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Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« on: March 11, 2013, 09:40:31 AM »
I have a friend who's looking for a case to fit her '67 EB-3, other then the Epiphone case is there another that will work?
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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2013, 09:56:32 AM »
See if you can order an SG Bass case.
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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2013, 10:32:48 AM »
I've bought two SG bass cases on ebay for EB-0's & they work fine, keep your eyes open & they pop up from time to time..................

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2008-Gibson-SG-bass-Heritage-Cherry-/160988709955?pt=Guitar&hash=item257bacc443
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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2013, 12:41:09 PM »
I've bought two SG bass cases on ebay for EB-0's & they work fine, keep your eyes open & they pop up from time to time..................

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2008-Gibson-SG-bass-Heritage-Cherry-/160988709955?pt=Guitar&hash=item257bacc443

I note that the auction cheerfully quotes the manufacturer, and I can't help but quote it just to see the responses...

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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2013, 01:29:34 PM »
And true it is, burn the naysayers at the stake! We applaud and praise you Holy Immaculate Three Point!!! When it cometh to elevation, thou knoweth no favoritism, all strings are treateth equally or with a holy slant ...
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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2013, 01:36:06 PM »
epitome or not,im sticking with my hipshot supertone.it must be good, its says super in the name.
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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2013, 03:08:17 PM »
Hiscox make a case that fits EB-0/1/3/4 shaped bodies.  I used one for my EB-4L.  I own several Hiscox basses for my herd - for the money, you won't get any other case that offers the same protection in such a light package.  They are every bit as tough as a full ATA-spec road case.
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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2013, 04:19:36 AM »
epitome or not,im sticking with my hipshot supertone.it must be good, its says super in the name.

Nothing wrong with the Supertone at all and one thing it sure doesn't: Look like a Fender bridge! Added to the more modernly convenient adjustmen  possibilities, it gives you a touch more sustain too though that is nothing where Gibson basses have issues in the first place. Someone should stick it on a Fender and see how that sounds.
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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2013, 07:37:02 PM »

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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2013, 08:06:22 PM »
"Stay twangy, my friends."  ;)
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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2013, 10:02:11 AM »
One fine day, I'll drop by Minnesota man and teach how you do it. German engineering knowhow.
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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2013, 03:37:05 PM »
One fine day, I'll drop by Minnesota man and teach how you do it. German engineering knowhow.

Would that be the same German engineering that brought us the Amphicar?

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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2013, 03:41:21 PM »
Or the Hindenburg
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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2013, 01:39:12 PM »
If you had not kept your helium to yourself that hydrogen explosion wouldn't have happened!
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Re: Replacement case for a Gibson EB-3 ?
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2013, 02:49:20 PM »
Oh, the Humanity!