Now, back to the matter at hand.
The bass is essentially finished, but I need to set it up, intonate it and do some final adjusting. I plugged her into my Mesa and man, 1/4 turn of the volume knob about blew the speaker! The best part is it's not nearly as muddy as an EB-0. In fact, it has a nice thump with plenty of mid and high clarity to my ears. No hums or buzzes, that old harness is working perfectly. Frankly, I was surprized. Maybe Gibson does make some things that last after all!!!
Anyway, another day or so and we'll kiss this baby goodbye. I have to a=say, if it were mine, I'd keep her. She really does sound good and the neck plays really comfortably. The low tension TIs means the trus rod only has a slight partial turn on it, nothing heavy at all.
Here's a couple sexy shots by incandescent lighting. No freaking curly-cues in my house!!!