Dave Kiswiney
..the Gibson Ripper was like a godsend for me. It was balanced, different variations of what you could do with the tone, it just worked for the amplification I was using, it just worked. And it had that big body, that big maple body, right? and it just was a fantastic bass
'54 Gibson EB / Thunderbirds | Gibson Ripper | Gibson Victory / Explorer | Heritage, Fender, Gibson and Peavey

Jack Casady
(re: Jack Casady Signature bass) I wanted to thicken the sound up, and they said that I could do anything I want. I could add one pickup, two pickups, three pickups. I said what I want is one great pickup that I can have at any expense
Fender basses | Guild basses | Alembic & Modulus | Epiphone Jack Casady Signature | Amps | Other basses

Mick Hawksworth
The Gibson RD Artist - what a tool; a truly magnificent bass. If you couldn't get the sound you wanted out of one of these, then you should have been an accountant.
Introduction | Andromeda; psychedelic rock | Prog Rock early 70s | Late 70s: Ten Years Later | 1980s: Flying Pigs | Tres Geezers

Ralphe Armstrong
The RD Artist, that was a great bass. It was a whole lot of wood and a whole lot of sound! It had a hell of a sound. I had a mahogany fretless RD too, with an ebony fingerboard!
Introduction / Mahavishnu Orchestra | Gibson basses | Jean-Luc Ponty and beyond | Ralphe on YouTube

Justin Meldal-Johnsen
I saw an RD Artist at a shop in LA years ago and was blown away by how it looked
Introduction | Gibson basses | Other equipment | Trivia

Bob Daisley
For a Gibson EB-3 you really need a Marshall stack you know for the best match for sound
Introduction | Gibson basses | Fender basses | Other vintage basses

Mike Watt
There's something about mahogany, there's a warm roundness, maybe not as much definition as a maple neck... there's a character I get from my Thunderbird and EB-3s
Introduction/Minutemen | Other Bands | Gibson EB3 | Gibson Thunderbird | Other Gibson basses

Martin Turner
you play the Rickenbacker bass and it’s like making love to a girl, you get hold of that thing, the Thunderbird, it’s like making love to a woman, you’ve got to get hold of it by the scruff of the neck.....
Introduction | Thunderbirds | Wishbone Ash pt.1 | Wishbone Ash pt.2 | Martin Turners Wishbone Ash

Warren Haynes on Allen Woody and Gov't Mule.
... He liked all the EB's, he collected EB's, he had EBO, EB1, EB2, EB3 and he used them all in recording especially in the context of Gov't Mule
Introduction | Epiphone Rumblekat | Live with Gov't Mule | Allen Woody bass style | The Show Goes On

Andy Hess
I've definitely got to really love my EB-O - it works for certain songs perfectly
Introduction | Gov't Mule | Bass guitars

Suzi Quatro
...and the sliding pickup.. some marketing guys mistake.. I mean who needs a sliding pick up?

Julian Cope
... no bass could approach that sound
Story of 'the Beast' | Sounds | More Gibsons | Fly Guitars comment

Glenn Cornick
Late in 1970 after about a year of searching, I bought my original reverse T Bird single pickup. I loved everything about it ...
Fender Jazz and 1959 EB0 | EB3 & EB2D | Thunderbirds | General thoughts

Andy Fraser
I was immediately at home with the EB3. First, it is small, as am I, so it was a perfect fit. It had extra frets up top, and you could never have enough extra frets for me, and with the extra pickup, one could get a wide variety of tones
Introduction & John Mayall's Bluesbreakers | Free | Sharks | Andy Fraser band | Naked...and Finally Free