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Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: Grog on November 26, 2010, 03:57:41 PM

Title: "61 EBO Pickup #25 Reused?
Post by: Grog on November 26, 2010, 03:57:41 PM

This Pickup posted on eBay has etching on the back, "#25 Reused". The seller seems to find it puzzling & so do I. Any ideas what this could mean?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Bass-Pickup-1961-EBO-/220701389883?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3362d3f43b

Title: Re: "61 EBO Pickup #25 Reused?
Post by: sniper on November 26, 2010, 04:14:04 PM

not a clue but i wish i had a vacuum forming machine, i would make those covers.

Title: Re: "61 EBO Pickup #25 Reused?
Post by: Dave W on November 26, 2010, 06:16:57 PM

Could the bass it came from have been a salesman's demo or even a prototype of the SG style EB-0?

Probably didn't mean a rewind.

Title: Re: "61 EBO Pickup #25 Reused?
Post by: eb2 on November 27, 2010, 10:41:47 AM

I would not be surprised if Gibson pulled it from another bass - EB2 or something that got wrecked in the factory - and reused it in that EB0.  I think Gibson did stuff like that all the time, and left half-finished stuff lying around for years, then sent it out with serial numbers or whatever out of whack with the period.