New EB2

[Basvarken]

Presented at NAMM



They call it the ES335 Bass.   


And again the TB+ ?
Can't they think of anything else then to use the TB+ for just about every bass they build?

[Denis]

They are pretty basses.
Now that they've spent the time on the G-3 pick ups, they really ought to put them into some other basses. I like them a lot!

[uwe]

Who said that Gibson doesn't build basses?  They are flooding us. I inderstand the ES 335 moniker, you can tell by the pup set-up that they tried to consciously avoid a mudbucker look. Hard as it may seems to understand for the converts here, the mudbucker sound is something non-Gibsonites still identify as a drawback.

I'm undecided whether an all-black bindingless hollow-body looks cool or cheap.   

At the rate they are rejuvenating old models they will soon approach the eighties - Victories and 20/20 are threatening!!! 

[Basvarken]

At the rate they are rejuvenating old models they will soon approach the eighties - Victories and 20/20 are threatening!!! 

Don't worry they are totally clueless of their own legacy.

Unless we tell them, they will never find out they ever made such a thing as the 20/20. 

[Dave W]

ES335 Bass is in keeping with calling the current EB-3 style bass the SG Bass. It doesn't surprise me. And with the different electronics, it's an EB-2 in body shape only.

Too bad they didn't use the EB Bass pickups and a decent bridge.

[Basvarken]

Should we advise them to rename the Thunderbird into Firebird Bass?

[stiles72]

Short scale I'm assuming?

[uwe]

Along with Ripper and Grabber, Thunderbird is one of the few established bass names Gibson has (that said, if guitarists call my TBirds "Firebird basses", I'm not insulted, it's close enough). And, inevitably, those letter and number combination names for basses have no recognition value whatsoever outside of the small Gibson bass enthusiast communities. For the simple reason that there are more guitarists out there than bassists, there are more people who know what an ES-something is rather than an EB-something.

Besides, I always wanted an ES-335 bass, it makes me (a bit) more like him who may not be named in every thread, oh beloved Richard Harold, I am not worthy, but I will dutifully practice that hip swing ...



What's wrong about the three point bridge on this bass I cry (other than our usual schism in good humor)? If there is one bass where its structural peculiarities really make sense than it is a hollowbody with an arched top where all flat base bridges fail or require an inordinate amount of routing.

[TobaccoRipper]

Hi Folks,

the new ES 335 Bass comes with a 34'' Scale and it would be available in black(no binding), tobacco sunburst and in dark cherry red.
Look at this vid at 34:07. 



Best regard from Germany

[uwe]

Ein Deutscher!!!!

[TobaccoRipper]

Schockierend nicht wahr?

[uwe]

Ich muss mich erst daran gewöhnen.   Ich war zu lang allein hier. Aber jetzt können wir zumindest immer über die Amis - die sind hier überall! - muttersprachlich gemeinsam lästern!

(Truthful convenience translation for our liebe Amerikaner: "I will have to get used to it. I've been on my own here for too long. But at least we can now always exchange good things about our American friends in our mother tongue, rare as they are here.)

Or something pretty close!  

[TobaccoRipper]

Dann ist etwas Verstärkung aus der Heimat angebracht. Da bin ich gern dabei.

[uwe]

Wir müssen vorsichtig sein ...

[leftybass]

Short scale I'm assuming?

Bridge that far back its gotta be full-scale.