MrFingers Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 So I had this 12-string Rickenbacker which wasn't seeing much action, so I was looking for something new. Got a call yesterday from a man who had this sunburst Gibson bass, and he wanted to trade, so we did. And now I have a 1964 Gibson EB-2, with a factory conversion to 2D in 1967 (that's why the knobs are located differently), in very good overall condition. I'm a happy camper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Very nice, my first Bass in 1974 was an EB2 of the same colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Niiiice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFingers Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 Thanks, I'm so happy with it (always wanted a bass like that. Had a Rivoli once, but this is in a WHOLE different league). It's also the best weapon of choice when your band says "you have too much bass in your signal", because it sounds like this (neckpickup, tone completely open, fresh roundwounds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM1yopcD9Gs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Good score MrFingers! Fab looking bass - that rosewood board looks almost ebony dark - I love EB-2's so much I have 2. Thread title did have me wondering briefly, as the "D" model wasn't produced until '66 I think..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROConnell Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 That is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godber Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Wow, what a great looking and sounding bass that is. That would be great for rocksteady & reggae. Sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFingers Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 Reggae: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIDnqk-v_E4"]check[/url] Here are some more pictures. It's nice that this one has a brown-stained back & sides. Is an unique feature to instruments made in 1964 (all brown-stained back & sides date from 1964, but not all 1964's have brown-stained back & sides) (no filter of Photoshop used, this is how the bass looks to the naked eye...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 That is lovely. So retro and so cool! Arghghh GAS begone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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