You guys might find this story interesting, some may have heard it already. Way back in the summer of '75 I worked at a local dinner place. Fri night I washed dishes, talk about a crappy job. Then Sat. morning I would go in and clean the place. This was the cool part. I let myself in with a popsicle stick then would vacum, clean the bath rooms and listen to the jukebox with no one around to bother me and help myself to Cokes at the bar. I worked the whole summer to buy a new EB3, just like my idol Jimmy Lea( at the time I didn't understand all the changes made between 60's and the 70's EB3). Well at the end of the summer I had amassed the mighty sum of $365.00, just what I needed to but my new EB3. Well when I went to the store they said on no son you don't want that how about a nice G3 that we have coming in? They went on to explain that being a Kiss fan and all this is even better than Gene's bass. Well I fell for it and I disliked the G3 almost the min. I got it. I spent years slagging off G3's. Fast forward to now. I have a alder body G3 that I think is a most fantastic bass. unplugged the acoustic resonance is amazing. The neck is fantastic, very comfortable profile, excellent fret work and the action is the lowest of any bass I own. Gibson really did take a good stab at Fender with these basses. So if I had to pick between the two I would pick the alder bodied bass. Alder has much more resonance, maple more snap.
