1959 EBO with banjo's

[Highlander]

This place does not do bargains...



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GIBSON-EB-0-BASS-1959-VINTAGE-GIBSON-BASS-/390452556588?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5ae8c9332c

[Dave W]

There's a Make Offer button, Ken. Use it. 

[uwe]

Two of my basses, no, wait, three have those. Tuning with them is a chore and hurts your fingers after a while. And the pull kills them eventually, they were not made for bass.

[Lightyear]

There's a Make Offer button, Ken. Use it. 

Yeah, go ahead!  We all know that marriage is way overated!  Besides, you do have a nice, comfy shed to move into!

[Grog]

My '59 EB-2 had banjos with shrunken plastic buttons. The tuners were loose & didn't stay in tune. I bought a set of '60s nickel Firebird tuners & used the buttons off of them. That stiffened everything up & they work about as good as they can.................

[Dave W]

It's unusual to find any 50+ years-old Gibson with its original plastic (bakelite?) buttons, whether it has banjo or conventional tuners.

IIRC the banjos had a pretty low gear ratio and are difficult to turn with higher tension strings.

[Highlander]

Make an offer...! Bid...!!!

The shed would not be a suitable hiding place...

[Grog]

The EB-1 came with white plastic (bakelite?) buttons, I've seen NOS sets for sale thet looked good yet. My EB-2 had pearloid buttons, & they were in rough shape. The cheaper EB-0 as pictured above, came with nickel buttons. I went that way because I could find originals and it was fixed for life.

[dadagoboi]

The EB-1 came with white plastic (bakelite?) buttons, I've seen NOS sets for sale thet looked good yet. My EB-2 had pearloid buttons, & they were in rough shape. The cheaper EB-0 as pictured above, came with nickel buttons. I went that way because I could find originals and it was fixed for life.

As stated in the listing, they are replacements.  Originals had cream colored plastic buttons.  I replaced mine with Schallers in '65 ASAP after buying my '60 EBO.  I misplaced the original banjoes sometime in the '90s.  A set sold a few weeks ago for around $200 on Ebay.  '59-'60 EBOs are going for as little as $800 in OK shape.  Usually 3 or 4 of them on Ebay and not a lot of interest.

 

[Highlander]

For me it's all about the date - one day I'd like to own an instrument the same age as me - finances prohibit that at present, but I'd love to own one of these or an EB2...