Hi,
 
I have the long scale version of that ... the EB-3. It's OK, nothing to write to mom, or dad about!
 
The sad part is that the EB, short scale or the long scale are only about 1/10th the quality of the original EB-0 that had the pegs going the other direction. It's like one was wood, in the old days, and the ones now are just hard plastic with very poor mechanics and sound.  (nowadays it's an epi, not a Gibson, though they are trying to make a high end version which I kinda wonder if it's worth a nickl more than the Epi version!)

Rain

batsbrew
here's the first song i've used it on....
 
https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/road-to-tabriz
 

Cool stuff - and the 12 string adds a nice touch.

thanks rain!
 
appreciate the comments

Moshkito
Hi,
 
I have the long scale version of that ... the EB-3. It's OK, nothing to write to mom, or dad about!
 
The sad part is that the EB, short scale or the long scale are only about 1/10th the quality of the original EB-0 that had the pegs going the other direction. It's like one was wood, in the old days, and the ones now are just hard plastic with very poor mechanics and sound.  (nowadays it's an epi, not a Gibson, though they are trying to make a high end version which I kinda wonder if it's worth a nickl more than the Epi version!)

i always wanted the short scale version of that bass..
the gibby model....
but it'd have to be an old one,
like you say.....
 
tom scholz used one to do those @ss kicking bass lines on the first boston album...
which i thought were better tracks than his guitar tracks

Nice Double Neck there Rob
 

TheMaartian
Looking forward to your new release!
 
Geez, but I love the SG form factor. Here's mine.
 

I want one of them 
 
(can't play it... Just want to park it next to me SG six string)

synkrotron
Nice Double Neck there Rob
 

TheMaartian
Looking forward to your new release!
 
Geez, but I love the SG form factor. Here's mine.
 

I want one of them 
 
(can't play it... Just want to park it next to me SG six string)

I got a deal on it last September when Sweetwater did their annual guitar sale. Gibson was upgrading the hardware and a couple of other things for the next model year, and Sweetwater had 10 of these 2013 flat/satin finish basses. This is the one I bought. Only $600! It's nice to have a short scale along with my 1963 repro Fender J. Sounds great.
 
One of the things I love about Sweetwater is the way they present their guitars. Every single one is photographed 8-10 times from different angles. They even included a photo of the case that came with it. Gives you a good chance to see the grain on both sides, for example. Plus, they weigh each one. Of the 10 they had on hand, one was very heavy and one was very light. Skipped both. One had the jack input and bottom control knob reversed (I clued them in on that and they fixed it and rephotographed it). Really nice to get the exact guitar by serial number that you're expecting.

batsbrew
...
i always wanted the short scale version of that bass..
the gibby model....
but it'd have to be an old one,
like you say.....
 
tom scholz used one to do those @ss kicking bass lines on the first boston album...
which i thought were better tracks than his guitar tracks
...

Caravan ---- for Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
Manfred Mann ---- Glorified Magnified/Solar Fire (have to recheck)
 
I have to look now ... some Jack Bruce also

batsbrew
here's the first song i've used it on....
 
https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/road-to-tabriz

Got to admit I was doing a bit of a "meh" for the first 40 seconds...then ya got me!  Any chance you could make it downloadable, so I can hear it not so Soundcloud-squashed?

Moshkito
 
Caravan ---- for Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
Manfred Mann ---- Glorified Magnified/Solar Fire (have to recheck)
 
I have to look now ... some Jack Bruce also

oh yea, that's right!
jack bruce....
 
i was watching a video of him playing live, with buddy guy and buddy miles just last night....
and he was on a gibby sg bass....

TheMaartian

batsbrew
here's the first song i've used it on....
 
https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/road-to-tabriz

Got to admit I was doing a bit of a "meh" for the first 40 seconds...then ya got me!  Any chance you could make it downloadable, so I can hear it not so Soundcloud-squashed?

maartian,
this is a song that i'm getting ready to release for sale, on cd
 
i'm actually doing final mixes on the whole project now,
i've been posting each song for a couple of days to get listener feedback on it,
which i have used to great advantage so far....
 
my older already-released material i sometimes allow for free download....
but not this one.
 

batsbrew

Moshkito
Caravan ---- for Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
Manfred Mann ---- Glorified Magnified/Solar Fire (have to recheck)
 
I have to look now ... some Jack Bruce also

oh yea, that's right!
jack bruce....
 
i was watching a video of him playing live, with buddy guy and buddy miles just last night....
and he was on a gibby sg bass....

Jack Bruce in the house! Just put on Disc 1 from the double live Doing this...on Ice! from 1980, with Clem Clempson on guitars, Billy Cobham on drums and David Sancious on keys and guitar. Haven't listened to this in a LONG time. Thanks for the reminder.