Wonder if the Thunderbird will still have the Babicz bridge and DeCola pickups. Thanks for the great news!

[Basvarken]

Modern-Retro "Gibson" headstock logo

What the **** does that mean?!

[uwe]

RD Artist ... with the full Moog enchilada? 

[Chris P.]

At this moment I don't know anything about specs...

[Dave W]

Some basses are better than none.

[Basvarken]

So does this mean they changed their minds about not releasing any bass guitars in 2018?
Or were they just bullshitting Chris with the news from two weeks ago?

[TBird1958]

Glad to see them doing "something" again.

[uwe]

Don't worry, all their new models will be - in tried and trusted fashion - dismissed by my dear brethren here for not being this or featuring that ...

[slinkp]

So, ignoring finishes as usual that'll be 4 new basses for Uwe, right? 

[Chris P.]

So does this mean they changed their minds about not releasing any bass guitars in 2018?
Or were they just bullshitting Chris with the news from two weeks ago?

There are no basses in standard production. These are all limited runs. 100 different models. I think I said there could be basses in limited runs, but my people didn't knew some weeks ago. What is limited? IDK.....

[Basvarken]

You are right. You did mention the 100 limited runs.
Maybe it is going to be a bit like the Guitar Of The Week series they did a couple of years ago?
That did result in some pretty cool basses (the SG Supreme for example)

[veebass]

Thanks for the information. It will be very interesting to see what the specs are.

[OldManC]

Seeing as how relatively small their bass market is (compared to guitars), that's still a decent number of basses they plan on offering. There's some great news for our lefty brethren as well!

[uwe]

And when exactly did you find your heart for lefties?