BDuke Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Did Gibson ever make an ES 335 bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 EB-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDuke Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 EB-2 Thank you for the pic. I was in a R&R band back in the late 60's and our bass player had one of these. I know it was a Gibson and it looked just like this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 A walnut colored EB-2 was the first Gibson I ever owned. I bought it in 1976 for $10. Unfortunately the headstock didn't come with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Epiphone made the Rivoli which looks very similar. Chas Chandler of The Animals played one..as did many others. If I'm not mistaken the Gibson version was the Deluxe version.... Very cool Bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grog Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) I went into a small local music store 45 years ago to check out a Rickenbacker bass. The sales guy pulled out his personal bass from behind the counter. He was selling it to get money to get his stolen motorcycle back. To this day, I've never tried out a Rick. It was a 1967 EB-2C (Center of the photo, the left is a 1968 EB-2DC. The right is a 1959 EB-2 with banjo tuners & single coil pickup.) I have played Gibson Basses ever since. Edited February 22, 2019 by Grog 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I went into a small local music store 45 years ago to check out a Rickenbacker bass. The sales guy pulled out his personal bass from behind the counter. He was selling it to get money to get his stolen motorcycle back. To this day, I've never tried out a Rick. It was a 1967 EB-2C (Center of the photo, the left is a 1968 EB-2DC. The right is a 1959 EB-2 with banjo tuners & single coil pickup.) I have played Gibson Basses ever since. Very Cool Bass'!!!! They have such a great Sound too. Especially for 60's & Brit Invasion.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eades Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Yes they did red black and vintage sunburst came out about 5 years ish ago https://reverb.com/uk/item/1040723-gibson-custom-shop-es-335-bass-cherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grog Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) Very Cool Bass'!!!! They have such a great Sound too. Especially for 60's & Brit Invasion.... All of the pickups seem to sound a bit different. The '67 has the smoothest ballsy sound of the lot. The rest are a bit raspy...…. The '59 was one of the last of the huge single coils that was originally on the first violin bass (EB), then they switched to the humbucker early in '59. Edited February 22, 2019 by Grog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzyGreg Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) . Yes they certainly did make an ES-335 bass! Limited run, in Sunburst, Cherry and black. I have one. It's a 2015 (I think) model, Sunburst. Edited March 29, 2020 by OzzyGreg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 On March 28, 2020 at 9:57 PM, OzzyGreg said: . Yes they certainly did make an ES-335 bass! Limited run, in Sunburst, Cherry and black. I have one. It's a 2015 (I think) model, Sunburst. That is Sweeeeeeeeeet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy56 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Is the 335 bass yet un production?, mmmmhhh 🤔 BR Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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