Gibson "Money Bass" any good?

[Ripfence]

Anyone have any experience with the Gibson "Money Bass"?

 

Thanks!

[Renfield]

I tried it. Meh for the money.

[Poltergeist]

never heard of it. i demand pics!

[Optimus Prime]

For the same price get the SG. Looks so much better.

[Bass8987]

I like your avatar.

[misterhinkydink]

They sound like TBirds.

 

[Poltergeist]

They sound like TBirds.

 

youre kidding right?? :eek::eek:

[Renfield]

youre kidding right?? :eek: :eek:

 

Underneath the chrome, I "think" they are the same pups.

[Poltergeist]

Underneath the chrome, I "think" they are the same pups.

 

sort of want now, but the price definitly turns me off of it, i'd have a hard time believing it is actually worth it

[jackcheez]

For the same price get the SG. Looks so much better.

It's sad that they didn't include the selector switch that the EB3 had. I don't understand their thinking.

 

Nice pic there misterhinkydink !

 

Is that a V4B cab ?

[Fran da Man]

Not my thing at all...but i gotta say that "$" symbol is gaudy as hell, i can see Flava Flav wearin' that whole bass around his neck.

[Optimus Prime]

It's sad that they didn't include the selector switch that the EB3 had. I don't understand their thinking. Nice pic there misterhinkydink ! Is that a V4B cab ?

I wish it had the same knob setup as the old ones. 4 knobs + the chicken head knob. Looks so much cooler than the standard line of knobs on the new ones.

[no-logic]

It is worth the $600 new price to me. T-Birds are much more $$$. I like mine.

[Rootdogg]

I did play one recently. You can get one for about $700 brand new if you look hard enough. Guitard Center runs a special on them quite frequently. The one with the flame maple top with the mohogany cutout is a gorgeous bass. It sounded decent, and very much like a T-Bird. Maybe not as deep in the low end. The neck is slim and VERY fast. The body is pretty thin too. A little unbalanced, heavy on the neck. I would buy one, but never for full price. Looks a bit like a Wal bass.

[rpsands]

Gibson should call all their instruments "money XXXX"

 

E.g. Gibson Money studio, Gibson Mo Money (les paul).

[countrybass]

They sound like TBirds.

 

Nice rig!!

[misterhinkydink]

 

I did play one recently. You can get one for about $700 brand new if you look hard enough. Guitard Center runs a special on them quite frequently. The one with the flame maple top with the mohogany cutout is a gorgeous bass. It sounded decent, and very much like a T-Bird. Maybe not as deep in the low end. The neck is slim and VERY fast. The body is pretty thin too. A little unbalanced, heavy on the neck. I would buy one, but never for full price. Looks a bit like a Wal bass.

 

 

With the MF 20 percent discount I got it for $640.00.

[misterhinkydink]

Not my thing at all...but i gotta say that "$" symbol is gaudy as hell, i can see Flava Flav wearin' that whole bass around his neck.

 

I agree and plan to replace it with either 'Gibson' or plain. They also call it the 'Les Paul Money Bass' and nowhere does it say 'Les Paul'.

[misterhinkydink]

It's sad that they didn't include the selector switch that the EB3 had. I don't understand their thinking. Nice pic there misterhinkydink ! Is that a V4B cab ?

 

Thanks!! That's a V-6B cabinet loaded with two JBL K-140s.

[jasper383]

 

With the MF 20 percent discount I got it for $640.00.

 

 

Where does one get discounts from MF?

 

$640 would place this bass close to the "steal" category.

 

That $ truss rod cover is so awful. How heavy is it? Gibsons always look, to me, like they are heavy and/or neck divers.

[Optimus Prime]

 

Where does one get discounts from MF? $640 would place this bass close to the "steal" category. That $ truss rod cover is so awful. How heavy is it? Gibsons always look, to me, like they are heavy and/or neck divers.

 

They mailed them out to "loyal" customers sometime in January. They expired at the end of February. I got my SG bass for $640 too. Mine is very light, but does have some neck dive. I don't know how bad it is because I've never played another bass that has neck dived before. Don't have anything to compare it to.

[misterhinkydink]

 

Where does one get discounts from MF? $640 would place this bass close to the "steal" category. That $ truss rod cover is so awful. How heavy is it? Gibsons always look, to me, like they are heavy and/or neck divers.

 

 

It's light and feels well balanced to me. My only complaint is it is uncomfortable to play sitting down. The lower bout digs into my chest.

[Thumper]

youre kidding right?? :eek: :eek:

 

The Money Bass and the T-bird share the same pups---ceramic TB Plus models. The Money has a mahogany body (like a T-bird) with a maple cap (not), and a set mahogany neck, as opposed to a seven-laminate mahogany neck-through on the 'bird. The bridge on the Money bass looks like an improvement on that three-bolt T-bird abhomination.

 

A decent used reissue T-bird will cost several hundred dollars more than the $800 MF is asking for the Money bass. If T-bird tone matters more than T-bird looks, I'd certainly consider one.

[Ripfence]

sort of want now, but the price definitly turns me off of it, i'd have a hard time believing it is actually worth it

 

I paid $799 from MF, was that a bad price for a US made bass?

[REMUS]

I paid $799 from MF, was that a bad price for a US made bass?

 

No, he's just talking out of his arse as usual