SG Bass!!!

[Finch]

Black Korina beauty with EMG 35 and MM pickups. Gonna stain the body Chardonnay red and probably some ebony accents, then paint phoenix design over a portion of that. (need to rethink the actual layout of the phoenix now that I know where the pickups will be located)

Then its going to get a Wenge/Ebony neck with gold frets and probably abalone dots.

 

[Mor Paul]

I'll be watching this one.

 

[Finch]

Thanks! im excited about this one its only my second build and im really putting the effort into this one, the first was a low budget strat "experiment". the original concept art is here http://finchmsu.deviantart.com/art/SG-Bass-Concept-Art-1b-138436106 i did that mock up with a lil photo manip of the stock mahogany image on the Warmoth site then combining it with a scanned image of some test artwork. I wasnt exactly sure where the pickups would go or how big they would be, and I dont think im going to use a pickguard in the end. Now i ll probably shift the phoenix down lower rather than have its wings running through pickup space, but the jury is still out on that...

 

[Nando Vallart]

Humm looks nice but this red finish is a turn-off to me :sad:

 

[jackthehack]

Shouldn't this be titled "EB-3 Bass"?

 

[cmalidore]

Y'know, I don't typically get into SG basses.... but that one there is really nice looking.  The black korina totally is a win here.  Rock on!

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Shouldn't this be titled "EB-3 Bass"?

Yes, and you will find them in the "SG" section on the main site.

 

[Finch]

Shouldn't this be titled "EB-3 Bass"?

Yes, and you will find them in the "SG" section on the main site.

can I ask what the real difference is (potato/potatoe?) since the Gibson website has listings for both SG and EB basses?

 

[Mor Paul]

Shouldn't this be titled "EB-3 Bass"?

Yes, and you will find them in the "SG" section on the main site.

can I ask what the real difference is (potato/potatoe?) since the Gibson website has listings for both SG and EB basses?

EB probably stands for Electric Bass. They came in a few shapes. Gibson's EB basses on the site may be the 335-style ones, and the SG ones are the SG styled ones. In reality, they were all EB models.

 

[OzziePete]

Shouldn't this be titled "EB-3 Bass"?

Yes, and you will find them in the "SG" section on the main site.

can I ask what the real difference is (potato/potatoe?) since the Gibson website has listings for both SG and EB basses?

EB probably stands for Electric Bass. They came in a few shapes. Gibson's EB basses on the site may be the 335-style ones, and the SG ones are the SG styled ones. In reality, they were all EB models.

Original Gibson EB-1 bass was a solid body viola shaped bass that Hofner copied and the rest, as they say, is history if you were living in Merseyside at the time!.

Then came the EB-0 short scale, 1 pickup, firstly fashioned on a Les Paul Special double cutaway body design then moved over to the SG lookalike when that design was released.

There was also, concurrently with the EB-O, the EB-2, which was based on the 335 body shape.

Then came along the EB-3, SG shaped, but with two pickups. EB-3 was never any other shape other than SG shaped.

Not to mention the Les Paul Signature (335 elongated shape) & Triumph (Les Paul Recording simile), Grabber and Ripper, RD Bass, Thunderbirds etc......... :help:

Good website detailing the various bass models of Gibson below:

http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/

 

[Finch]

ah now see, there's the explanation I was looking for. I have to admit I know very little about advanced guitar history I titled the thread based off what Warmoth called the body, which is an SG Bass.

 

[OzziePete]

Finch, it's your bass mate. Call it whatever you want to call it! That's the beauty of building your own. :icon_thumright: :icon_biggrin:

I was just curious myself about the lineage of the Gibson Basses, and found the website which seemed to have quite a definitive webpage dedicated to them.

 

[Finch]

Finch, it's your bass mate. Call it whatever you want to call it! That's the beauty of building your own. :icon_thumright: :icon_biggrin:

I was just curious myself about the lineage of the Gibson Basses, and found the website which seemed to have quite a definitive webpage dedicated to them.

oh i agree, it just made me wonder, and I was being too lazy to do the research when i figured someone here had the quicker answer

Not sure what to officially name this guitar just yet, we will see how it looks and sounds and see what is appropriate I guess...

 

[Mor Paul]

Finch, it's your bass mate. Call it whatever you want to call it! That's the beauty of building your own. :icon_thumright: :icon_biggrin:

I was just curious myself about the lineage of the Gibson Basses, and found the website which seemed to have quite a definitive webpage dedicated to them.

oh i agree, it just made me wonder, and I was being too lazy to do the research when i figured someone here had the quicker answer

Not sure what to officially name this guitar just yet, we will see how it looks and sounds and see what is appropriate I guess...

Max 2.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Warmoth calls it an SG, it looks like an SG, and if you were to say "SG Bass", everyone can picture what it looks like.  I think "SG Bass" hits the mark.  To someone not in the know, saying EB, EB-1, EB-2, or EB-3 might get a look at which point you would say, "Ya know, the SG Bass."

BTW, what does "SG" stand for?

 

[Return of Guitlouie]

Solid Guitar.

 

[Mor Paul]

Warmoth calls it an SG, it looks like an SG, and if you were to say "SG Bass", everyone can picture what it looks like.  I think "SG Bass" hits the mark.  To someone not in the know, saying EB, EB-1, EB-2, or EB-3 might get a look at which point you would say, "Ya know, the SG Bass."

BTW, what does "SG" stand for?

Solid Guitar.

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

Warmoth calls it an SG, it looks like an SG, and if you were to say "SG Bass", everyone can picture what it looks like.  I think "SG Bass" hits the mark.  To someone not in the know, saying EB, EB-1, EB-2, or EB-3 might get a look at which point you would say, "Ya know, the SG Bass."

BTW, what does "SG" stand for?

Solid Guitar.

I never made that connection  :doh:

I feel inferior

 

[Death by Uberschall]

BTW, what does "SG" stand for?

Super Glue or Satan's Guitar  :evil4: Which ever you like. :icon_thumright:

 

[DangerousR6]

BTW, what does "SG" stand for?

Super Glue or Satan's Guitar  :evil4: Which ever you like. :icon_thumright:

Guitlouie is correct, but I like Satan's Guitar better...... :laughing7: