SG

[morrow]

I know it's just a bog standard SG bass , but I really enjoy it .
And with the treble turned down and the neck pickup solo it does have a deep rich whomp . I bounce between that and running both .
Now someday I would love to find an EB3 for the right price , but this is fun .

[uwe]

Not wishing to cause strife, but this bass beats an EB-3 in every respect.

Not just because the bridge is so much better.

[amptech]

Not wishing to cause strife,

Yeah right

[uwe]

Come on, we all know that the EB-3 is by its very nature a limited instrument. There is more stuff you cannot do with it than there is stuff you can. An SG Bass, in contrast, is not Mr or Mrs Versatile, but offers at least some flexibility. And to a regular audience, you can fake-mud with it well enough.

[gearHed289]

I like the modern SG basses, especially with the trapezoid inlays. They look great.

[Alanko]

And to a regular audience, you can fake-mud with it well enough.

A prerequisite when gigging in some of the more underground venues in Germany I gather?

[morrow]

The neck pickup has a lovely whomp with the treble rolled off .

[Dave W]

Who needs a bridge pickup, anyway? 

[westen44]

I like the modern SG basses, especially with the trapezoid inlays. They look great.

I agree.  In general, I prefer dot inlays.  But when I finally got an SG Standard, I was surprised how much I liked the trapezoid inlays on that  particular bass. 

[uwe]

Who needs a bridge pickup, anyway? 

That and stringholders with the generally superior two point bridge, just get rid of it all, let it swing!

[ilan]

Not wishing to cause strife, but this bass beats an EB-3 in every respect.

The pre-'72 EB-0/3 is a wonderful bass that shines once you swap out the mud for a good single coil.

[amptech]

The pre-'72 EB-0/3 is a wonderful bass that shines once you swapt the mud for a good single coil.

Pre' 72 EB basses are wonderful. They do need electronics tweaking to sound great. Single coil works, shorting out one of the mud coils work too. I like to wind down the mudbucker and wind a hotter bridge humbucker. Ditch the vari tone and you're ready to go, great sounding and just wonderful playing instruments that weighs practically nothing.

SG's are fine basses too, by all means - but very different except the body shape.

[uwe]

Yeah, sure, after you chuck away half of the entrails, the bass sounds indeed better. Is that your definition of a "wonderful bass"? 

Last I heard, the Fender P just "worked" straight out of the box, no modifications needed.

Did I just really write that or was my hand forced? Has my account been hijacked?


PS: Actually, the 1972-onward EB-3 basses are the more versatile models ...

[TBird1958]

Yeah, sure, after you chuck away half of the entrails, the bass sounds indeed better. Is that your definition of a "wonderful bass"? 

Last I heard, the Fender P just "worked" straight out of the box, no modifications needed.

Did I just really write that or was my hand forced? Has my account been hijacked?


PS: Actually, the 1972-onward EB-3 basses are the more versatile models ...

I've been thinking about getting an EB-3..............You're killin' it for me.

[uwe]

You have so many good basses, you can use something a little cultish. That's what it is, a cult instrument.