Man that EB-3 copy looks wild! I kinda like the bowling ball finish, or "crazy space burl" as the case me be!
Years back, I bought an Ibanez 2365b (who needs marketing weenies with a name like that!) to use at the more unsavory gigs. It looked nice - like a sunburst 70s jazz bass with blocks - and was kind of a dud when I got it... but it turned out the pickup height was to blame. After tweaking it a bit, it really came alive and man that thing would growl away! I sold it to buy something else at some point, but still kinda miss it. So I guess I liked its pickups well enough!
That one was built kinda cheap - like chunks of mystery maho sandwiched in between spruce(?) veneers on the front and back (for the benefit of the sunburst). But soundwise and playability was not bad at all for ~$200 for the entire bass.
I have had (and still do) some KILLER Japanese stuff from that era - my old Ibanez 8-string rivaled the quality of the American fancy pants basses of that era, and the Greco-Roland guitars and bass are all really top notch.
That said- I have no idea about that mudbucker copy!
I'd probably pass at that price, though, and go for a Novak or something...
