| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 871.1 | If I remember Correctly . . . | ROLL::BEFUMO | Nuke the Whales | Thu Sep 29 1988 10:22 | 18 |
| If memory serves:
EB-0 - SG-shaped solid body bass with a single HUGE humbucking
PU positioned too close to the neck for any kind of punch.
EB-1 - A HEAVY violin-shaped solid body, introduced considerably
later than the other EBs
EB-2 - Hollow (or semi-hollow) body instrument, similar in shape
to an ES-335.
EB-3 - Just like the EB-0, but with a smaller humbucker in the
bridge position, in addition to the big pick up.
Someone in this file mentioned having an EB-4, but I don't recall
ever seeing one of those.
jpb
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| 871.2 | EBO short | ELESYS::JASNIEWSKI | Our common crisis | Thu Sep 29 1988 10:28 | 10 |
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One of the aspects of the EB series basses is that the scales
are not all necessarily loooong. I have (the remnants of) an EBO that
has a short scale neck - almost like playin a guitar. You have to
find a heavy set of strings for it to sound good. It'll never sound
like a P-Bass, cause of the pickup location and the short scale.
I have however seen "SG" shaped gibson basses with long scale necks.
Joe Jas
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| 871.3 | in a nutshell | SPHINX::WEBER | | Thu Sep 29 1988 10:33 | 20 |
| EB-0: SG style bass with one wide humbucker at neck, 30.5" scale
EB: cheaper version of EB-0
EB-1: Violin shaped body, otherwise similar to EB-0
EB-2: ES-335 body, pickups same as EB-3
EB-3: same body as EB-0, additional, small pickup in bridge position.
EB-4: EB-3 variant, different controls.
An "L" at the end means long (34.5") scale.
Ealy EB-0's had rounded, double cut bodies with banjo-style tuners.
These are almost all readily available at almost any vintage dealer.
There are two, rarer six strings, both called EB-6. One is an EB-0
style, the other an EB-2 style.
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| 871.4 | | WEFXEM::COTE | Name changed to protect innocence | Thu Sep 29 1988 11:48 | 6 |
| EB-4L: SG shaped, long scale neck, 1 huge humbucker approximately
1/2 way twixt bridge and neck position, single tone and
volume pots. 3 position mystery switch affects bottom
end of eq...
Edd
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| 871.5 | Another version | SPHINX::WEBER | | Fri Sep 30 1988 09:54 | 13 |
| An early 1970's variant of EB-3 had a *slotted* headstock, like
a classical guitar.
The rare times I play bass, I use a short scale (Les Paul Triumph)
model. Finding decent strings for these is almost impossible. I
once had an EB-O that I did a Dimarzio conversion on--it sounded
much better, but I doubt that a serious bass player would like it.
Guitar Trader currently has an EB-3 for $625 (too much, IMO), Strings
West has an EB-0 for $275, and an EB-2 for $450. I'd bet virtually
any vintage dealer has at least one model in stock at any time
Danny W.
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| 871.6 | Pointer To Gibson Bass History | AQUA::ROST | Canned ham, that's for me | Fri Sep 30 1988 23:07 | 8 |
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See 230.5 for rundown on Gibson bass models up to 1986.
Gibson has reissued the Thunderbird (at $1200 +) but I doubt that
the EBs will be coming back anytime soon as their sound is out of
vogue.
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| 871.7 | that reminds me | RICKS::CALCAGNI | | Sat Oct 01 1988 23:34 | 4 |
| anybody in netland interested in a good deal on a '76 reissue
Thunderbird bass, drop me a line
/rick
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| 871.8 | EBO at MacDuff's | AQUA::ROST | Canned ham, that's for me | Mon Oct 24 1988 08:52 | 6 |
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If anyone out there is still looking for an EBO and you're in MA,
MacDuff's in Shrewsbury has a cherry one with the slotted headstock
for sale.
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