92' LPB1 simple beauty

godofthunder · January 05, 2013, 09:18:44 AM

The one I tried was dead and lifeless, didn't speak to me at all.

Quote from: 4stringer77 on January 04, 2013, 02:43:23 PM
Yeah it does look like Leslie's LP Jr. They made these in tv yellow too, which would also be cool. G.O.T., curious why you didn't like it? I've heard Uwe describe them as sounding closer to an old thunderbird compared to the standards.

hollowbody · January 05, 2013, 09:46:59 AM

I really like the sound of mine. I wasn't expecting to like it as much as i do. The sound reminds me of the 70's birds more so than the modern bird.

gearHed289 · January 08, 2013, 09:10:25 AM

Quote from: SKATE RAT on January 04, 2013, 06:41:43 PM
i have a '92 LPB-1 though mine's cherry red. i love it. it's a T-Bird in street clothes. great sounding bass and super comfy.

+1. Mine's a '94. My second favorite bass, next to my 4003S. Those early bursts were nasty. The teardrop shape is just weird to me. Maybe it would look better with a pickup right at the end of the fingerboard?

4stringer77 · January 08, 2013, 10:17:23 AM

The teardrop burst is classic Gibson. No bids at the $689 price but I have a feeling it would have said reserve not met. Has been re listed with a buy it now @ $999. I think the rusty bridge and G string are throwing people off along with the face marks and lack of original case. After I lost a bid on a figured top honey burst lpb3, I dropped some major coin on a new years vacation with my gf otherwise I would have bought this.

uwe · January 08, 2013, 10:20:48 AM

I like the Teardrops, but no collecting for fins for me. Mine is a run-of-the-mill cherry. $:-\$

Highlander · January 08, 2013, 04:14:57 PM

You could selll the cherry and buy the teardrop...

A fin exchange is no robbery...

slinkp · January 08, 2013, 10:31:55 PM

I got one of these! It is a really great instrument. Are these mahogany? Whatever the body/neck wood, the combination with the ebony fretboard makes for my favorite unplugged tone of my basses. I have come around to really liking the TB Plus pups too.

Not the easiest thing to play though... the way it hangs makes the neck feel a couple inches longer than it is, and the neck is thick, and it's heavy.
But for not too demanding material it's great. I love the sound and the look.

uwe · January 09, 2013, 02:59:24 AM

Those are full maho. It was the final return to fulll maho construction with a new prominent series basses to Gibson in the early nineties after a decade of largely non-maho basses (RD, Victory, Flying V, 20/20) or at least maple-necked ones (explorer, Q-80/90) though IV/V and post-87 Bird had already started the trend in the late eighties. The Deluxe/LPB 2 and Standard/LPB 3 versions would have a maple top in addition.