Gibson basses

The first bass Gibson made was the 1953 electric bass. It was the first of numerous models produced by CMI (Gibson EB, EB0, EB2, EB3, Thunderbird bass, Les Paul) then Norlin (SB bass, Grabber, Ripper, RD bass, Victory. Have a look at some of these vintage Gibson bass guitars, by following the links below, and to the left.

Gibson EB-O prod: 1959-79
Gibson EB-0L prod: 1970-77
Gibson EB-0F: 1962-65

Gibson EB-1 prod: 1953-58, 1970-73

Gibson EB-2 prod: 1958-61, 64-70
Gibson EB-2D prod: 1966-72

Gibson EB-3 prod: 1961-79
Gibson EB-3L prod: 1971-79

Gibson EB-4L prod: 1972-79

Gibson SB series
Gibson SB-450 prod: 1972-78
Gibson SB-400 prod: 1971-73
SB-350 prod: 1972-78
SB-300 prod: 1971-73

Gibson Grabber G1 prod: 1973-83
Gibson G3 prod: 1975-83

Gibson Ripper L9-S 1973-83
Gibson Ripper Fretless L9-FS prod: 1975-83

Gibson Les Paul Bass prod: 1969-71
Gibson Les Paul Triumph Bass prod: 1971-80

Gibson Les Paul Signature Bass prod: 1973-79

Gibson RD Artist prod: 1977-81
Gibson RD Standard prod: 1977-81

Reverse Gibson Thunderbird prod: 1963-65,
Gibson Non-reverse Thunderbird prod: 1965-69
Gibson Bicentennial Thunderbird 1976-79
Gibson Thunderbird IV 1987-date

Gibson Victory Series
Gibson Victory Standard prod: 1981-86
Gibson Victory Custom prod: 1982-84
Gibson Victory Artist prod: 1981-86