NBD: Gibson Midtown Standard

neepheid · October 26, 2014, 07:28:17 PM

Dear Thomann

Please stop selling new Gibson basses at second hand prices.

Thanks,

My credit card

Dave W · October 26, 2014, 09:36:01 PM

Nice! Don't be too hard on your credit card.

After all, now's the time if you want one, AFAIK they won't be in the 2015 lineup.

Nocturnal · October 26, 2014, 09:55:00 PM

Looks good!!!!

TBird1958 · October 27, 2014, 12:20:12 AM

Looking great!

Congratulations!

uwe · October 27, 2014, 07:07:28 AM

And sounds good too!

Pilgrim · October 27, 2014, 08:04:33 AM

Classic!

LoEndMaestro · October 27, 2014, 11:14:37 AM

I approve this message.

Congrats!

Highlander · October 27, 2014, 03:30:47 PM

Envy from your lowland's cousin...

OldManC · October 28, 2014, 05:37:39 PM

My first bass was an almost unplayable Kent Hollowbody. One of the newer Gibson hollows would be a nice nostalgia replacement.

Highlander · October 28, 2014, 06:16:08 PM

Mine was a Grenn EB2/Rivoli copy with a bolt on neck and action above the 12th that you could drive a truck through so +1 on the nostalgia...
Definitely up there on the wish list...

georgestrings · October 28, 2014, 06:37:43 PM

Would definitely like one of those - congrats, OP...

- georgestrings

uwe · October 29, 2014, 06:01:31 AM

Quote from: OldManC on October 28, 2014, 05:37:39 PM
My first bass was an almost unplayable Kent Hollowbody. One of the newer Gibson hollows would be a nice nostalgia replacement.

And you never repaired that SB either.

leftybass · October 29, 2014, 07:27:48 AM

Congrats! I love my red lefty.

uwe · October 29, 2014, 08:29:59 AM

Man, that is one phat G string there!

Seriously, this "upside down" approach

must affect your whole playing in a way that you should sound like pretty much no one else! I remember a Michael Schenker interview where he raved about the UFO-/MSG-rhythm guitarist/keyboardsmith Paul Raymond who strums a Non Rev Firebird like that (i.e. strings "righty", but played "lefty") saying that "everything that Paul plays sounds a little different because of him having the strings in the "wrong" sequence, I am always searching for that sound".

OldManC · October 29, 2014, 12:48:22 PM

Quote from: uwe on October 29, 2014, 06:01:31 AM
And you never repaired that SB either.

True. It's totally playable as is and sounds good. It needs the bridge sorted way more than a new truss rod (the plastic saddles are disintegrating). I originally planned to route it out, paint it white, and add Thunderbird pickups but I grew to like the little ones in it and a few years ago saw a photo of one somebody sprayed seafoam green (I think) and it looked fantastic, so that's my eventual plan for this one.