New EB2

[Highlander]

... how can anyone play like that.

Err... guilty as charged, back in the NWOBHM days and beyond... three piece (+voice) bands and filling out the sound with a standard 4 stringer... the original pups on the PC were pretty much stripped... still not found the remaining working one, wherever that is...

[uwe]

Here's a slightly better pic of the Ebony one.



It'll have a maple neck - in contrast to the Midnight's maho one -, so scale and wood choice as well as pup character make this more an LP Sig relative than an EB-2 one. The remaining big (and lamentable) dif being of course that this will have a through and through sustain block.  

http://www.session.de/Gibson-ES-335-Bass-EB.html

And here's the sunburst one,

http://www.musikhaus-hermann.de/xtv/index.php?page=product&info=8887

but no pics of the faded dark cherry yet.

[gearHed289]

I'll have to get one of those when I start a Cure tribute band. 

[OldManC]

I'll have to get one of those when I start a Cure tribute band. 

That was my first thought! 

[uwe]

True!!!  

Ok, so it's a TBird, but in a Gibson forum that is close enough!



Speaking of The Cure, did anybody see this here? The main character is a brilliantly portrayed mix of Ozzy and Robert Smith:



No matter what you think of Herr Penn's political agenda in other things, this is a deep movie, not just an aging rock star spoof.

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Back to the topic: That ebony one is growing on me.

But then I want to be like him!  

[Highlander]

Do you mean much older, with a dubious weave, and a rather spaced out blond as, err...

Hmm... maybe you have something there...

[Daniel_J]

And here's the sunburst one,

http://www.musikhaus-hermann.de/xtv/index.php?page=product&info=8887

Hmm... that sunburst one has (not that accessible) 24 frets!

[uwe]

Yes, what grown men need.

[Dave W]

Hmm... that sunburst one has (not that accessible) 24 frets!

The bass shown at NAMM looks like it might be a 20-fretter, even though the description says 24. Guess we'll have to wait and see what actually comes out.

[uwe]

So does the ebony one above, you're right.

[stiles72]

Updated on the American Musical site:    http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-GIB-BAES-LIST

[Pekka]

But then I want to be like him!  

Mick Underwood on drums, right?

[uwe]

Of course, The Outlaws. The man who recommended Ian Gillan to Blackmore and Jon Lord as their new singer following Rod Evans.

[4stringer77]

Smack dab on the back cover of Bass Player mag, a familiar looking instrument from D'Angelico
http://dangelicoguitars.com/#StandardSeries/EX-BASS-2013
Pickups look like TB+ and the bridge looks like the LP bass tune-O-matic.
Is Gibson trying to pull a fast one with some rebranding?

[Dave W]

Smack dab on the back cover of Bass Player mag, a familiar looking instrument from D'Angelico
http://dangelicoguitars.com/#StandardSeries/EX-BASS-2013
Pickups look like TB+ and the bridge looks like the LP bass tune-O-matic.
Is Gibson trying to pull a fast one with some rebranding?

Nope. D'angelico always made Gibson-inspired guitars. The brand was bought last year and is returning. If this is their standard line, it's an import and if the pricing is similar to the archtop guitars already out in that line, it will probably be in the $1200 range. If it's the US masterbuilt line, probably over $10k.

The specs on this one show a 32 1/4" scale. Odd.