Greco EB-720 1975 - Wine Red - Long Scale

The EB-720 was a premium instrument in the Greco range - this is an EB-3L style bass with the correct side-winder style pick-up and the ebony board. The wiring is truly faithful to the original. Those already familiar with Fujigen quality from this era will question the necessity to spend double for a Gibson. This example has been busy, yet impeccably maintained throughout its life. We have a couple of parking knocks, headstock chips and scratches, but nothing to detract from the quality and performance of this bass.

The Maxon PU-106 is a true stacked on its side humbucker and puts out 7.6H with a DCR of 20 - it packs the sort of punch you'd expect with all that wire. The PU-107 at the bridge is 3.8H and 7.5k DCR - lovely and bright, punchy and articulate. The pick-up selector is a 4-way rotary, Position 1 is the neck unit, 2 is the bridge unit, 3 gives the 2 in parallel with high-pass filtering on the neck unit. This is a nice open sound - not too scooped and won't disappear in the mix. Position 4 is the neck unit with the choke which could possibly worry a Seismograph. If this is the only reason to buy this bass, it's justified.

A long scale neck sets this aside from the EB-500 models that sellers often mistake for 720s. Only 720 models had this scale, ebony, and the authentic design of pick-ups and controls. This is a magnificent example of how Fujigen were annoying Gibson to the point that the USA importers started receiving letters from lawyers. This is a 1975 pre-serial number model - serial numbers appeared one month after this bass was built. The date on the base of the pick-up is what we have used to date this guitar.

A great bass in its own right, made more interesting by just how accurate a copy it is; not too many of these around so here is a chance to obtain a good one.

We'll ship this beauty anywhere in the world - in a new well padded box (a hard case is available) and fully insured. Reference prices are provided here, but please contact us directly either here or on our website for an accurate cost to your location.