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Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« on: February 12, 2009, 01:21:58 AM »

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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2009, 01:37:03 AM »
Cooool  8)

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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2009, 02:02:09 AM »
Of course Uwe has one. I more or less found one for him. Uwe can tell you much more, but I believe he doesn't like the fuzz circuit that much..

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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2009, 09:03:21 AM »
I think it is very cool.  I still remember the beater one on ebay that had the fuzz removed and a homebrew white guard to cover it up. 

The fuzz circuit is pretty much the Maestro Fuzz-Tone stomp box stuck into the top of an EB-0.  Minus the metal box, of course.  So to that end, the circuit is available for down load on the web in a couple of places.  Get a busted EB-0 and make your own!
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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2009, 09:38:43 AM »
I used to have a 62 EB-0F. I didn't buy it for the fuzz circuit, which is useless.

No matter what this seller claims about the value, I think he'll be very lucky to get half of his BIN.

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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2009, 10:22:06 AM »
If you find a wobbly signal oscillating between brittle and sudden volume eruptions (depending on what note and string you play) musical and believe that the fuzz sound on the Stones' Satisfaction and the Spencer Davis Group's Keep on Running was never bettered, if in short you believe that science took a wrong turn when people tried to create distortion other than by perforating their speaker cones with a screwdriver, then, yes, the EB-0Fuzz is for you. If not, then it is a gimmick that will draw smiles from people in your rehearsal room, but once is quite enough, know what I mean?

That said, my EB-0F is a mighty fine sounding EB-0 and what's to complain about that. And sometimes, when no one is watching or listening, I even activate the fuzz and find myself marvelling at Gibson's ideas.
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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2009, 11:33:20 AM »
 My Jim Lea bass has on board distortion. Works fantastic ! It will take off heads at 50 paces.
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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2009, 01:43:20 PM »

 I *think* Pete Agnew is using one of these for this song...................
I recall the liner notes mentioning it.


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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2009, 03:20:37 PM »
Hmm... Blair Witch Project? Ring a bell?

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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2009, 05:18:40 PM »

That said, my EB-0F is a mighty fine sounding EB-0 and what's to complain about that.
 

So was mine. The fuzz circuit didn't hurt a thing as long as it was switched off.

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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2009, 06:01:36 AM »

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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2009, 06:38:51 AM »
OMG ! WTF is that ?
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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2009, 07:00:07 AM »
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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2009, 07:25:15 AM »
Some kid on Talkbass posted it. He was having some fun with his Epi EB-0

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Re: Gibson EB-0F - Rare Fuzzy Gibby?
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2009, 08:04:49 AM »
 :mrgreen: love it