The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: ilan on September 09, 2018, 12:04:15 PM
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dmq5_nOW0AAtkiH.jpg:large)
Mark Agnesi from Norman's Rare Guitars just tweeted and posted this to Instagram: "Going through old pictures this week I stumbled across this Factory Black, EB-2 Bass with 355/LP Custom appointments, custom made plaque and green floral pickguard. Probably the raddest bass I have ever seen. Wonder where it is now."
Anyone here knows anything about it?
https://twitter.com/markagnesi/status/1038847167727890432
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bng252DnOxs/
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Well that looks good with a bound headstock doesn't it?
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When he says plaque he doesn't mean tooth decay, right?
Interesting to see the Custom plate below the bridge. These show up on factory and less-than-factory Bigsby'd Gibsons to block the tailpiece mounting holes, which are rendered obsolete with a Bigsby is installed. I'm wondering why Gibson would install this at random on a bass.
The bound, inlay'd headstock is cool. Unfortunately I've only ever seen the split diamond inlay on Japanese Gibson-oid basses of various sorts, so that is where my mind went! Not doubting the authenticity at all, simply that the aesthetics are a bit Pacific Rim for me. :mrgreen:
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Well that looks good with a bound headstock doesn't it?
and bound f-holes
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Almost any EB-2 might be considered "rad." Still, I much prefer dot inlays (which I seem to almost have a fetish for, though, I will admit.) I like that pickguard.
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The bound, inlay'd headstock is cool. Unfortunately I've only ever seen the split diamond inlay on Japanese Gibson-oid basses of various sorts, so that is where my mind went! Not doubting the authenticity at all, simply that the aesthetics are a bit Pacific Rim for me. :mrgreen:
Don't forget the Les Paul Bass aka Triumph!
(https://www.thegibsonbassbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Triumph-upsidedownheadstock1500-1024x1024.jpg)
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I bought a mint condition early '67 EBO for a buddy about 12 years ago. It had one of those Gibson 'custom made' plates on it. Nothing custom about it I could see.
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Maybe the body was originally intended for a 355 with Bigsby.
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The holes (if there are holes under the plate) are too far back for an ES-355 body.
(https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--mJMV0NHq--/a_exif,c_limit,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_south,q_auto:eco,w_1280/v1506631208/v2a5wxcblp63czy9zkhz.jpg)
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OMG that is my dream EB2.
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I bought a mint condition early '67 EBO for a buddy about 12 years ago. It had one of those Gibson 'custom made' plates on it. Nothing custom about it I could see.
My '67 ES-335 looks identical to the photo above, but instead of a "CUSTOM MADE" plaque on it, it had a "CUSTOM" TRC. It must have been custom ordered with a Bigsby instead of the lyre tailpiece that seemed to be on most ES-335's that didn't come with the stock trapeze tailpiece. In 1967 there were no stop tailpiece holes to cover with a plaque.
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That’s a sweet EB2. IMO the flower on the pickguard is unnecessary, but wow!
I think I need to make a B/W/B pickguard for my Casady...
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Any chance this is the same EB-2 in Geddy's book?
(https://i.imgur.com/yd0XIj6.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4n2hL3l.jpg)
At a guess the pickguard was replaced.
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Someone should notify Mark Agnesi.
BTW the block markers are wider than on a LP Custom, which leads me to think this might have started life as a standard dot neck, and the wider blocks were needed to cover the 12th fret dots.
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The one in the book has the “CUSTOM MADE” plaque and a “CUSTOM” TRC. The first one didn’t have the “CUSTOM” TRC.
Any way you look at it, it’s a beauty!!