My addiction has crested and subsided. I originally wanted a Rivoli as I dug the blubbery mess of Paul Samwell Smith on the Rave Up album. I always thought the ES looked fairly rock n roll cool, and complimented my greaser ethic already in place with my Tele-bass. So I did some asking around, got laughed and jeered at, and found that the EB2 was more common. I bought my first - a minty cherry red stock 68 with the original case - for $150. At the time a boat anchor used 70s P would run $300 to 400, so this was amazing. Over the years I have owned and abused so many that I am not sure anymore, but I have solid memories of 3 1958 EB2s, a 60, a 64, a 68, a 59 EB0, a 61 EB0 LPjr, a 61 EB0 SG, a 65 EB0, a 69 EB0, a 69 EB3, a 56 eb, one of those things with plastic pups and a metal control plate (450?), and probably somethings I am forgetting. I also turned one of the 58 EB2s into an Explorer bass using an 80s Korina Explorer. Oddly enough I never did get an Epi Rivoli. I now only have two. With the exception of the Explorer recreation, I never paid more than $250 for a Gibson bass, and the number of old EBs, Tbirds, LP sigs and recording, Ripper/grabber/g3 and Epis that I passed on because they were more than that but less than $350, is staggering today. I am happy living vicariously through the rest of you. All is back to normal.