Gibson's new Krist Novoselic signature bass

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Gibson's new Krist Novoselic signature bass

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Because apparently he was in some band about twenty years ago...

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If it happened twenty years ago, I'd be impressed with Gibson's musical taste.

Occuring on a twentieth anniversary, highly publicized, I'm highly impressed with Gibson's ability to cash in.
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I think it looks cool. And I like the pickguard...the way it goes around the pickups. I can't comment on it's appropriate-ness.
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oh haaay, the Mister Men designed a Bass.
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kinda looks like failbass shape to me. only I don't like that one.
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Now if only Morph and FingerBob would get in on it....
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Has he even played anythign in the 20 years since? Mind you, I bought a new wolfgang and eddie's barely seen the inside of a studio in 13 years...
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Extreme cash-in, but hey I kinda like the weird shape.
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I like it. But then again I'm a fanboi and don't play bass....
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reminds me off a rounded off Washburn A20, with dumbo ears....(could they make those tuners any bigger? :o )
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An original in the wild:

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Ok, so you've decided to have a fluid shape for the body, cool. So why the smeg have a traditional headstock. Aesthetically, it doesn't work for me. The tone doesn't enter the equation. Its a Gibby bass. It'll be mud.
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alanp wrote:Occuring on a twentieth anniversary, highly publicized, I'm highly impressed with Gibson's ability to cash in.
This is the same Gibson that released a Hendrix tribute strat!!
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Hm, whilst it's quite ugly, did he not play Gibson basses, including RD's during his time with that band? It's not a new design anyway. I have no problem with them releasing it now, makes good business sense to me, and it's no Failbird.
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I like how it has Fender pickups.
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