Is there something wrong with this EBO??

[sturmvogel]

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The tuners are correct for 1967 to 1970. Everything looks good---maybe headstock repair. Serial numbers were ink-stamped, not stamped into the wood. I have seen many Gibson basses of the 60's with hard to read or impossible to even see S/N.

 

[NOVAX]

one man's dinosaur fart is another's fundamental. short scale gibbies are never gonna sound P or J or Rick like. all i know is that my SG bass(and i quote a fellow TBer) "sits at
the bottom of a mix like a fifty pound catfish" sho nuff

 

[brachal]

I for one love the sound of old EB's. You can't beat it for blues or heavy rock. When I take my EB-3 out with the blues band, guys come up after the show wanting to know how to get "that sixties Chicago sound."

 

[GlennW]

I for one love the sound of old EB's. You can't beat it for blues or heavy rock. When I take my EB-3 out with the blues band, guys come up after the show wanting to know how to get "that sixties Chicago sound."

Ever since I've been coming to this forum I've been surprised at the amount of people who don't realize that.

 

[sturmvogel]

Ever since I've been coming to this forum I've been surprised at the amount of people who don't realize that.

As a matter of fact, I just jammed at moderately high volume yesterday on some Allmans, Cream, and Mountain with my 1965 EB-0. It was absolutely killer---with the right amp settings, that lowend can have strong definition, not farty as some people like to suggest. The EB-0 may not be versatile, but it can be the absolute best tool for a given job.

 

[GlennW]

One of my theories (I have many) is that the EB's get a bad rap because of the amp/speakers they were run through. It's possible that the speakers were farting out because the cabs of yesteryear couldn't handle the manly low tones.

 

[godofthunder59]

So I've now found a couple other vintage EBO's with the same tuners, so maybe these are original? And the only serious worry that i have about the neck is that it is:
A) not original
B) Cracked/Broken
does the neck appear to be original to someone with a better eye than me? haha

Gibson would but those on a EB0 of that era if they were out of the normal clover leafs. These cheaper tuners were used on Kalamazos/melodymaker basses and would have been available to get product out the door.

 

[brachal]

One of my theories (I have many) is that the EB's get a bad rap because of the amp/speakers they were run through. It's possible that the speakers were farting out because the cabs of yesteryear couldn't handle the manly low tones.

My favorite theory is that people put roundwounds on them. They really don't sound right with rounds.