phatkat Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I would quite like an eb3, ive got a tokai but would like the real thing. They dont seem to come up for sale very often... whats the best era for them and is there anything other than neck breaks that I need to look out for... ? Thanks Graeme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/EB3.php and http://www.vintageguitarandbass.com/gibson/bass/EB3.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 The Fly Guitar site is great - many an hour spent browsing through all the goodies on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilLordJuju Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 thanks for the comments guys Well, to be honest I wouldn't 'look out' for a neck break - as in I wouldn't avoid one. If you are purely a collector/investor you might prefer to find an unbroken one, but as a player, a well repaired break means nothing at all, it will just save you money. WRT years - The earliest will be stupidly expensive and have a fat neck - which you may or may not like and don't intonate The late sixties/early seventies ones are the most abundant - they made quite a few in 69/70 - the 69s are quite like the older ones but with a thinner neck The 1970/71 have the slotted headstock. Tonally everything from 61-71 is in the same ballpark. Pickups vary - they were handwound so the differences are from bass to bass rather than year to year. Construction was all mahogany. In 1972 they massively changed things - the body got thicker, the neck pickup moved and the neck was made of maple. It was a LOT chunkier Tonally a little different, but a 60s EB3 and a 72 EB3 are still closer to each other than an EB3 is to anything else. The post 72 basses are more defined tonally, and probably work better in many modern day bands. They are more robust and safer for taking out. If you are in a dub reggae band you might really need a 60s one, but otherwise you'll probably find you rarely use the really bassy setting - especially if you are going for a Jack Bruce / Andy Fraser sound. I suggest you try before you buy - but bear in mind Bruce and Fraser played theirs through overdriven marshall stacks, and that did impact the sound significantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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