If you could miraculously have ANY piece of gear from 1960-1968, what would it be?

id love a mosrite

I want this one day. 

I've got a 67 Gibson EB2 bass. It's essentially the same instrument as the Epiphone Rivoli. They were made in the same factory in Kalamazoo Michigan.  When Gibson first acquired Epiphone, they had to honor distribution contracts with certain National music stores that had signed agreements with Epiphone, so they made the same models & some were badged as Gibson & some as Epiphone.

It is a great bass, but keep in mind, it's very limited. The pickups are very boomy & often you can feel the bass more easily then hear it. It works best in a band that does not play very loud, & you really need strong speakers for these. I blew out a lot of speakers with my EB2. I used mine in The Fuzztones because I was going after the Yardbirds/Animals sound.  But I soon switched to Rickenbackers.  I found the best use for my EB2 was in a low volume, Chicago Style Blues band. That's when it sounded the best.

 

John Spokus said:

Epiphone Rivoli Bass, sunburst finish
Fender Duo Sonic
Farfisa Compact Duo organ

cant belive i forgot that :(

 

and a continental duo manual

me itd be a vox phantom or the phantom special ,a les paul or sg jr ,a maestro fuzztone ,a vox tone bender ,a fender princeton reverb ,a fender vibrolux and a silvertone 1484

Slingerland Drum kit.......pearlized.  One day.........

joe let me know if you sell that Silvertone!

joe said:

i'd like to get a fury fireball guitar, also a johnson celestion or monarch amp

also a honeytone pyschedelic machine

have a duo sonic, its ok. have a farfisa compact , its crap a yamaha yc-20 0r 30 is more reliable. have a silvertone twin twelve which i might sell at some point. an old 50's standell amp would be cool too

i'd like to get a fury fireball guitar, also a johnson celestion or monarch amp

also a honeytone pyschedelic machine

have a duo sonic, its ok. have a farfisa compact , its crap a yamaha yc-20 0r 30 is more reliable. have a silvertone twin twelve which i might sell at some point. an old 50's standell amp would be cool too

I.....(sob).....GAVE AWAY......An original Vox Continetal...(The one with the orange top, white keys are black, black keys are white)....and a Wurlitzer 'Electronic' Piano....and SMASHED an old 'Leo' amp.........(A UK brand, a little 10 watt all valve practice amp....got to be early 60s....you had to run it turned right up, but when you did...Fuck, did it sound good....).....at one point.  I think I was probably possesed.....Did at least not chuck the Vox Tonebender III out with it all...

 

 

the duo sonic's a nice one...

Epiphone Rivoli Bass, sunburst finish
Fender Duo Sonic
Farfisa Compact Duo organ

Not from the said period but I think the ultimate garage'n'roll bass you can get on the market is the epiphone Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane) - it changed the way I played (released in 1998 I think). It's modeled on the 1973 Les Paul Signature Bass which he used - a HOLLOW BODY instrument with SO MUCH CHARACTER!!!
It has this funny boost button you use like a monkey on some potent banana it's just discovered - for a week - and then you decide the basic "unboosted" sound is the ultimate rocker (it really is). It sounds so sixties but with an extra kick in the pickup, loads of sustain and no need to know how to use it much as it sings and crashes almost on its own - tends to show that even after 1968 some people knew how to build good instruments.
It's the sort of instrument that makes you think "I didn't find this bass that bass found me...". The price is decent as well though I've started breaking strings regularly since I've used it which turns out quite expensive - as I said it changed the way I play!!! I literally fuck with my bass on stage.