Product: Epiphone Genesis Bass
Price Paid: 50 Canadian
Submitted
05/03/2006
at
07:03pm
by
Toronto Gene
Features
:
8
No idea when it was made - guessing it was 1979ish.
Black double cut with two humbuckers, three point bridge
Certainly feels solid ...very heavy for such a small body...like playing a Les Paul with bass strings
Sound
:
9
BIGASS mean growl
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
I'm Gene in a KISS tribute and had a white binding added to look like his custom Lobou bass
Unfortunately, mine has delveloped a bad neck bow - I only use it now for the blood spitting part of the show as the intonation is screwed...check out www.coldgin.com for some pics.
Reliability/Durability
:
7
Its one tough customer and if I spent a few hundred to have the neck heat pressed, it may actually be a decent bass
It is relegated to being a third spare now behind a Gene Punisher, an Axe and a Gibson Ripper...though again it does get bloody every time I play.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No comment - never tried
Overall Rating
:
8
I've had it since 1980 and it has always been a spare.
I'm amazed they NEVER appear on ebay
Mine is built like a tank and has always been there when I needed it - even when I snapped the headstock off, it was onstage the next night thanks to some epoxy and a hair-dryer.
A rare and little known bass (try to find some info on them!!), I would highly recommend them if you can find them...read the reviews on the 6 string model, they stack up against any lawsuit Les Paul
Product: Epiphone Genesis Bass
Price Paid: N/A used
Submitted
06/07/2002
at
09:19pm
by
Anonymous
Features
:
10
Made in 1979 between USA and Japan factory.
21 frets, 4 strings.
Solidbody, dowble cutaway. Volume, tone, 3 position pickup switch, serial /paralell switch for two soapbar humbuckers.
Mahogany or poplar wood.
Tune-O-Matic 3 point bridge.
Locked tuners.
Sound
:
10
For all styles, very versatile, special for rock/blues stuff.
Very quiet.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
High action.
Excellent fret job.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
Its a rock solid instrument. You can break a wall with it.
Never adjusted, never out of tune.
Humidity changes don't affect it al all, you can play in the shower !!
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
10
I've been playing for 20 years.
I can compare it with other Gibsons like The Ripper.
Very heavy instrument.
