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SG & EB Bass Club

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claudel said:
Anyone know of a clone of the first style EB-0?
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I work fairly regularly with a guitarist who has one under his bed. No really, it was given to him by someone, don't recall who/why, maybe a passed friend.

Doubt he'd sell it or he'd have asked me by now, but I can ask him. Might be a mute point if he's willing because I believe he said it's VGC hence a VHP
(Very high price, lol).
 
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#2,225
ctmullins said:
It's actually a fairly simple build. I've seen @Basvarken do some amazing builds in that shape.
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Thank you.
My builds are actually a long scale version. With a slightly enlarged body. And some other ingredients of another fifties classic.

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Can anyone tell me which of the HB6 ultralite Hipshot tuners would be the best replacements for an Epiphone EB-3?

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They have two main types -- 1/2" and 3/8" -- and I don't know which one of those I'd need. I assume the size refers to some sort of mounting thing, rather than one just being plain bigger than the other, and so only one will fit right.

(I also can't tell the difference between the licensed and unlicensed versions on that page, besides price; if anyone can tell me what's going on there I'd also appreciate that).
 
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You wanna use the ones with the 1/2" tuner shafts. You're still gonna have 16 holes to peg when you're done. Schaller BML's will cover the holes. The ones that don't say licenced are made in the USA, and the licenced ones are made overseas under licence from Hipshot. They're good tuners, but are not reversible like the USA ones.
 
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New question. I have an Epiphone EB-3, and I'm probably going to grab a Novak EB-0 mudbucker clone for the neck when I have the cash, because I want that sweet mud. However, that leaves the question of what to do with the original Epiphone bridge pickup once the mud is installed:

a) Leave the Epi bridge pickup as is
b) Get a Novak EB-Bridge clone to go with the Novak neck clone
c) Slap a Seymour Duncan SRB-1n in the bridge
d) Mystery box / something else

I'm certainly not thrilled with the tin-can sound of the Epi bridge pickup right now, but for all I know it would complement the mud nicely. I also can't remember anyone really speaking well of the old-school Gibson bridge pickup that Novak could make--the appeal there just seems to be for people who want a 100% repro sound, rather than any merit of its own (and while I want the old-school mud, I'm not sure that I need the old-school bridge to go with it to make it sound right--if I'm wrong, let me know). The Seymour Duncan thing I've seen mentioned a couple of times, but seems rare overall.

Any advice as to how any of the above would work out?
 
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I like the tone of the stock pickups all around actually. In fact, to expand it a bit, I added another bridge pickup right in the middle of the stock pickups right about where the pickup on a P-bass would be. I then built a custom wiring harness with a balance control for the two rear pickups into a standard pickup selector, then to separate tone and volume controls. The bass sounds way better than it did before, and I love the skinny Jazz style neck.
 
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#2,239
ctmullins said:
Lots of possibilities for the bridge pickup: Lace BassBar, Rickenbacker HB1, TV Jones, P90, etc.
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Could you be more specific? For example, I'm reading that the HB-1 is a rather bassy pickup: would that actually complement the mudbucker or just be overwhelming? Which TV Jones would you suggest? Thanks.

I'm looking for drop-in as opposed to any routing required, as well.
 
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KHann said:
Could you be more specific? For example, I'm reading that the HB-1 is a rather bassy pickup: would that actually complement the mudbucker or just be overwhelming? Which TV Jones would you suggest? Thanks.
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First of all, nothing is going to overwhelm a true mudbucker.

Compared to other Rickenbacker pickups, the HB1 does have a beefier tone. But it's still a narrow-aperture pickup with a decent amount of high-end response, and increased low-mid response is generally desirable in the bridge position. For TV Jones, I love the Thunder'Mag for its biting, snarling treble; you may not, in which case the Thunder'Blade would smooth things out a bit. Lace BassBars have this incredibly "textured", wide-range sound, again with plenty of lower-frequency heft. A P90 would just be obnoxious (some people like obnoxious!).

I'm looking for drop-in as opposed to any routing required, as well.
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No experience there, as I'm more of a "route first and ask questions later" kind of fella....
 
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