Melody Maker Bass on Reverb

[Dave W]

https://reverb.com/item/64741518-gibson-melody-maker-bass-1968-pelham-blue-vintage-short-scale

Nice! Too expensive though.

[Alanko]

Hopefully they buy a better camera with the proceeds. I was trying to work out why the pickguard appeared to have a straight woodgrain pattern!

[uwe]

Only authentic with the cheesy tuners!

[ilan]

The pickguard opens up some possibilities.

[Dave W]

The pickguard opens up some possibilities.

Fine, as long as you leave the 2-point bridge alone. 

[Alanko]

Those tuners are only an upgrade in a parallel universe.

[Grog]

I've always avoided EB-0's with those tuners. Never had a bass with them so not sure why I avoid them other than they look cheap.........

[ilan]

Fine, as long as you leave the 2-point bridge alone. 

Let me remind you that I'm the one that asked why everyone here hates the 2-point. It's perfectly good on my EB-0L.

[Pilgrim]

Let me remind you that I'm the one that asked why everyone here hates the 2-point. It's perfectly good on my EB-0L.

Yup,  Same for my old EB-0.

Actually I think the 3-point is a more popular target for criticism...

[Dave W]

Let me remind you that I'm the one that asked why everyone here hates the 2-point. It's perfectly good on my EB-0L.

I remembered, that's why I posted.

Yup,  Same for my old EB-0.

Actually I think the 3-point is a more popular target for criticism...

Uwe is the chief critic of the 2-point. He'll probably be triggered by these posts.

[amptech]

I've always avoided EB-0's with those tuners. Never had a bass with them so not sure why I avoid them other than they look cheap.........

I have them on my Epi ET280. They are worse than banjo tuners😳

[Alanko]

They look like the sort of tuners with a 1/8th turn of play in them before they engage.

[clankenstein]

Nylon bridge saddles though ?

[uwe]

I remembered, that's why I posted.

Uwe is the chief critic of the 2-point. He'll probably be triggered by these posts.

Sigh, why should I? I'm a man of science, you guys are religious zealots. I'll let Spencer do the talking.



Buf if you guys think it is a good design that a bass bridge with forward pull rests neither snugly against the boody nor is anchored in a stable physical-forces-defying manner, then so be it. Who am I to argue against all the chairs with only two legs you apparently keep at home and find practical and comfortable.



Dave would probably say: "All this chair needs is a contraption behind it with some wires anchored and someone sitting in the chair with a harness attached to the wires leaning forward all the time and it will be - voilà! - an impeccable design."

Much more straightforward and elegant than adding, say, a third leg.

[Dave W]

Nylon bridge saddles though ?

Yes. They work just fine.