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#701
G'day I Recently pickup up a JCB, the guy I bought it from had removed pickguard and swapped the tone knobs for black and removed the vari-tone position indicator as he wanted it black! BLACK I tell ya!
He also had black tape over the pick-up...more black!

Looked cool and sounds great and he found the pickguard but is missing the pickguard bracket that mounts it to the body. Good old eBay has Les Paul brackets are these the same?

cheers

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#702
Just bought a used Les Paul special (yeah, I thought it was not the "short bus" special)... My first guitar was an Epiphone steel string acoustic (6 string)... so my affinity towards the name has always been strong. So... this came up & I wanted to NOT like it so I wouldn't spend the money... but, like Mikey, I liked it...
The action was a bit high but still was fairly easy playing. (I'm in beginning phase, anyway)... so cash was exchanged for a bass (& an original Coffin Case). It's the long scale style.
Today, it's with the locally famous shop (Bend Instrument Repair) getting set-up.
Any gig bag recommendation?
or
strings?
later,
Peter

(Epiphone Club #?)
 
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brettus1963 said:
he wanted it black! BLACK I tell ya!
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I knew if I logged in I would see that here! I am going to miss it, TREAT HER WELL!

(Yes, it was going to be MORE black! I was gonna put one of these Mama pickups in it, put some mesh in the f-holes and some lightweight LED strips behind those... but I ran out of money a lot recently...)
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5-String fl El Capitan.

Serial # S 98 05 0003; (S) Samick Korea; (98) 1998; (05) May; (ranking) #0003
I don't know what a ranking number is as compared to a sequential ranking number but some instruments say one and the rest of them say the other.

BTW, here's a site (unofficial) for those who wish to decipher their serial numbers. Maybe it's already posted but I didn't see it.
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Sure, I'd like a number - as long as it isn't less than 1... ;)
 
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@hillerup
Been contemplating the thought of getting myself an EB-3 to add an alternative flavour to my sound palette...
What is the verdict on these - Are they worth getting?

Well, I guess part of an added flavor would depend what you already have and if they are stock. Best way to find out - go and play one but don't know how easy that would be in Denmark. Maybe order one by a company that has a return policy where you could send it back for any reason (typically 30 days or less) and you'd haft to pay shipping both ways. Might be a spendy way to 'rent' an instrument but cheaper than buying something you won't use. One pup at the bridge & one at the neck gives a pretty wide tonal range. Almost all of the Epiphone EB-3 versions are full scale while the Gibson's are short scale so the Gibson's will have a somewhat heavier tone. Most of the few short scale Epi models were domestic for Japan. I think there may have been some imported by Epiphone to the states but not real sure on that. I had a Gibson version several decades ago and it was extremely thick on the bottom end but finding a 'sweet' spot depending on what I was playing definitely pretty easy.

A small video sound bite is at Epiphones website: http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Bass/EB-3.aspx Not much but gives you an idea of it's tonal range.
A decent article can be found here: The Epiphone EB3 Bass Guitar Long-term Experienced Review - Still rockin'! - The Guitar Review dot Com(tm)
 
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Johns Bass said:
@hillerup
Been contemplating the thought of getting myself an EB-3 to add an alternative flavour to my sound palette...
What is the verdict on these - Are they worth getting?

Well, I guess part of an added flavor would depend what you already have and if they are stock. Best way to find out - go and play one but don't know how easy that would be in Denmark. Maybe order one by a company that has a return policy where you could send it back for any reason (typically 30 days or less) and you'd haft to pay shipping both ways. Might be a spendy way to 'rent' an instrument but cheaper than buying something you won't use. One pup at the bridge & one at the neck gives a pretty wide tonal range. Almost all of the Epiphone EB-3 versions are full scale while the Gibson's are short scale so the Gibson's will have a somewhat heavier tone. Most of the few short scale Epi models were domestic for Japan. I think there may have been some imported by Epiphone to the states but not real sure on that. I had a Gibson version several decades ago and it was extremely thick on the bottom end but finding a 'sweet' spot depending on what I was playing definitely pretty easy.

A small video sound bite is at Epiphones website: http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Bass/EB-3.aspx Not much but gives you an idea of it's tonal range.
A decent article can be found here: The Epiphone EB3 Bass Guitar Long-term Experienced Review - Still rockin'! - The Guitar Review dot Com(tm)
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Thanks for the links...

Did find that second article the other day, and they guy seems very happy about his EB-3... :)

Might go check out one in a local store that has a cherry one on display...
 
#710
Hey there

I'm usually hanging in the Dingwall club (got 3 of them) but I recently ordered an Epiphone Toby Deluxe IV in Trans red.
I liked the shape and the price tag, though I didn't really need another bass.

It's a really good surprise and it shows how far cheap basses have come in the last few years. The frets don't stick out, it stays in tune, the finish feels great. However it sounded pretty awful.
Today I gutted the active electronics and reconnected the stock pickups in a passive setup. It doesn't sound like a high end bass but it's much more useable now.
Those active electronics add a silly amount of gain and seem to act like a tilt EQ but if there's a neutral point I couldn't find it (no center detent either).

I may still swap the pickups but if you're in the same situation I was do try bypassing that crappy preamp. It makes a huge difference.
 
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Actually here's a sound clip of the "passified" Toby.
Played it over an acoustic arrangement draft of Within Temptation's The Howling I made for my symphonic metal cover band a few months ago (we do have 2 lady singers :))
Neck pickup, tone barely rolled off, Ampeg SVT simulation.

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#712
brettus1963 said:
G'day I Recently pickup up a JCB, the guy I bought it from had removed pickguard and swapped the tone knobs for black and removed the vari-tone position indicator as he wanted it black! BLACK I tell ya!
He also had black tape over the pick-up...more black!

Looked cool and sounds great and he found the pickguard but is missing the pickguard bracket that mounts it to the body. Good old eBay has Les Paul brackets are these the same?

cheers

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G'day, I played my Epi Jack Casady for the first time at a gig last night, recently had it setup, plays beautiful and has an absolute killer sound.
However....there's a few songs that we played faster and I found it hard to keep up (or moreso, 'right-hand' trouble finding the strings LOL).
I'm unsure if its the transition to a thicker body (and string spacing?) and just needing time to adjust my "finger muscle memory" (as I mostly played a Jazz bass).

Has anyone else experience this?
 
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brettus1963 said:
G'day, I played my Epi Jack Casady for the first time at a gig last night, recently had it setup, plays beautiful and has an absolute killer sound.
However....there's a few songs that we played faster and I found it hard to keep up (or moreso, 'right-hand' trouble finding the strings LOL).
I'm unsure if its the transition to a thicker body (and string spacing?) and just needing time to adjust my "finger muscle memory" (as I mostly played a Jazz bass).

Has anyone else experience this?
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Me too. I love the bass and it has HUGE sound varieties in it but I'm still a bit clumsy with it
 
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hillerup said:
Someone locally is selling this EB-0 body in cherry red...

But it seems like it has some kinda subtle "burst" going on - Is that normal?
Never seen those with that "burst" before - They always seem to be transparent red or solid black...

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I've owned a couple of Gibsons and seen a few of the Epiphones but I have only seen either version with the forward strap button on the back at the heel or neck plate depending on version. The strap button was one of the four neck plate screws on the bolt on series.

Maybe somebody modified it by putting the button on the horn? Might help you if you can determine if it is a true Epi if you can find that out. However if I was going to move it I'd have put it on the back of the horn but to each their own. As far as the 'burst' goes I really haven't noticed that before but haven't studied that many Epi versions overall.
 
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Johns Bass said:
I've owned a couple of Gibsons and seen a few of the Epiphones but I have only seen either version with the forward strap button on the back at the heel or neck plate depending on version. The strap button was one of the four neck plate screws on the bolt on series.

Maybe somebody modified it by putting the button on the horn? Might help you if you can determine if it is a true Epi if you can find that out. However if I was going to move it I'd have put it on the back of the horn but to each their own. As far as the 'burst' goes I really haven't noticed that before but haven't studied that many Epi versions overallridg.
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It's an Epi alright... Seller bought it with the sole purpose of gutting it...

The neck and mudbucker was used on a Squier Stratocaster body, the other parts were sold separately, out of which I bought the chrome 3-point bridge... ;)
 
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I have an older Epi EB3 that I almost never play out; this weekend, with storms brewing and an outdoor gig scheduled, I brought out the less valuable "beater" over my Fenders. We do a lot of classic rock, sixties, Motown, you know the drill--and the sound guy was ecstatic. "What the hell are you playing dude?" he said (an old hippie, about 65 like myself, so take that with a grain of salt). Bottom line, the thing sounded great and--even in my advanced age bracket--there was no ergonomic problems doing three hour long sets. Wide strap, forty-five degree angle, and a pre-set scotch, and it was all good.
 
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