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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #45 on: July 31, 2012, 08:37:48 AM »
Quote from: Dave W on July 31, 2012, 07:55:07 AM
The zzounds article has an interesting tidbit: apparently the new LP guitars (and maybe others) are using granadillo fretboards.


Gee, could it be that their rosewood supply suffered an unexpected interruption?
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« Reply #46 on: July 31, 2012, 09:09:08 AM »
Today ze rosewood, tomorrow ze chrome.
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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #47 on: July 31, 2012, 10:10:02 AM »
Quote from: uwe on July 31, 2012, 06:41:55 AM
I didn't know that he was Gibson's Head Luthier by now.

http://www.zzounds.com/lp/luthier

Wasn't he with the Fender Custom Shop for a long time?

So now we know the secret of the Fenderisms on that new G-3!  :mrgreen:

I did receive some more news on upcoming releases:

"Web launch of G-3 is Aug 21. Should be hitting stores within 2 weeks after that.

Other upcoming basses this year are T’Bird Non-reverse. Pelham Blue and VS.

Midtown Bass ala EB-2. Pelham Blue, VS, Cherry and Ebony. I really love this one.

And finally Frank Johns new invention........”The EB”..............2 dual coil Humbucking versions of Jim DeCola’s G-3 pickups plus a whole new body design from Gibson USA."


"The EB" returneth? Lock up your daughters!

Uwe

Upon further inquiry: The pups of "The EB" will be based on what is currently on the G-3 reissue, just two of them put together to create a humbucker. And the bass will not look like an RD, "more like a Musicman".
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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #48 on: July 31, 2012, 01:31:14 PM »
A Musicman?? Ones again a Fender inspired shape, haven't we seen that before?
And yes, i said F E N D E R   ;D
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« Reply #49 on: July 31, 2012, 01:44:35 PM »
I had a guitarist once who would always call my Grabbers/Rippers/G-3s, "Musicmans" because he mistook them for the old EBMM 5 string version of a Stingray.



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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #50 on: July 31, 2012, 01:47:16 PM »


  What in the Sam Hell would all those stupid knobs do?

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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #51 on: July 31, 2012, 01:53:21 PM »
They are there to alienate girls like you from bass playing.  :popcorn:
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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #52 on: July 31, 2012, 02:01:44 PM »
will there be bisons roaming midtown?
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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #53 on: July 31, 2012, 02:39:40 PM »
Quote from: uwe on July 31, 2012, 01:53:21 PM
They are there to alienate girls like you from bass playing.  :popcorn:

They've succeded.....

A one pick up bass with 5 knobs and a switch........... No thank you.  :rolleyes:
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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #54 on: July 31, 2012, 04:00:29 PM »
Quote from: tubehead on July 31, 2012, 02:01:44 PM
will there be bisons roaming midtown?

Brilliant pun, it took me a while to get it  :-[, but here you are:

The usual instigators and catcallers aside here, I believe the 3 point is heaven-sent for any semi-acoustic with an arched top because it does not need a flat base.
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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #55 on: July 31, 2012, 04:04:43 PM »
Quote from: TBird1958 on July 31, 2012, 01:47:16 PM

  What in the Sam Hell would all those stupid knobs do?



If it's got 5 knobs, then it must have the optional piezo pickup as well as the humbucker.  Standard SR5's only have 4 knobs - volume, bass, mid, treble.

The selector switch is for the pickups coils - both coils, series, parallel
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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #56 on: July 31, 2012, 05:39:34 PM »
Quote from: Pilgrim on July 31, 2012, 08:37:48 AM
Gee, could it be that their rosewood supply smuggling suffered an unexpected interruption?

Fixed it for ya!

Quote from: uwe on July 31, 2012, 10:10:02 AM
Upon further inquiry: The pups of "The EB" will be based on what is currently on the G-3 reissue, just two of them put together to create a humbucker. And the bass will not look like an RD, "more like a Musicman".

Ah, now I understand! The EB name doesn't hark back to the old Gibson EB series, it stands for Ernie Ball!  :mrgreen:  I'm sure Sterling Ball will be flattered.

Seriously, that sounds good. If it looks nice, and if they ditch the three-point, I might even want one.
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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #57 on: July 31, 2012, 06:00:14 PM »
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" ... it stands for Ernie Ball ..."


Dave, is nothing sacred?!!!!!

It willl be the first new design since the Mon(k)ey and the ill-fated Continental V which henry committed to the bin for looking too Tobias-ish. And if you rule out slight modifications and variations of classic shapes. (The money is a single-cut LP) as well as minority models such as the Continental or the 20/20, then it is the first new shape since the Victory, or if that is just a Fender knock-off to you, then since the late seventies and the RDs that walked the earth then.
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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #58 on: July 31, 2012, 06:18:09 PM »
Quote from: Dave W on July 31, 2012, 05:39:34 PM
If it looks nice, and if they ditch the three-point, I might even want one.



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Re: G3 Reissue
« Reply #59 on: July 31, 2012, 06:22:03 PM »
Quote from: uwe on July 31, 2012, 06:00:14 PM
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" ... it stands for Ernie Ball ..."


Dave, is nothing sacred?!!!!!

It willl be the first new design since the Mon(k)ey and the ill-fated Continental V which henry committed to the bin for looking too Tobias-ish. And if you rule out slight modifications and variations of classic shapes. (The money is a single-cut LP) as well as minority models such as the Continental or the 20/20, then it is the first new shape since the Victory, or if that is just a Fender knock-off to you, then since the late seventies and the RDs that walked the earth then.


We shall see.

BTW, granadillo is not a true rosewood, despite what Jim DeCola said in that interview. I've seen cocobolo - which is a true rosewood - mis-described as granadillo on rare occasions, but what imported hardwood dealers sell as granadillo is not a rosewood (dalbergia) species. OTOH it's probably superior to Indian rosewood.
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