1962 GIBSON EB-0 SHORT SCALE BASS - CHERRY!!

WITH ORIGINAL HARDSHELL CASE!!!

THIS BASS IS AWESOME - NO HEADSTOCK REPAIR - EXQUISITE CHECKING!

PLAYS AND SOUNDS AMAZING!

With a solid mahogany body and one-piece mahogany neck with 20-fret Brazilian rosewood fretboard and "clay dot" inlay markers. These early Gibson EB-0 basses were characterized by the black bakelite covered humbucker.

Produced at Gibson's Kalamazoo plant during the "golden age" of Gibson guitar production.

Original yellow lined Gibson Hard Shell Case included!

Body: 

  • Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
  • Angled heel 
  • Belly carve
  • Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

  • 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
  • Set-in construction
  • 3 degree angle
  • Joins body at 17th fret
  • Brazilian Rosewood fretboard w/ dot inlays
  • 12" radius
  • Open Book headstock20 frets
  • Holly veneer
  • Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
  • Inlaid Mother of Pearl crown
  • 17 degree pitch
  • 30 1/2" scale
  • 1.70" nut width 

Electronics: 

  • One EB Humbucker
  • Centralab pots - dated to 1961
  • Two AlNiCo V magnets
  • Black Bakelite cover 
  • 1 Vol, 1 Tone

Hardware:  

  • Nickel hardware 
  • Kluson 538 tuning machines
  • Elephant ear buttons
  • Exposed gears
  • 3-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard
  • Standard bevel angle
  • Finger rest (In case)
  • Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • Black Reflector knobs w/ pointers 
  • 2-ply, wide bevel angle
  • Angled aluminum bar bridge/tailpiece 

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ConditionExcellent (Used)
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Brand
Model
  • GIBSON EB-0 BASS - CHERRY - OHSC
Year
  • 1962

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