The Bass Guitar - Gibson EB3 Bass Guitar Modded Hard shell Case 1965 Mahogany 515-864-6136
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Lawman Guitars is all about this Bass....
A very special Bass guitar. A really cool, well Professionally used 1965 Gibson EB3 with a non original Hard shell Case!
This cool bass guitar was played by a Pro Country Player from here in Des Moines Iowa.
There are no finger divots, and the original frets still have plenty of life left in them.
Had Flat Wounds on it when I got it. I am guessing that was usual setup…Great frets…Check those pics…
These cool guitars were originally cherry but as you can see, she really wanted a brown one..lol…
Not a Pro refin at all but I cleaned it up, a lot … I will let the new owner decide to leave it as is or spend the dough on getting the finish corrected.
Its been modified over the years. Besides the refin, it was repotted back in the 1970’s, had the neck off and neck bolts installed…the good news the neck angle is perfect.
Strap button holes on both upper bout points and some non original screws. Other than that, its all original.
Great Gibson Pickups, knobs, bridge,cover, Tuners, Truss rod cover, pickguard and back covers. My Tech set this cool player up with great playing low action. It’s a lot of fun to play…
These are very hard to date. They made the Gibson EB3 Basses from 1961 to 1979. I was told this is a 1965.
I checked lots of info on the web and it certainly fits that year, but the serial number doesn’t help me so I know its earlier than 1967 as they changed the bridges then. How much earlier, I am not sure.
The bridge cover is nickel which also dates it pre 1966 and the nut is 1 11/16ths which went narrower in 1966…There is all my help to date it..
The bass has separate volume and tone settings for both pickups.
The original Silver top knobs are really cool. It has the 4 tone settings that works as it should. It gives you each pickup separately, then both together with the tone knobs working and one that the tone knobs don’t function.
Hard to describe but the settings give you great tonal settings to work with.
The Pickups sound huge! Love the neck..its is massive in size and growl!
I have to mention that this was played by a Lady Bass Player. She played with her husband in a Country Group that played Professionally all over Iowa. I was able to sell her husbands heavily modified Gibson Es250 as well. Lots of stories these instruments could tell.
I am including the shown "Dona" Leather strap. It’s a beautiful strap that was custom made for her. It would be great if your name was Dona, but you could also reverse the strap and have the name on the back side. Very cool strap and it has strap locks that fit on the guitar strap locks.
The non original case fits the guitar perfectly. Very nice case but like the guitar, its been around. All latches and hinges work, the original handle still is on it an no funny smells. Its an old case but pretty sure its not original. It has probably held this bass since the 1970’s so I’m sending it with the bass. No sense splitting these two up now!
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Nice growl..don't often hear that on these basses...I'd snap it up in a second.
What a history bass.
Amazing 😉 Bass
Beautiful bass! Rare model too! EB3 30" scale! That bridge pick up sounds WAY better than the NYC in my EPIPHONE EB3!!! Neck pick up is quite good however.
@bflo1000
7 жыл бұрын
Pups are definitely different than on my 2006 SG. The EB3 had a true mudbucker pickup. The SG neck pup isn't as muddy on the newer SG. It has more clarity, but also less growl.
Bolt-on necks are great! If a glued neck after has to be reset, it's better to just convert it to a bolt-on. And for whoever did the job here, probably decades ago, it looks great.
Very cool bass, but I think your info might be wrong. Likely a '68 EB-3 based on just the serial number alone, although it does have the older style bar bridge used on EB-3's till about 1967. If these tuners are truly original, which they could be, it would support the 1968 date. These Japanese tuning keys were used on some Gibson and Epiphone basses in '68/'69 instead of the regular Kluson tuners, but definitely not as earlier as 1965. I myself own a '68 Epiphone Newport with these factory-installed Japanese tuners. Gibson serial numbers can be notoriously inaccurate because some years have multiple cases of overlap. Recent research into serialization has made 60s Gibsons more accurately dateable, 70s ones (till '76) can still be a mess though. This bass is of course modded, but if your description is correct that at least the hardware is all original I would say it's a quirky '68 EB-3.
This bass is wonderful! I owned an Eb0 and later sold it to buy an Eb3.The Eb3 was perfect for me.Nothing gives a clear,rich, undistorted sound especially in the lowest register like an Eb3 or Eb0.The Eb3 is more versatile and that smaller tail end pick up gives a nice treble response without the metallic sound that I dislike.If your looking for treble,no pun intended,then Rickenbacker is the king of clear and undistorted treble.I'm looking for bass and unfortunately my Eb3 was stolen.The one shown here is a great instrument but it is not for those who are fussy about having there instrument in collectable condition.It will sound great! I know from experience.How much (Roughly) would it cost for this one or one like it,in a left hand model?
I have a 1968 Gibson Thunderbird Bass, custom color Turquoise. What are you thoughts on this Bass. Hope you can do a video on this Bass. Thanks!
It sounds like the pickups were wrongly put back on because the combination sounds like the pickups are out of phase. But what a cool bass, she even has a name "Dona"
@Braglemaster123
6 жыл бұрын
RastaSaiyaman no
@RastaSaiyaman
6 жыл бұрын
What no? Explain.
@toddbrittain800
6 жыл бұрын
One setting is specifically wired out of phase: the classic Gibson "fart in a bathtub" tone.
Not a 65, the volume controls are too close together and the thumb rest is in the wrong place, should be on the pickguard, i would say later 60's. I have one right in front of me. My serial number and features check out to 1965.
The strap is fine if you don't mind ghosts.
Flats require a greater tension to achieve standard tuning so the neck bolts are probably just a precaution against straining the neck joint.
@Meddled
4 жыл бұрын
Brian Sulway eh?
Not a cap it's an inductor (choke). That is a good sounding EB-3 though which is what it's all about right?
Jack's setting on the Varitone was 2.
@G8GT364CI
6 жыл бұрын
#2 on the Varitone of those was bridge only. I use #3 for that type of tone but with the neck backed off a little it sounds identical to #2, all bridge and is the Jack Bruce, Andy Frasier tone..
@josephdrach2276
6 жыл бұрын
Bob - Jack Bruce was a genius and moved to different settings as he felt would be best.There is no "Jack Bruce" setting.
Amid all the clueless gabbling I didn't get why exactly the EB3 was ahead of its time...? Most people think its very much of its time. The bridge is just a solid block of metal, no saddles.
Those are Japanese tuners. I wouldn't go 100 yards anywhere near this.
@Braglemaster123
6 жыл бұрын
Gringo Your crazy
They were awful, no presence. Nice bass tone played on its own
Sounds like crap