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EB-6 in great condition
« on: March 15, 2018, 07:45:13 AM »

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Re: EB-6 in great condition
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2018, 08:10:33 AM »
Not an unfair price, I paid USD 10,000 for mine in likewise pristine condition, but that was many years ago.
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« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2018, 10:58:35 AM »
If I could only win the lotto........................
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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2018, 10:50:53 PM »
Ooooo.. Sexy!

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« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2018, 07:06:08 AM »
Ooooo.. Sexy!

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Re: EB-6 in great condition
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2018, 09:02:46 AM »
I look on such objects with wonder. I'd love to be able to buy such a toy instead of a car...but that's pretty close to the price of the last two cars my family bought.
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« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2018, 11:50:03 AM »
Don't get carried away, it feels more like a guitar than a bass. And sounds like it too.
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Re: EB-6 in great condition
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2018, 12:55:52 PM »

Lark Street always has cool stuff.  I used to have band rehearsal right around the corner.

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Re: EB-6 in great condition
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2018, 01:47:28 PM »
Here is one in action:


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Re: EB-6 in great condition
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2018, 02:12:31 PM »
I love PhilX's demos!

Of course he's got it backwards, there's no bass boost, it's a bass cut in the other switch position. Common mistake.

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Re: EB-6 in great condition
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2018, 04:20:53 AM »
In the biography of Bruce Springsteen there's a nice anecdote where he tells about this cool guitar he had when he was young. And how it played incredibly heavy and the guitar strings barely fit. Until he found out it was an EB-6  :rimshot:

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Re: EB-6 in great condition
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2018, 02:14:33 AM »
Phil's a great guy!

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« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2018, 07:04:01 AM »
So wait a minute, if I put a PAF on an EB2 it's going to sound like this? Because I really liked Phil's clean tone (not the bass cut position though) and it sounded nothing like my old too-muddy-to-keep EB2C. If I still had it I'd try to hide a PAF under the big Sidewinder cover.
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Re: EB-6 in great condition
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2018, 10:51:51 AM »
So wait a minute, if I put a PAF on an EB2 it's going to sound like this? Because I really liked Phil's clean tone (not the bass cut position though) and it sounded nothing like my old too-muddy-to-keep EB2C. If I still had it I'd try to hide a PAF under the big Sidewinder cover.

If there were no string spacing issues, I don't see why not. A humbucker sized pickup wound to PAF specs but with four poles and slugs ought to work.

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Re: EB-6 in great condition
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2018, 02:56:46 PM »
If there were no string spacing issues, I don't see why not. A humbucker sized pickup wound to PAF specs but with four poles and slugs ought to work.
I don't see a problem here. Rickenbacker toasters are the same part for guitar and bass - with 6 magnet slugs. Fender Musicmaster pickups - same part for bass and guitar, 6 pole pieces under the blank cover. Both work great (the Ric toaster is even better than the 4-pole button-top pickup, that has a noticeable volume drop when you bend a string). Vintage 1960 Hofner toasters - same thing. 80's Carvin is another example.
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