SG & EB Bass Club

[Jon Cowens]

I bought a few EB basses recently. 68 EB0, 70 EB3L. 1980 Greco EB500.
I no longer feel guilty. Wow.
Agreed. I wouldn't want to set them on the floor either.

 

[Michael Jewels]

That picture in post #7775 is very impressive.

I counted 31 instruments.

Mike

 

[sleddogn]

man i thought some of us here all this time had some issues...lol

 

[GonePlaid]

Not sure if this has been posted here, or if the person posts here, but I thought it worthy of sharing here...

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OK, now what?

 

[dmt]

Not sure if this has been posted here, or if the person posts here, but I thought it worthy of sharing here...

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Definitely worthy!

 

[dmt]

It would be cooler though if the guy was wearing red epaulettes and a black headstock-shaped hat

 

[Jon Cowens]

He has the bass player beard. All he needs is the beanie to complete the look.

 

[SubHuman]

I bought a few EB basses recently. 68 EB0, 70 EB3L. 1980 Greco EB500.
I no longer feel guilty. Wow.
Agreed. I wouldn't want to set them on the floor either.

Plus I have a dog...that pile of basses would be scattered all over after my Pup came in the room!

 

[ctmullins]

Also, I love how every one of those basses appears to be older than he is!

 

[rutabaga bob]

Switching gears for a second: have any new hard-shell cases come out recently that work for the EB-0?

 

[Jimmy Aloha]

I love the look of this one here

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I have that particular model. Eb-3 60's model short scale limited edition japan only.scored it for 80 usd! Couple of dings…..but added a hipshot bridge and set up….it's my number one now. Never had a short scale before….but I really like it for fast runs and bending. Great playing bass!

 

[LP Custom]

Switching gears for a second: have any new hard-shell cases come out recently that work for the EB-0?

Epiphone just started offering these again: Epiphone 940-EB3CS Hardshell Case for EB3 Bass

 

[blacktocomm]

I have that particular model. Eb-3 60's model short scale limited edition japan only.scored it for 80 usd! Couple of dings…..but added a hipshot bridge and set up….it's my number one now. Never had a short scale before….but I really like it for fast runs and bending. Great playing bass!

At 80 bucks, that's the deal of the century. Killer score.

 

[Ric5]

I have that particular model. Eb-3 60's model short scale limited edition japan only.scored it for 80 usd! Couple of dings…..but added a hipshot bridge and set up….it's my number one now. Never had a short scale before….but I really like it for fast runs and bending. Great playing bass!

I have considered buying just for wall art

 

[rutabaga bob]

Epiphone just started offering these again: Epiphone 940-EB3CS Hardshell Case for EB3 Bass

I saw that. I'm not sure, but I think our friend ajkula66 told me once that the level is way off, and there has to be some quantity of padding stuck under the bass' body or it puts a lot of strain on the neck. I saw a couple of others on Sweetwater that make me curious, one is for the SG guitar, and the other's for the Embassy bass.

 

[GonePlaid]

I saw that. I'm not sure, but I think our friend ajkula66 told me once that the level is way off, and there has to be some quantity of padding stuck under the bass' body or it puts a lot of strain on the neck. I saw a couple of others on Sweetwater that make me curious, one is for the SG guitar, and the other's for the Embassy bass.

Take careful measurements and research the specs of cases.

Edit:I saw a soft case-not gigbag-advertised on GC's website. According to the given spec, my 67 NR TBird would fit. And it would've. If I cut out a coupla inches of padding, or lopped off an inch+ offa the headstock.
Back to GC.

 

[ejaggers]

There should be a thread in the strings section where everyone in this club posts what strings they are using.
It should be called: The SG & EB Bass Strings Club.
057912

 

[ajkula66]

I saw that. I'm not sure, but I think our friend ajkula66 told me once that the level is way off, and there has to be some quantity of padding stuck under the bass' body or it puts a lot of strain on the neck.

Yes, I've said that......and still stand by my words.

I am at the point of ordering a couple of custom cases for my SG and LP shaped basses from a gentleman around here who crafts them. They won't come cheap, but the annoyance will stop once and for all, or at least I hope so.

 

[squarepeg]

There should be a thread in the strings section where everyone in this club posts what strings they are using.
It should be called: The SG & EB Bass Strings Club.
057912

I wanted to try BEAD tuning on my Epi EB0/3, so I ordered a 5-string set of Pitbull short-scale strings (and just used the bottom four). Tried it at practice last night and they work very well. I'm debating whether to do the same with the Gibson.

 

[ajkula66]

I wanted to try BEAD tuning on my Epi EB0/3, so I ordered a 5-string set of Pitbull short-scale strings

I've never even heard of those and will be looking into them shortly. Thanks for the tip...