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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: leftybass on November 25, 2014, 02:16:35 PM

Title: N(U)BD EB-13 lefty
Post by: leftybass on November 25, 2014, 02:16:35 PM

Received Friday, very nice OHSC. This bass is LIGHT! Balances well, the satin finish is gonna allow me to not worry about scratches and dings like I would with a gloss finish. The neck is "different" but in a good way; kinda shallow from top to back. The bridge is an amazing piece of engineering, I had to go online to figure out how to adjust it but after that it was easy. The pickguard is the only negative; the tortoiseshell looks very cheesy and the guard is so flimsy that it flexes when pulling the cable out of the jack. Needs a side-mounted jack or better pickguard. Large variety of tones, each pickup can be tapped by pulling up it's volume knob. The great thing is there's no real loss of output volume with the pickup tapped. My fave setting is with both pickups and tone maxxed and bridge pickup tapped.
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Title: Re: N(U)BD EB-13 lefty
Post by: uwe on November 25, 2014, 05:01:48 PM

That's my favorite setting too! Welcome to the club.

Title: Re: N(U)BD EB-13 lefty
Post by: Andrew on November 25, 2014, 06:59:46 PM

There's a club for these?

Title: Re: N(U)BD EB-13 lefty
Post by: Basvarken on November 25, 2014, 11:49:23 PM

Quote from: Andrew on November 25, 2014, 06:59:46 PM

There's a club for these?

Over on Talkbass  :popcorn:



Congrats Ronn. Those are great basses.

Title: Re: N(U)BD EB-13 lefty
Post by: VeloDog on November 26, 2014, 04:57:11 AM

Leftybass:

Loosen your strings and check the tuner hex nuts on the front of the headstock and the retaining wood screws on the back.  Mine were loose as a goose.  It appears slight wood shrinkage has caused the headstock to lose a bit of thickness.  Nothing a wrench and a phillips screwdriver won't quickly fix but I think this problem is common to most of the recent 2013 NOS EB close-outs.  YMMV.

Oh yeah, for maximum cosmetic effect snug the hex nut first and make sure you have the tuner key shafts aligned all nice and parallel before final tightening.

Title: Re: N(U)BD EB-13 lefty
Post by: leftybass on November 26, 2014, 08:00:13 AM

Thanks, I'll check it out!