Unleashing the ugly part of the family.

[William A. Seward II]

So, I was just a few moments ago and saw the SG Tenor thread and reminded I've had some pics and decided to find a few new ones.

What bothered me was the fact that Gibson can't help but nstead of also making a nice mandolin version, they hurl out the butt-ugly EMS-1235 - you know, the two headed freaks of the family: the aforementioned EMS, the well known and well despised by me "Stairway To Hotel California" EDS-1275, and the bassy one, once worn by Elvis himself, the EBS-1250 (along with the rare EBSF-1250 - better since I like EB-0Fs a lot. Still...they're ugly!

(Actually the EDS-1235T, the Tenor/Mandolin doubleneck is kinda cool.)

My rationale is as follows: SGs mean to me slick, smooth, fast, light, mean, tough, now-you-see-me-now-you-don't guitars with Ted McCarty obviously thinking of this deadly sexy woman, a femme fatale when he designed it.

Therefore, you make it a doubleneck, you turn it into a fat ugly broad with two heads and a big a__

As such ladies and gentlemen, from my ouevre of abominations, the uglies:

1974 EBS-1250

and the awkward "so ugly and so devoid of any reason to exist that only eight copies are known to exist 'cousin':"

1970 EDS-1250

Now, Gibson the EMS-1235 had a six string and mandolin on the other neck:

1968 EMS-1235

The prettiest in the bastards of the family:

1961 EDS-1235T

Back to the EBS - with an added F - this one's the second coolest in my book:

1962 EBSF-1250

and a '64:

Annnd...


NO.

It's a '65. Blah blah, woof woof. No. No can do.

 

[William A. Seward II]

Oh man! How could I forget ELVIS and his cool-only-made-for-him-six-string EBS?

Also, there's this other fella: his name's Jim Ramage and I've never heard of him, but at least his EBSF's got some mojo.

 

[Six String]

........... I've landed in Double neck Heaven.................!

 

[eS.G.]

Ill take 2 please....er would that be 4 ......no thats 8.....oh Hell...............

 

[Whiskeyrebel]

I like all of them. None of them look disproportionate to me at all, apart from the obvious charles-and-mambo aspect.

 

[dbb]

 

[javamagic]

I love those early Gibson mando/guitar doubles. Here's a selection.

And here's Robbie Robertson with his EMS-1235 in lovely cherry red. Note that this one has eight strings on the mando neck.

Oooh, International Musician, November 1975. I used to have that. Look at the price: 25 pence! When I looked at a guitar magazine the other day it was over six quid!!!!! Is that really forty years of inflation or just profiteering?

 

[Go Nigel Go]

The bass model would be handy if the next song on the set list is "Big Bottom" from Spinal Tap...and of course the Mandolin version was made for playing Stonehenge!

 

[Piper68Special]

Eliminate the middleman-go for the Bass/Mando combo!

 

[Von Trapp]

How can anyone not be able to chose between playing the bass or the guitar? In the middle of a song no less! (why else would you need one...)

 

[IPLAYLOUD]

One of the first solid doubles from 1964.
He never used the bridge pickup on the 6, so he ordered it without one.
Two outputs going to two amps.

 

[IPLAYLOUD]

I would love to know what setlist he had to order this!

 

[MR D]

So, I was just a few moments ago and saw the SG Tenor thread and reminded I've had some pics and decided to find a few new ones.

What bothered me was the fact that Gibson can't help but nstead of also making a nice mandolin version, they hurl out the butt-ugly EMS-1235 - you know, the two headed freaks of the family: the aforementioned EMS, the well known and well despised by me "Stairway To Hotel California" EDS-1275, and the bassy one, once worn by Elvis himself, the EBS-1250 (along with the rare EBSF-1250 - better since I like EB-0Fs a lot. Still...they're ugly!

(Actually the EDS-1235T, the Tenor/Mandolin doubleneck is kinda cool.)

My rationale is as follows: SGs mean to me slick, smooth, fast, light, mean, tough, now-you-see-me-now-you-don't guitars with Ted McCarty obviously thinking of this deadly sexy woman, a femme fatale when he designed it.

Therefore, you make it a doubleneck, you turn it into a fat ugly broad with two heads and a big a__

As such ladies and gentlemen, from my ouevre of abominations, the uglies:

1974 EBS-1250

and the awkward "so ugly and so devoid of any reason to exist that only eight copies are known to exist 'cousin':"

1970 EDS-1250

Now, Gibson the EMS-1235 had a six string and mandolin on the other neck:

1968 EMS-1235

The prettiest in the bastards of the family:

1961 EDS-1235T

Back to the EBS - with an added F - this one's the second coolest in my book:

1962 EBSF-1250

and a '64:

Annnd...


NO.

It's a '65. Blah blah, woof woof. No. No can do.

NICE ! They don't look sooo ugly to me, but the comparison to the FAT BROADS was HILARIOUS !!! LMAO !

If you know where I can get some of the Engraved GIBSON Pickup covers a reward awaits you !

 

[Daniel.S]

NICE ! They don't look sooo ugly to me, but the comparison to the FAT BROADS was HILARIOUS !!! LMAO !

If you know where I can get some of the Engraved GIBSON Pickup covers a reward awaits you !

Reverb; dig deep into those pockets, my friend.

 

[MR D]

Reverb; dig deep into those pockets, my friend.

OH YES, I kno.....TNX, I look there and on $#!T-List all the time and haven't seen any of them for months, years actually..I checked today, and.... NADA...that is why I asked, I Figured..... MAYBE I get lucky......as I'm due for some of that.