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Mirror, mirror on the wall (you have two votes) ...

Easy, Ray Dietrich rules: original Thunderbird (Reverse)
24 (27%)
Naw, I like ugly things for the heck of it: Thunderbird (Non-Reverse)
11 (12.4%)
Nothing says rock like an Explorer!
4 (4.5%)
Meee, I like EBeees/SGeees ... (as in SG style EB-0, -3, -4, -Z and SG Bass) they're the sunshine of my love!
13 (14.6%)
Fat-bottomed girls make the rockin' world go round: Grabber/Ripper/G-3
3 (3.4%)
Mainly because ze krauts kän't pronounz it pröperly: Flying "V"
0 (0%)
I like it when Gibson steals and then thinks better of it with the headstock: Victory
1 (1.1%)
If it ain't hollow, it ain't no bass: EB-2, LP Signature, EB 335 and stuff ...
6 (6.7%)
If only Paul had played the real thing: original EB/EB-1
3 (3.4%)
RDeees are my personal nirvana ...
5 (5.6%)
Hell, I'm a failed guitarist: Les Paul (Singlecut), whether hobbit or 90ies ...
9 (10.1%)
Hollow, but singlecut: EB-650/EB-750
0 (0%)
I'm a failed guitarist too, but hide it cleverly: Mon(k)ey Bass/SG Doublecut
1 (1.1%)
The solitary beauty: Doublecut LP Junior shape (as on the original EB-0), this vote is reserved for Dave W!
6 (6.7%)
Earthlings, I am a superior life form: 20/20!!!
2 (2.2%)
Because somebody has to like them: Those new EB Basses with the Babicz hardware.
1 (1.1%)

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The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« on: May 13, 2015, 02:07:50 PM »
Jim's grumble posting about, well, "Vaginas" inspired this ...  :mrgreen:
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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2015, 03:35:03 PM »
...but my real answer would be this one-off fretless Super 400 bass.

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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2015, 03:38:54 PM »


 Well, as your Queen I 'm somewhat predictable - you know I love Thunderbirds above all. I added it's endearing ugly/way cool sister the RD as a second.

However, as I age disgracefully and realize I won't be prancing around in a miniskirt onstage forever I think one each of these would be very nice.

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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2015, 03:51:12 PM »
The original Thunderbird is probably the most beautiful bass ever made. The Non reverse the less attractive sister while not as pretty the NR does have it's charms.
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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2015, 04:27:04 PM »
I would pick the RIC cresting wave as the most aesthetically pleasing design.
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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2015, 04:51:12 PM »
Haven't voted yet, TBird Rev would be my # 1 without question, but torn between Explorer, RD and Victory as regards second choice ...
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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2015, 04:54:28 PM »
Quote from: TBird1958 on May 13, 2015, 03:38:54 PM

 Well, as your Queen I 'm somewhat predictable - you know I love Thunderbirds above all. I added it's endearing ugly/way cool sister the RD as a second.

However, as I age disgracefully and realize I won't be prancing around in a miniskirt onstage forever I think one each of these would be very nice.



Admittedly, the offset fretmarkers on the IV/V are kinda cool.
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« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2015, 04:58:12 PM »
Quote from: ilan on May 13, 2015, 03:35:03 PM
...but my real answer would be this one-off fretless Super 400 bass.



I had to skip that one, Ilan, too esoteric! I still play it regularly, but almost always only at home, the hugely responsive thin top make this bass hellishly feedback-drone-prone. You can feel the top bulging and vibrating while it feedbacks! You can't even get it to the volume of a politely strummed acoustic guitar. It records well though.
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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2015, 05:27:32 PM »
What, no WRC clown bass?  :P

You knew how I would vote.
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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2015, 05:28:10 PM »
I voted non-reverse and new EB...

EB 5 string would fit my stage bass needs very well...i am not as much attached to my high C string as to the low B.
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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2015, 05:49:36 PM »
i guess im a failed guitarist, and a Lord of the Rings fan..."filthy hobbitses!!"
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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2015, 05:51:43 PM »
Quote from: Dave W on May 13, 2015, 05:27:32 PM
What, no WRC clown bass?  :P


Silly Purple Clown Bass, SPCB, let's get those references right, please, this forum is committed to scientific accuracy, Dave! I left it out because there is no point in naming a bass everybody else on earth refuses to own/be seen with!

As 80ies designs go, I liked it!!! Steel Panther would pay me a king's ransom for it.
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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2015, 05:57:46 PM »
Quote from: uwe on May 13, 2015, 04:54:28 PM
Admittedly, the offset fretmarkers on the IV/V are kinda cool.

 So is her bra!
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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2015, 06:39:40 PM »
But I wouldn't need markers on those, I can handle fretless just fine.
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Re: The mother of all polls: Nicest Gibson design used for bass, visually speaking??
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2015, 08:05:58 PM »
I dig the Reverse T Bird and the EB-1....then the NR Bird.....and the explorer bass.....but they NEVER made a Futura...then I like the original 1959 Ebo basses too....
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