In a near future I will maybe buy this nice Gibson sg faded bass and I would like to know if some bass players around here use it for garage rock and how they like it.
He's the sound great for our kind of music?

At least I purchased this piece of hell yesterday ! Seriously that's a monster with punch and power ! A real beast easy to play and for me very good looking.

Thanks for your answer. I own 2 Squier jaguar vintage modified short scale (I defretted one) and now I cant play with anything else than a short scale, it's a real pleasure to play on a easy bass like that. And seriously, this Squier rocks ! Very cheap price but good quality and good 60's sound !

John Carlucci said:

 I own a 67 EB2, and while I love it for some things, it is a very limited instrument. It can be very muddy at times. Hollow Body basses played at loud volumes can feed back. So if you are playing in a loud band with a hard hitting drummer, that can be a problem. Especially with a 1 pick up EB 2 like mine.

 The EB3 or it's modern cousin the SG bass, being that it has the extra pick-up, has more tonal capabilities. The neck humbucker is a pretty powerful pickup, so just make sure you have a decent bass amp with good speakers.

 I also sometimes prefer short scale basses. The MIJ RI Fender Mustang basses are fantastic instruments. They have specially designed Seymour Duncan pickups, which make them sound like a P Bass. Before buying, I'd recommend you try one of these. ( make sure it's an MIJ Fender Mustang not a Squier) Unfortunately they only import white ones to the US now (which is a nice choice) however in Japan, they sell a wide range of colors & even the RI Competition bass. I managed to score one of those & love it.

 I own a 67 EB2, and while I love it for some things, it is a very limited instrument. It can be very muddy at times. Hollow Body basses played at loud volumes can feed back. So if you are playing in a loud band with a hard hitting drummer, that can be a problem. Especially with a 1 pick up EB 2 like mine.

 The EB3 or it's modern cousin the SG bass, being that it has the extra pick-up, has more tonal capabilities. The neck humbucker is a pretty powerful pickup, so just make sure you have a decent bass amp with good speakers.

 I also sometimes prefer short scale basses. The MIJ RI Fender Mustang basses are fantastic instruments. They have specially designed Seymour Duncan pickups, which make them sound like a P Bass. Before buying, I'd recommend you try one of these. ( make sure it's an MIJ Fender Mustang not a Squier) Unfortunately they only import white ones to the US now (which is a nice choice) however in Japan, they sell a wide range of colors & even the RI Competition bass. I managed to score one of those & love it.

:) I just know enough to know that I don't know it all… if you know what I mean.

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The Revox said:

dublE seems to be a wise man ;-)

dublE seems to be a wise man ;-)

And yes for me it's look cool too... M. Watt or M. Bruce look great with that in their hands.

Will make a little review here if I purchase it.

Although I'm no bassplayer, I've borrowed my brother's – more upscale model – SG a couple times for studio work, and have no complaints.  In my experience, it is an "easy" bass to play, and personally I think four-stringed SG's look cool too. My bro. has several other basses, but the SG is usually his first choice.

Be aware though, that a properly set up guitar is – at least part of – the key to great guitar (or any instrument for that matter) sound and feel… 

Generally branding certain gear as "crap" based on a single experience (I'm sure there are a few shitty Casady's lying around too), hearsay, or even looks (and in my book the EB2 is a real non-looker – but each to his own) regrettably seems to be a quite popular "modus operandi" on the www.  Sadly, the quality of such opinions is… well, crap.  Hope you have the integrity to realize their limited value.

Now, I won't tell you that the budget-priced "faded" model SG is the only/best alternative for you, but if you want shortscale, and you dig the design, then it just might be… But, in any case; "try before you buy" is my best advice, and if possible; have a good guitar tech look it over before the "trying" part. 

Best of luck.

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The Revox said:

Thanks guys for your answers. I heard it s a easy bass to play (it's shortscale) and it s one of the reasons of my interest. The Casady looks great but I'm really a shortscale guy (when speaking about bass :-) )...

A friend of ours has one, but she never really got on with it (Epiphone version); she's replaced it with a Fender Mustang bass.

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The Revox said:

Thanks guys for your answers. I heard it s a easy bass to play (it's shortscale) and it s one of the reasons of my interest. The Casady looks great but I'm really a shortscale guy (when speaking about bass :-) )...

Thanks guys for your answers. I heard it s a easy bass to play (it's shortscale) and it s one of the reasons of my interest. The Casady looks great but I'm really a shortscale guy (when speaking about bass :-) )...

In the end I grabbed a hollow epiphone jack Cassidy - now that's a bass

Forget it they're a real pile of crap. There was one kicking around in our practice studio - supposedly really nice as it was from the seventies. Pile of shit. Can't hear it- it's got no balls. Waste of time and money. Great guitars I agree but forget the bass.

get a real bass and don't buy a guitar that has burst 2 strings... SG's are classic but they look and play durt as a bass. likewise don't buy a flying V bass. they looked cooler with 6 strings. what you want is a Gibson EB2 bass.

EDIT: or a rickenbacker...