I can't fault his playing. The speed and technique he achieved on The Romantic Warrior is very impressive. It's the plastic-y ultra treble and low action scuzz that I don't really like in his tone.
I'm pretty sure it was an EB-2 or 2D.
When Steve Swallow switched from upright to BG he also went with an EB2D. He said in an old interview that he felt weird with a solid body bass.
He got a nice sound out of it too. Didn't he put a mudbucker in bridge position?