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Post subject: Any P-bassmen who also have an SG or EB-3 bass please help.
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:41 pm
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Any of my fellow P-bassmen who also have the new SG Standard Bass or an original EB-3 bass please help:

1. How do you rate quality of the SG or EB-3 craftsmanship and tone compared to a MIA Fender Precision? I am talking for any year of either.

2. Which do you like better and why?

3. Do you think they are comparable quality, or is the new SG Standard Bass and/or EB3 just junk in your opinion to the P?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.


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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 10:08 am
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My personal experience with owning f rst a Gibson EB-3L long scale ( I think a '73) and later a '78 P-bass ....
They are two different animals. The P-bass was, well, a P-bass. The EB-3L was a great bass except it was quite beat up and had a bad dead spot on the G string about the middle of the neck. Still, it had a great feeling neck, it was very comfortable and fast, the tone was teriffic, not as muddy as you would expect, overall, except for the issues I mentioned, it compared favorably with my P-bass. again, keeping in mind, it is a different experience, not better, not worse, just different. I couldn't tell you about present day EB-3's, I have no personal experience with them, but I have been hearing some fairly negative reports, don't know how true they are.

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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 5:18 pm
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I was playing a Gibson SG bass this past weekend. The quality was fine. It sounded good. That short scale just kept screwing me up. I'd go to grab the 7th fret and realize that I was actually on the 9th fret.

Of course, I had to try the bass on "All Right Now" by Free. Andy Fraser of Free used an EB-3 (predecessor of the SG bass) on "All Right Now."

I liked it but not well enough to switch from an American P Bass.


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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 6:19 pm
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warnergt wrote:
I was playing a Gibson SG bass this past weekend. The quality was fine. It sounded good. That short scale just kept screwing me up. I'd go to grab the 7th fret and realize that I was actually on the 9th fret.

Of course, I had to try the bass on "All Right Now" by Free. Andy Fraser of Free used an EB-3 (predecessor of the SG bass) on "All Right Now."

I liked it but not well enough to switch from an American P Bass.


Yeah, unless Gibson came out with a long scale version like I used to have, I wouldn't consider it. I might consider the Epiphone version, as it is long scale, and I've heard good things about it. (The EB-3L version, not the EB-0). And it's much cheaper, Gibson's are overpriced , IMO.

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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:49 am
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I am restoring a 1972Gibson EB-3 and I own an EB-4.

Gibson basses are a very different approach to bass than Fender designs.

The low end is thundering from the large humbucking pickup but it is its own unique sound.

I will always find that a Precision bass is easier to control and adapt to different styles of music, but the EB-3 has its place in music history and its own unique sound.

My biggest complaint about the new SG bass is the intonation.

I don't believe that the bridges are placed correctly, on some of them, and you will never get the saddle for the low e string back far enough to set the intonation.
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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:50 pm
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I'm glad the your SG bass intonates correctly. I don't own one and I was making a judgement based on a SG bass that I played in a store.

Short scale basses are cool and really give your hands a rest.
I love the Heritage Cherry finish too.

Have fun with your bass

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Post subject: I've had a few
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:10 am
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I owned a '68 EB3 & a 2006 SG siverburst. Both were good quality but I sold both. A P Bass is much more versitile & comfortable as far as I am concerned.


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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:24 pm
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for a big guy like me, theyre really small to play live with but excellent to practice on with my diddy Ampeg VR.
not saying you cant play these live or they dont sound good, which they do but consider size differences is all i recommend.

never played the epiphone version but heard many good words about them.


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Post subject: Re: I've had a few
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:27 pm
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BPGoalie wrote:
I owned a '68 EB3 & a 2006 SG siverburst. Both were good quality but I sold both. A P Bass is much more versitile & comfortable as far as I am concerned.

I agree. As much as I liked my old Gibson EB-3L, I enjoy a nice P-bass much more.

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