The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: rockinrayduke on March 13, 2008, 07:35:20 PM
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/rockinrayduke/9c02_1.jpg)
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Nice, but what is it? ???
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Sorry, it's an Epi EB3.
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Schweet!
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Nice. Is it new?
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Very nice Ray! Does it have the Gibby headstock?
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Congrats! Mighty purty.
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nice! ;D
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Good looking! Rare color specimen has come up lately, thinking of that Pelham Blue some time ago.
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/rockinrayduke/bdac_1.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/rockinrayduke/9d66_1.jpg)
It's lightly used. ;D It's also making a long trip from the Great White North so wish it luck!
It's my first EB3 ever, so I'm hoping it's a good 'un. Couldn't find one in the DFW area anywhere, looked on ebay last week, saw it, got it.
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Looks great in white and those Epi Elitists are actually closer to the old Gibson EBs than the SG RIs.
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This is the long scale one . I had one in cherry, nice bass for the money. I put a 60's mudbucker in mine, sounded great. Man they look so cool in white !
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I must be getting old, but white basses are so cool looking! Don't know what it is. That Epi is a beauty in white too! The Elitists are very nice and great basses for the money. Nice score!
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Welcome to the club!!!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Fenderbird/mud.jpg)
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Nice one Ray! White always looks tasty on the SG/EB:
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/polaris-eb3.jpg)
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You can't loose with white, black or cherry on any Gibson.
Although the pearl Pee white used on some of the 80's V's looks dated now.
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Is it an Elitist? I thought it was just a white EB3. Could be a better score than I thought. ;)
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All those short scale Jap EB-3s are de facto Elitists. Epi has never offered a non-Jap short scale EB-3, just a short scale EB-0 (which is bolt on) and a long scale EB-3.
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If it's a long scale, then it's not an Elitist.
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No matter what it is: it's nice!
The Who performed Tommy for the frist time at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Holland. It was one of the few time he used a white P90ed SG. Love the colour.
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Tsk, tsk, Herr Moderator, one look could have answered that question - look at the initial pic and bridge location. On EB-3Ls any bridge has a hard time not falling off the butt of the bass.
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Nice one Ray! White always looks tasty on the SG/EB:
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/polaris-eb3.jpg)
Now that is nice! I remember seeing an EB2 back in the late 1970's with the ebony board and big pearl blocks. Must have been a custom order like this EB3?
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Now that is nice! I remember seeing an EB2 back in the late 1970's with the ebony board and big pearl blocks. Must have been a custom order like this EB3?
Isn't that a beauty? According to the dealer, it was a custom order for a husband and wife duo - it supposedly has a matching SG sibling floating around out there somewhere. It was up on Gbase for a paltry $22K USD. Wonder what it actually sold for? Probably still way more than my lifetime bass allowance would provide for... and probably a cost that would preclude it from being sweated on at a gig!
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Nice score on that Ray! It's looking real good ;)
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hope it plays as good as it looks. ;D
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Tsk, tsk, Herr Moderator, one look could have answered that question - look at the initial pic and bridge location. On EB-3Ls any bridge has a hard time not falling off the butt of the bass.
But our dear Moderator is right. Look at these pics:
(http://www.woodbrass.com/images/woodbrass/EBG0CHCH1.JPG)
(http://cachepe.samedaymusic.com/media/quality,85/brand,sameday/EB-3-CH-715284e94a3ab466b149da9bbb04e376.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/rockinrayduke/9c02_1.jpg)
Anyway great looking bass.
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Depends. On the 19-fret slothead long scales, the bridge is right at the end. But the newer Epi EB-3s look like they have 22 frets (as in Daniel's middle photo). Longer neck means shorter distance from neck end to bridge.
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Yeah, I love the white look. There was an old Epi Newport up on Ebay a few years back that had been converted to the double pickup configuration, and refinned in white. I was *REALLY* tempted to move on that one.
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Love the white on that bass. I had thought about re-painting mine Pelham Blue &( SB 400 , I did in white , )has some recording guitar pups in it. Im planning to put some single coils back in it when I find some.I played an orig SB 400 a while back w/ singles and I liked it a lot more.It is staying white & I have to make another set of surrounds out of Holly, but I need the single coils 1st.
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Just another chime-in for the white finish - it looks great! Congrats....
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Darn, I wasn't aware that Epi on their long scale EB-3 made the neck long enough to keep the bridge position. Mea culpa!!!
Ok, one more test whether its an Elitist or just the regular Epi in white: Is the vaitone a real varitone with 4 pos (then Elitist) or just a a mock varitone activating the pups like a toggle switch would (then reg Epi)?
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Ok, one more test whether its an Elitist or just the regular Epi in white: Is the vaitone a real varitone with 4 pos (then Elitist) or just a a mock varitone activating the pups like a toggle switch would (then reg Epi)?
Here's an old page with the Elitist: http://www.epiphone.com/elitist/eb3.htm. Dot neck, 20 fret. Even if they made any in white, the one Ray bought has inlays and 22 frets.
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Just found the completed auction page and the link he lists is clearly for the longscale Epiphone EB3. I'd never seen one in white before.