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EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« on: November 04, 2009, 06:59:32 PM »
I picked this one up on Ebay recently.  I was taken in by the markers.  Uwe says some left the factory like this.  Pickguard is not original but I think everything else looks right.  Not original case either.  Said it was a '67 but I'm thinking '68 due to the evertilt bridge.  Just thought I'd show it off since the seller has a better camera than I do!

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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2009, 07:13:03 PM »
oooooooh,thats nice. i wish all basses had some blocks/trapazoids
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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2009, 08:34:10 PM »
Nice color, and I agree the inlays are very nice.  Looks to be in good shape for a 40-year-old bass.
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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2009, 09:41:38 PM »
Nice!  :toast:
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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2009, 01:00:12 AM »
Wow!
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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2009, 01:22:58 AM »
wow! very nice one.

Looks exactly like the cherry '68 EB3 I had. Besides the walnut finish and the blockinlays of course. I didn't know they made the EB3 with blockinlays at that time.
Curious what you think of the sound. My bass was too muddy and bassy on the neck pickup but had a really great bridge pickup sound. Better then any other EB3 or SG reissue I have played on.
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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2009, 02:29:46 AM »
Great score! Nice! I love block inlays on some basses, but I also like the simplicity of dots. But this one's a great looker!
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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2009, 02:52:36 AM »
Really beautiful, but isn't that faded cherry as opposed to walnut? What it looks like under the bridge will probably tell. I have a formerly cherry EB-4 that has turned completeley walnut except for the back of the maple neck. And that walnut has much more depth and luster than any of my other real walnut basses. It reminds me of the one in this pic.
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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2009, 05:37:20 AM »
That is a nice bass ! The only one I ever saw with those type of inlays was the white one that pops up on ebay from time to time, and that one was supossed to be factory white with the inlays. I have never seen one in person. Regardless NICE bass !
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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2009, 06:43:37 AM »
Great score!
Almost incredible for its age.
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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2009, 09:32:23 AM »
You are the Ebay buy-it-now master!  What an awesome score in every respect...

Love the blocks, and that color is pretty cool.  If this is faded cherry, maybe I need to set mine out in the sun for a few weeks  ;D 

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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2009, 09:51:59 AM »
Nice basses, still not sure about walnut finishes.
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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2009, 11:22:26 AM »
I'm pretty sure that's UV-faded cherry, not walnut.
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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2009, 12:15:22 PM »
nice score!  I haven't seen a walnut finish that transparent, it has to be faded cherry.  looks very nice either way, though.

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Re: EB-3 arriving tomorrow!
« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2009, 12:20:17 PM »
OK I gotta ask how much ?
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