Gibson EB-1 bass - Help!

[Iridescentone]

I saw them twice three piece at one of the colleges in Worcester, Mass, he had had pretty much that exact Sunn setup in the bottom picture, don't remember which bass though, but yeah dirty as hell, a good dirty.

I caught Mountain in the 70's at (I think) De Paul Uni, in Chicago. They played in a packed gym, which by default was a lousy sounding room. So their overall sound was meh that night. It was so crowded that there was no way to get close to the stage, but I could see that Felix was on the EB. The most memorable part was seeing the gigantic L. West playing his tiny Gibson, which if memory serves, was a Les Paul Jr with a single P-90 pickup. He looked kinda comical with it, actually. We didn't stay long, with all those people stuffed into that gym it was a sweat-fest. Still, admission was only $3 so no great loss. I've always liked their music and would've loved to see them in a small club.

 

[squarepeg]

I caught Mountain in the 70's at (I think) De Paul Uni, in Chicago. They played in a packed gym, which by default was a lousy sounding room. So their overall sound was meh that night. It was so crowded that there was no way to get close to the stage, but I could see that Felix was on the EB. The most memorable part was seeing the gigantic L. West playing his tiny Gibson, which if memory serves, was a Les Paul Jr with a single P-90 pickup. He looked kinda comical with it, actually. We didn't stay long, with all those people stuffed into that gym it was a sweat-fest. Still, admission was only $3 so no great loss. I've always liked their music and would've loved to see them in a small club.

I saw Leslie West at the El Mocambo after Felix's death. It was a disaster. The backing band was a bunch of local Toronto musicians who didn't know any of the songs. Leslie had a meltdown on stage.

 

[Michedelic]

I caught Mountain in the 70's at (I think) De Paul Uni, in Chicago. They played in a packed gym, which by default was a lousy sounding room. So their overall sound was meh that night. It was so crowded that there was no way to get close to the stage, but I could see that Felix was on the EB. The most memorable part was seeing the gigantic L. West playing his tiny Gibson, which if memory serves, was a Les Paul Jr with a single P-90 pickup. He looked kinda comical with it, actually. We didn't stay long, with all those people stuffed into that gym it was a sweat-fest. Still, admission was only $3 so no great loss. I've always liked their music and would've loved to see them in a small club.

Hope these make up for that…

Cowbell fever!!!

 

[bobyoung53]

I saw Leslie West at the El Mocambo after Felix's death. It was a disaster. The backing band was a bunch of local Toronto musicians who didn't know any of the songs. Leslie had a meltdown on stage.

Leslie played in a big club in Massachusetts sometime during the '70's, (Cricket Lounge, 1000 seater, two bars etc) a guitarist I knew opened for him and he was to use his Marshall amp. After their gig he showed Leslie where he wanted him to set the controls (was kind of anal about his equipment), Leslie said yeah ok or something like that and ran his hand over them all and turned them all to ten.

 

[ragetoca]

Looks like the pots were Also changed?

 

[ajkula66]

Looks like the pots were Also changed?

Yep. Sure does. I wouldn't be too concerned about that fact given everything else that was re-done on that bass.