mine has the metal saddles on the two point
If found this on
Jules' site:
"Most versions had the nylon saddles pictured here, though around late 71, early 72 some of these bridges were equipped with chrome plated metal saddles."So those are indeed stock saddles.
I was always kinda put off by the plastic saddles before I had a bass with them, but they actually work fine - my EB-0 and EB-3 both have them.
That's interesting , my first Triumph had a neck without the volute (yes, it was broken, clued, broken, clued, broken and clued again) and it had the 3 point bridge. Unfortunatly I can not remember when it was manufactured , can't remember the serial number either.
The Triumph I have today has both the 3 point brigde and the voltute on the neck. Serial number is 14XXXX (can't remember the four last digits) so based on what you say about the bridge and the volute I guess that indicates it manufactured sometimes between late 73-75?
Best guess is that it might be a '74, based on the info here:
http://www.gibsonbass.com/serial.phpDating them by S/N is kind of difficult, since the numbers were not always issued consistently. Dating by parts (bridge type, etc..) isn't always accurate either, since there are occasional exceptions to the rules popping up.
I see that the bass sold, BTW! Anybody here get it?
