Bash the new Gibson Bass!!!

[drbassman]

Agree with you both.  The finish was intentional and it sounds great to me.  The sound, feel of the neck and overall look of the LP Jr were the selling points for me!

[dadagoboi]

Genuine mahogany has been highly prized for its beauty since being discovered in the New World.  This is spectacular enough for me.

[uwe]

I see brown ... 

[nofi]

attention clean up! we have a humility spill on isle three. thank you.

[dadagoboi]

I see brown ... 

As in shirts?

[uwe]

You said it first. A Nazi bass.

[dadagoboi]

Somebody has to keep up the purity of the bass.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

I would've though Warwick to be more in keeping with National Socialism, even without the Fatherland factory: overrated, overpriced, unreliable, and best known for annoying noises with bad consequences... oh yeah, and the youth recruitment thing, too. 

[uwe]

LOL!

[uwe]

Somebody has to keep up the purity of the bass.

Yeah, we need an Aryan Pro III model, III as in III. Reich. That ran out of battery pretty soon too.

[godofthunder]

 Congrats Bill ! They are a cool little bass. I thought for Gibson the finish was pretty good. Much better than the job I'm doing on my NR I'm about to send it off somewhere to be done proper.

OK, I caved and stopped by the House of Guitars today.  I played the blue LP Jr. and the new big LP Cherry burst bass.  I have to say, I fell in love with the little blue bass.  Plays really nice with that short scale and all of that mahogany goodness is a great match to the pups.  The finish is not at all that great IMHO.  They didn't grain fill enough before the blue coats, so it shows through.  To their credit, the top clear coats is totally smooth, so you can only see the grain, but not feel it.  A weird kind of finish I think.  So, in spite of that, I had them put it away for me while I try to sell some unused stuff I have laying around.  What the heck, I love playing short scales!!!

As for the big LP bass, it's just way too much wood to hang around your neck for an hour or more at a gig.  They need to make the chambers larger or something, but it's still too heavy for my tastes.  The beefy LP bass neck hasn't changed either, so that's another minus for me.  Over all, a nicely finished bass, better than the LP jr!

[Highlander]

First the SSG bass, now the Brown Shirts.and Aryan Pro's... Greece has already fallen to the Fourth Reich, along with the new Axis Aliance partner, China...

Where will it stop...

[patman]

I think the little blue bass looks killer.  I would love to be able to afford one.

[drbassman]

Congrats Bill ! They are a cool little bass. I thought for Gibson the finish was pretty good. Much better than the job I'm doing on my NR I'm about to send it off somewhere to be done proper.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to picking it up.  I might, if all of my stuff sells, pick up the jumbo cherry burst LP bas, just for fun!

[drbassman]

Picked up the Blue Bucker today and she might be slight but she really rocks.  With stock rounds, the bottom end is amazing and with the pups both dialed in, the mids and highs are clean and strong.  I love the neck profile, just my speed!

Pics tomorrow.