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1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« on: November 22, 2015, 10:12:49 AM »
I bought this bass from a friend and let it sit around for a couple years while I pondered how to approach redoing it. Finally, I just dove in... Here's a Youtube link of the slideshow with details.   (I'm posting this with hopes that the vid link will work, since my pics are too big to post. Sorry. :-\) Shout out to Chromium for help with the EB-2D choke bypass mod! Also, If I was savvy enough, I would have played the background music on this bass, But you're stuck with the Coldplay ripoff.
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Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2015, 10:30:36 AM »
Pretty good work, but did we have to have the gratuitous "pussy" shot...? :mrgreen:

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Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2015, 10:39:28 AM »
Thanks! That's Abby Normal. She's not right in the head.  :o
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Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2015, 10:46:59 AM »
Wow- the finished product looks fantastic!  Great job on the fade/burst with those colors too.  That came out better than many factory sunbursts

Still think you should have gone all "Bass Frehley" and done it up with triple mudbuckers  ;D

Nice work!
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Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2015, 12:41:44 PM »
That's just pandering to your chromist tendencies... :mrgreen:

(Abby-Normal, indeed... :P)
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Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2015, 01:57:00 PM »
Good work!
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Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2015, 02:27:51 PM »
A labour of love!
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Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2015, 10:08:01 PM »
Very nice. Very labor intensive but it came out great.
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Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2015, 04:42:55 AM »
Lovely fin, much nicer than anything it ever came with in the original.
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Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2015, 10:26:39 AM »
Thanks, all! As you can imagine, there are some minor mistakes I'm not happy about (the binding was a LOT of work), but given the state of this bass prior, I'm pretty satisfied. BTW, I tend to do this type of thing much better than I play. If I'd only spend these hours practicing!  ;D
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Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2015, 07:37:13 PM »
Great job on the refin!! That was a major undertaking!

Quote from: chromium on November 22, 2015, 10:46:59 AM
Still think you should have gone all "Bass Frehley" and done it up with triple mudbuckers  ;D

Bass Frehley  :thumbsup:
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Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2015, 11:47:44 PM »
A great save and beautiful outcome!  Nice job.
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