EB-0 pickup position

[henry norton]

Has anyone here tried moving the big wooly humbucker from the neck closer to the bridge position on their Gibson or Epiphone EB-0?. I've seen it done on a couple of basses but never heard the results. It could produce some really interesting results - especially if the coils were made switchable between single, series and parallel. I'm thinking of giving it a go - has anyone got an unwanted EB-0 humbucker kicking around???

[neepheid]

[quote name='henry norton' post='503154' date='Jun 1 2009, 06:36 PM']Has anyone here tried moving the big wooly humbucker from the neck closer to the bridge position on their Gibson or Epiphone EB-0?. I've seen it done on a couple of basses but never heard the results. It could produce some really interesting results - especially if the coils were made switchable between single, series and parallel. I'm thinking of giving it a go - has anyone got an unwanted EB-0 humbucker kicking around???[/quote]

Yes, Gibson did: [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/1972gibsonEB0.php"]http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/1972gibsonEB0.php[/url]

[henry norton]

Hah! Yeah, I remember them. The thing is they never pushed the pickup past the half way point... I want to try the bridge position.

[Mr. Foxen]

The EBo pickup is a bit narrow spaced for going near the bridge. I've put a bass together with a Dimarzio Model 1 right at the bridge, and a narrow spaced bridge. Sounds prett defined like a bridge pup, always use it pair with the one at the neck though.