It's official.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:36 am

Epiphone reissued the Flying V and Explorer basses!

I played an explorer in GC recently, and it is seriously an amazing bass. Great tonal variation in the pickups which makes the selector switch actually worth two shits.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:39 am

so righteous!!

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:13 pm

pretty cool that they actually made them out of korina. i'll have to pick one up should i ever see one.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:36 pm

400 bucks?

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:08 pm

What, too expensive?

brandon. · Post by **brandon.** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:34 pm

serfx wrote:so righteous!!

they should use this as the tagline for these basses

the v bass is totally badass.

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:00 pm

If only I had the money... Both are sweet. I've been waiting for these things to come around for some time. I'd probably change the pu's anyway. And maybe give them paint.

Justyn · Post by **Justyn** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:06 am

There should be an epiphone production line mike watt eb bass

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:56 am

if they made a korina firebird i would be all over one(if it was used for like 150 bucks)

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:02 am

robert(original) wrote:if they made a korina firebird i would be all over one(if it was used for like 150 bucks)

I wish they made a goth Firebird.

brianeharmonjr · Post by **brianeharmonjr** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:31 pm

..or a Korina EB bass would be pretty cool as well. I'm pretty sure I've seen a Korina SG. I always shy away from Korina guitars because it seems like they always use gold hardware, which I don't like. Especially that cheap gold plating they use on Epiphones that never seems to last long.

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:34 pm

When are they going to re-release the victory or rd? grabbers and ripper came out on Gibson. Why not Victory? Arguably the best bass the firm ever made.

I said arguably.

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:41 pm

i dont think these shapes look good as basses.

to me, at least, the only shapes that look good as basses are precision, jazz, mustang, and the 4001.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:17 pm

Mo Rawka wrote:i dont think these shapes look good as basses.

to me, at least, the only shapes that look good as basses are precision, jazz, mustang, and the 4001.

What, you don't like the Epi Goth EXTREME bass?

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:00 pm

Gibson EB0s, EB1s and EB2s are my fave basses ever, only excepting certain corner-cutting variations that came out.

Having said that a knock-off jazz bass will always do.

Still, I bet that sunburst EB2 up there is wild in the sack.

No love for explorers and mere tongue-in-cheek V-lolz.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:05 pm

I wouldn't care too much for the explorers if they didn't sound like SEX. The V's are a little too cumbersome.

BoringPostcards · Post by **BoringPostcards** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:54 pm

paul_ wrote:Gibson EB0s, EB1s and EB2s are my fave basses ever, only excepting certain corner-cutting variations that came out.

Having said that a knock-off jazz bass will always do.

Still, I bet that sunburst EB2 up there is wild in the sack.

No love for explorers and mere tongue-in-cheek V-lolz.

I've always liked the look of the SG shaped one, until I played one last week. It felt like a toy. The neck was just so dinky. The chrome neck pup is one muddy fuck of a pickup too. The other pup sounded nice though.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:23 pm

I think vintage Gibson ones are great. Don't rate the newer ones "Gibson SG Bass" and certainly none of the Epiphone versions.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:19 pm

this needs to happen

and not just because his was stolen.
mike watt deserves a fucking signature bass.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:40 pm

serfx wrote:this needs to happen

and not just because his was stolen.
mike watt deserves a fucking signature bass.

I couldn't even wrap my head around a three pickup bass. That being said You're totally right.