1972 Gibson EBO

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:15 pm

I will spill the beans and tell you I got it for $250 plus shipping.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:28 pm

Wow - great price!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:33 pm

I was the only bidder on it, and it was gonna come with a cardboard case., but I got the hardshell Gibson original case for 50 more bucks, as the cardboard one that he was including, ended up being too shabby when he dug it out. He first wanted 100 for the better case, and I turned him down.

OH, AND I WANTED TO ADD, THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN TALKING ABOUT GIBSONS ON A RICK BOARD, IS TALKING ABOUT FENDERS ON A GIBSON THREAD! He says rather loudly! {:^)

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:56 pm

No advice on the neck joint yet, huh?

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:58 pm

I wanted to get it first and have a look. It will be arriving tomorrow at work but I have been called to jury duty! It was my last day to call, darnit!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:49 pm

Interesting (at least to me) page on the EBO

http://www.gibsonbass.com/EB0.php

lars · Post by **lars** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:32 pm

"OH, AND I WANTED TO ADD, THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN TALKING ABOUT GIBSONS ON A RICK BOARD, IS TALKING ABOUT FENDERS ON A GIBSON THREAD! He says rather loudly! {:^)"

Sorry, Charly!

John: e-mail sent!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:46 pm

""OH, AND I WANTED TO ADD, THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN TALKING ABOUT GIBSONS ON A RICK BOARD, IS TALKING ABOUT FENDERS ON A GIBSON THREAD! He says rather loudly! "

That is why this section is called "The Others"

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:42 pm

I know, but I wanted to have a little fun anyways! {:^)

Obviously the neck on this EBO needs to be reset. Some say it isn't worth it to reset a neck, but I don't recall Dale ever saying that.

lars · Post by **lars** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:04 am

Did you get my e-mail, John B?

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:27 am

I did Lars, will get back to you in a bit.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:56 am

That very same style EBO was my first real bass.

I hope you all have a good laugh at this picture. Here is a picture of it, with a few others when I was 13.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:58 am

Love it! And I wish I wouldn't got rid of the first one. But I am back in business now!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:56 pm

Well, I just picked it up. He did a great job! There were 2 cracks in the neck and body on each side where the neck meets body, and the set neck portion was lifted about 1/16th of an inch. He had to clean out a bunch of glue, and then he epoxied it back together clamping both top and bottom and lengthwise. I believe he said 30 lbs. of "clamp" tension. It looks like someone may have been "El-Kabong'd"! The fellow who changed from the 2 point bridge to the badass butchered the job, and I had bought a 3 point bridge off ebay. Unfortunately, he couldn;t use the same holes as the two point due to intonation issues. So......it's got mojo, plays like a dream, and I have a total of 450 bucks in it.

I'll be putting chromes on it later tonight.......

Plus, Dave wants more folks to see that pic!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:03 pm

What year is that Fender P bass Dave? I have a black 72 maple neck fretless that looks just like that. You removed the thumbrest?