Not Ric but Gibson..Please help me

frode · Post by **frode** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:39 pm

What do you think? Someone offered this to me. Serialnumber is 744661. I can´t find out what year.
I´m lost, but I think it locks fantastic. Please help me on this one. I couldn´t find any Gibson bass forums

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:47 pm

Gibson bass forum:
http://www.vintagebass.com/thedudepit/forumdisplay.php?f=49

frode · Post by **frode** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:05 pm

Thanks Lindsay.

lars · Post by **lars** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:09 pm

EB-3 or EB-3L from mid 70'ies? Does it say EB-3L on TRC?
What happened with the white BT 4003, Frode?

marc67 · Post by **marc67** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:46 pm

Frode, I have a very similar bass (1973) - this too would be a post 1972 EB-3 (among other differences, the earlier EB-3's had the neck pickup closer to the fingerboard...like some other brand I know...). Notice the selector switch and bridge cover are missing (my bass doesn't have the bridge cover too).
I rarely use it cause I'm a devoted Ric guy but today I recorded a track for a local singer and used the EB-3 - very rich and low sound. A really nice bass. Good luck!

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:05 pm

I let one slip thru my hands 20 years ago and have been sorry ever since. It's not a Ric, but they are nice basses.

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:26 pm

You're welcome, Frode. Looks like a fun bass.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:48 pm

I've always been a fan of the Gibson EB basses . . . I say go for it.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:09 pm

I have played and enjoyed many basses in the last 30 years but I just could not get into Gibson basses other than the T-Bird. I mean the mid 70's (and earlier) T-Bird not those later Gib-o-phone imitations.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:43 pm

YDDDYPPP
YY is the production year
DDD is the day of the year
PPP is the plant designation and/or instrument rank.

So by this system, it is a '76.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:49 pm

Hold on, if it is a '76, then it doesn't apply to that system, which was implemented in 1977. It applies to THIS system....
1968-69 start at 750000-750999, I would guess it is maybe a late '67.

hieronymous · Post by **hieronymous** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:56 pm

But the pickup's in the wrong position for the '60s versions. Also, AFAIK the long scale (assuming this one is long scale) didn't come out until the '70s.

Personally, I really like Gibsons with the big 'ol "mudbucker." Never played one of the two pickup models myself...

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:00 pm

Mudbucker is a good way to put it.

I've always gravitated towards basses that can cut through the mix. The Gibsons were always on the other side of the spectrum (except the T-Bird).

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:21 pm

I had a '67 mudbucker equipped, and it was a beast. Not saying I LIKED it...Thunderbirds, TOTALLY different story....

Harry, I got that off of Gibson.com, they have a serial number decoder.

thinneckrick · Post by **thinneckrick** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:06 pm

that is a mid 70's . In 73 they moved the GIANT front humbucker back toward the middle of the bass . These basses in my opinion Blow major amounts of pie !