GIBSON Club. Part II

[kirillstokes]

Hello, friends) Sound of my Gibson EB 650 1991

 

[GBassNorth]

Hello, friends) Sound of my Gibson EB 650 1991

Very nice! Great tight finger playing in the mix. Well done

 

[kirillstokes]

Very nice! Great tight finger playing in the mix. Well done

tanx)

 

[kbakerde]

Question for the crew. Has anyone used done any mods to the '13-'14 EB? Anyone played around with putting a Pre-amp in there?

 

[gustophersmob]

Question for the crew. Has anyone used done any mods to the '13-'14 EB? Anyone played around with putting a Pre-amp in there?

I did some mods, but no preamp. I move the jack to the side like on the 2014 (mine was a 2013), and I reworded for master volume and tone with a three way pickup selector. Also moved the coil taps to mini toggles. Used high quality parts for all mods. More about ease of use for me, not really about changing the tone.

Here's the link to my final mods. I have other posts in the thread with other things I tried as well. New Gibson EB bass

 

[GreaserMatt]

Ok, in... my Thunderbirds! From L - R...

'64 T-Bird IV in original cherry finish, '76 T-Bird IV, '64 T-Bird IV, '76 T-Bird IV, '64 T-Bird IV, '90 T-Bird, '67 T-Bird IV, Lull T-Bass IV.

Holy Basses Batman!!!! LOL

 

[EdwardofHuncote]

Well I'll be... there is a Gibson Club here! And I see some familiar folks too.

My first bass guitar was a Kalamazoo, basically a house-brand EB-0... I also have a 1987 Thunder Series V, and I recently picked up a 2014 SG in satin fire-burst...and if it counts, I have this Epiphone EB-0, a rescue from the local Craigslist.

I'll lay claim to #345 if that's cool.

 

[vates]

Sure! Welcome!

#345 EdwardofHuncote

 

[EdwardofHuncote]

Sure! Welcome!

#345 EdwardofHuncote

 

[kirillstokes]

Hello, friends) New video with my Gibson EB 650

 

[aproud1]

Question for the crew. Has anyone used done any mods to the '13-'14 EB? Anyone played around with putting a Pre-amp in there?

Late to the party but did install a preamp in my 2017 EB5. East uni Q. Tight fit, 3 stack knobs, drilled a hole for the active passive switch. Ended up adding a battery box. Sounds and works great. Does suck down the batteries. Thinking about adding another box.

There are a number of preamp that would work. If going two band the Seymour Duncan pre would be a good fit. Probably add coil tap switches. To use in conjunction with the preamp.

 

[kkaarrll]

Late to the party but did install a preamp in my 2017 EB5. East uni Q. Tight fit, 3 stack knobs, drilled a hole for the active passive switch. Ended up adding a battery box. Sounds and works great. Does suck down the batteries. Thinking about adding another box.

There are a number of preamp that would work. If going two band the Seymour Duncan pre would be a good fit. Probably add coil tap switches. To use in conjunction with the preamp.

pictures please

 

[aproud1]

pictures please

East Uni Pre Installed

• aproud1
• Jan 14, 2017
• east

 

[vates]

neat

 

[MrVanimal]

Here is my 2017 EB. Just picked up another in sunburst as a backup. Will post pics of that once I get it all set up and the truss rod cover back on.

 

[vates]

Welcome!

#346 MrVanimal

 

[EdwardofHuncote]

Hey guys, thread update:

I swear I didn't mean to buy another bass today. Long story short, recently I've been selling, trading, even gifting some gear to people... just a little house-cleaning. I gave the Craigslist Rescue Epiphone EB-0 to my Dad, (Father's Day) gave a Toby Pro V to the guitar-player in one band. Had another identical Toby Pro V and an Ibanez the aforementioned guitar player gave me in exchange for the Toby. (didn't need it anymore) So I walk into my local shop to actually put those two basses on consignment.

And this happened:

1987 Gibson Q-80, in rough condition, but all there, and structurally sound. I plugged it in and everything worked, though the bridge pickup volume pot is a little wonky. Heck, this thing sounds awesome! So, I swapped the Toby Pro V for it, even trade, and booked it back home to tweak the action.

Don't know yet if I'll do any restoration or just play it as-is... the biggest issues; some jerk-weasel sanded the back of the neck, and went through the paint. And the jack is crooked for some reason. Of course there are quite a few dings and bruises too, but nothing too unsightly for a 30 year-old bass. Bridge, pickups, and tuners are correct and in good order, truss rod works slick too.

So what do you guys think? Fix her up, or leave her be?

 

[EdwardofHuncote]

Couldn't resist snapping a picture of it with my 1987 Thunder Series V... looks like a checkerboard theme.

 

[Nocturnal]

I love a bass with natural wear and mojo! I would just clean it up for now and play it as is. It sucks about the neck being sanded but it is what it is. Enjoy the score!!

 

[EdwardofHuncote]

I love a bass with natural wear and mojo! I would just clean it up for now and play it as is. It sucks about the neck being sanded but it is what it is. Enjoy the score!!

The body actually isn't bad... I'd be okay leaving it as-is with just a good buffing, but that neck just makes me sad.

Here's an upside - it's one of the very few Gibson bolt-on necks, pretty much just like the Victory, so it would be a fairly simple job to just refinish it in black. Would have to mask off the headstock faces to save the logo and Custom Shop decals, but that's do-able too. Maybe even do a light relic so it would match the body... that might be what happens here... we'll see.