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Frenchy-Lefty
 Post subject: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 10th, 2012, 2:32 pm 
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Was announced on Southpaw FB! Super cool Gibson Hollowbody for $1,299 in Cherry, Black or Sunburst.
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crabby
 Post subject: Re: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 21st, 2012, 1:11 am 
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I am so close to ordering one of these! just cant decide if I should spend a bit more on a Les Paul Bass! Either way, I have a serious jones for Gibson bass.
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crabby
 Post subject: Re: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 21st, 2012, 1:31 pm 
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I ordered one in vintage Burst today. No ETA yet but hopefully its not too long. Now the anticipation begins! :)
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Frenchy-Lefty
 Post subject: Re: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 23rd, 2012, 12:30 am 
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Congrats man! I am a sucker for old school hollowbodies...
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 Post subject: Re: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 23rd, 2012, 12:23 pm 
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crabby wrote:
I ordered one in vintage Burst today. No ETA yet but hopefully its not too long. Now the anticipation begins! :)


Vintage burst would be my first choice too. Classic. Congrats!
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crabby
 Post subject: Re: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 24th, 2012, 9:59 pm 
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Thanks guys! I have no idea how long I will be waiting but hopefully Gibson has these ready to go. The store I ordered from here in Canada (Long & Mquade), has some of these on order all ready but none have arrived at their head office yet and they could not give me any idea of how long she might take. hopefully it will be worth the wait.

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 Post subject: Re: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 25th, 2012, 3:56 pm 
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Wow! Crabby you are definitely expanding your horizons. First a Warwick, now a Gibson... what's next? :)

Merry Christmas man!
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crabby
 Post subject: Re: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 25th, 2012, 11:02 pm 
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Hey, Merry Christmas Mark! I could not resist the lure of a lefty Gibson! :)
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 Post subject: Re: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 26th, 2012, 7:17 pm 
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Frenchy-Lefty wrote:
Congrats man! I am a sucker for old school hollowbodies...


Just to be clear, it's a chambered body, which might sound more like a solid body than a hollowbody.

Looks sexy, though. Less feedback than a hollowbody. And I like that pickup in the true "neck" position.
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andrew
 Post subject: Re: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 26th, 2012, 7:27 pm 
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From what I read about these the tone sits somewhere between a hollowbody and a solid body, but in a good way. I'm curious to hear/play this bass.
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Frenchy-Lefty
 Post subject: Re: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 26th, 2012, 9:00 pm 
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And the price is reasonable too. I can't wait to read a review.
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crabby
 Post subject: Re: Gibson Midtown Bass
PostPosted: December 27th, 2012, 5:19 pm 
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There doesn't seem to be too many of these in peoples hands yet.
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