Notable Gibson EB Players

[Michedelic]

Mike Watt(Minutemen, Firehose, Iggy/Stooges, solo)
Doug Yule(Velvet Underground)
Tony Reeves, EB2(John Mayall’s Blues Breakers, Colisseum)
Dianne Chai(early LA punk band The Alley Cats)

 

[Michedelic]

On EB3...
Norm Sundholm(The Kingsmen, and co-founder of Sunn amplifiers)
Phil Lesh(Grateful Dead, briefly circa 1971)
David Frieberg(Quicksilver Messenger Service)
On EB1, EBO...
Felix Pappalardi

 

[TBird1958]

Masterful playing by Slade's Jimmy Lea, using an EB-3, taking Janis Joplin's "Move over" to another level.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Ah, how could I forget? Steve Howe used an EB-6 for all the bass tracks on his The Steve Howe Album

 

[THE SAW]

EB 6? OMG- you really do learn new things every day! So, which came first, the Fender 6 or the EB 6??

 

[TBird1958]

EB-6s

 

[lowend1]

Bob Daisley used EB-3s in the studio with Ozzy (Blizzard album) and Gary Moore.

 

[Punk76]

Mike Watt(Minutemen, Firehose, Iggy/Stooges, solo)
Doug Yule(Velvet Underground)
Tony Reeves, EB2(John Mayall’s Blues Breakers, Colisseum)
Dianne Chai(early LA punk band The Alley Cats)

Dianne switched to a Fender Mustang in '83

 

[Vinny_G]

Les Holroyd (Barclay James Harvest)

 

[DJ Bebop]

EB-3 here...

 

[bobyoung53]

David Knights, first Procol Harum bassist used an EB-0 from 1967 to 1969, included a lot of their most famous stuff.

 

[Hans on Bass]

Kinga Glyk, Greco EB-3. Kinga Glyk

 

[Michedelic]

Maybe not that notable, but i just learned about this late 60’s British band, Andromeda, and their bass player, Mick Hawksworth….

 

[ajkula66]

Barry Adamson played an EB-3 on Magazine's first album (along with Ric 4001).

 

[Michedelic]

Barry Adamson played an EB-3 on Magazine's first album (along with Ric 4001).

In the mix was an Ovation Magnum Bass as well.

 

[ajkula66]

In the mix was an Ovation Magnum Bass as well.

That one came for the second album from what I can recall, but yeah, he sounded phenomenal on that Magnum. Changed my perception of how the bass could/should sound and then some back then...

 

[Michedelic]

That one came for the second album from what I can recall, but yeah, he sounded phenomenal on that Magnum. Changed my perception of how the bass could/should sound and then some back then...

Loved that album, probably more than the first. Adamson was great on “Permafrost”, such a nasty song.