Gibson Nonreverese reissuie a reality

[Denis]

Glad you like it so far!

[gweimer]

To me, no Non Rev will ever sit as good as a Rev, but it is not an uncomfortable bass. My B&CH though would have been drafted as a Czech national into a Stuka squadron no doubt. The body is just too light. Almost as bad as an Epiphone Embassy.

Blasphemer!   

[uwe]

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They should have called it "Epiphone Gravity"!

[gweimer]

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They should have called it "Epiphone Gravity"!

LOL!  Ain't you got some lawyerin' to do?

btw - my Embassy hangs reasonably well with the S Strap.  I didn't have a Crown Royal bag of nickels handy.   

[planetgaffnet]

That's really interesting.  I'd say that it seems more focused overall, but tomorrow's the bigger test.

I dropped all my other basses when it arrived (new bass syndrome) and just tweaked my amp to deliver a close facsimile of my desired/usual Geddy Lee/Jean-Jacques Burnel mashup tone.  I found that I was adjusting the set up constantly, trying to eke out more tone, but in truth all I was getting was mud. 

I took the bass to my regular tech; he desoldered/isolated everything, tested the pickups (fine/hot), but all three pots were measuring in the low 200K levels.  My tech said he would have expected the pots to be 500K units (I've since found out Gibson put 300Ks in), so he theorised the pots were sucking the tone out of the bass.  He replaced the pots (to 500K units), put in a new cap and bingo!  Sorted.
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[Denis]

Hmm, if you still have the old pots could you post the numbers? I'm curious to see if mine has the same ones.

[planetgaffnet]

Denis
I mailed them to Neephid for his Ripper renovation - he was happy to take them, otherwise they would have gone in the bin.  Shoot him a PM.
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[Denis]

Will do, thanks!

[Blackbird]

Well....non-rev won'em over.  But a couple liked the 4003 look better. 

[Denis]

Well....non-rev won'em over.  But a couple liked the 4003 look better. 

For the look of the 4003 I'll sell 'em my '76 4001 for 4 grand.

[uwe]

Even the idoltry prevalent in this forum hasn't made me blind to the fact that a Non Rev is one ugly duckling of a bass. Always has been, always will be. But nature inevitably compensates and it has redeeming qualities.

[patman]

gotta disagree here...I like the look.  I would love to have one of the modern ones.

[godofthunder]

 Very true Uwe, I fell in love with the bass for the sound and the feel not it's looks. The NR has become part of my playing style and image over the years, I dare say it suites me.

Even the idoltry prevalent in this forum hasn't made me blind to the fact that a Non Rev is one ugly duckling of a bass. Always has been, always will be. But nature inevitably compensates and it has redeeming qualities.

[uwe]

It just looks ... quaint. Everybody owning one should get a medal for the "obviously not concerned about looks "-person he/she is. It does have a coolness factor to it though.

[daan]

Different strokes, I guess. THe NR was the first guitar I ever really wanted (a neighbor had one when I was growing up) and I think it's pretty much the coolest looking guitar out there.