General thoughts on Gibson basses

FlyGuitars So did you ever buy another Gibson bass?

Glenn Cornick Last one was an EB1 reissue in about 1975 which I used with the band Paris though I didn't use it on record - I used an Eccleshall (British Custom Luthier) reverse Thunderbird using all the parts from the green non-reverse T Bird for the first Paris (1975) album played through a Pignose!

FlyGuitars How do you think Gibson basses could have been improved?

Glenn Cornick Here would have been my wish list for Gibsons in 1970:-

1) Headstocks that wouldn't break off every time the instrument fell backwards. (The only failing of T Birds)

2) Sensible secure bridges that could be intonated easily and didn't feel like they would fly off at any moment. The old non adjustable bridges on EBs were much more secure than the later adjustables and I did once see someone's EB3 adjustable bridge come off in mid song. I seem to remember they were held in place by two small hex screws!

3) Bodies that wouldn't crack at the control panel.

4) Controls that could be adjusted in mid song instead of having to fiddle with the balance of 2 different volume or tone controls. (Not a problem on my single pickup T Birds)

5) Better quality control in the electronics department. Our roadies eventually had to completely rewire my EB3 on the road because of poor soldering in the factory.

6) More consistency in the models. I never played 2 Gibsons that sounded or felt even close to identical other than my 2 non reverse T Birds.