Another "What Is This" thread?

[Obese Chess]

I played one today and loved it.
It's an epiphone.
I found a picture of one online, but it wasn't anything I didn't already know: "Epiphone 4-String Bass".

Help?

 

[FL Knifemaker]

Are those pups GOLD?? That thing is blingin'

 

[darthplagis]

epi embassy, from around mid 90's i think, but hey im probably wrong

 

[Obese Chess]

They are indeed Gold.

I checked it out as a mid-nineties embassy, but I'm still not sure...

 

[Jumbotron]

It looks a lot like a guitar that Gibson/Epiphone made called, if I remember right, the MIII. I always thought that body shape was sweet.

 

[Obese Chess]

yeah, it's got a cutaway underneath for the input jack. Its pretty insane.

 

[darthplagis]

i was digging and found this, the initials could point to it being an embassy of some sort (hehe i just realized the bass in embassy there!)

cheap but not a pimped out bling bass
http://www.gbase.com/Stores/Gear/GearDetails.aspx?Item=1639038

and here
http://www.gibson.com/products/epiphone/archive/bass/7.html

 

[fryBASS]

dude! that thing is sick!!!

 

[Obese Chess]

Yup. It's an EBM-4. Thanks everyone!

Now to talk the guy out of keepin' it.
One of the best-sounding and -playing basses I've ever been around. Seriously, it blows most of my other basses outta the water.

 

[Baird6869]

Respect! That is one blinged out bass.

 

[danman]

I had one of those blingin basses. I bought it off of craigslist with a hardshell case for 100 bux. I sold the bling and kept the case. Mine was a 5 string. The pickups sounded alright and it setup really well but I remember the neck being flimbsy. a very light left hand would make a killer setup turn into fret buzzzzzz and claks. The preamp was a little hissy. neat for 100 bux, but I had no reason to keep it.

danman

 

[Obese Chess]

Danman, interesting fact: The guy I'm trying to buy the bass from is named Dan Manning.

Weird stuff.