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Title: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: drprick on November 22, 2015, 10:12:49 AM

I bought this bass from a friend and let it sit around for a couple years while I pondered how to approach redoing it. Finally, I just dove in... Here's a Youtube link of the slideshow with details. https://youtu.be/v2JNLVf00eM  (I'm posting this with hopes that the vid link will work, since my pics are too big to post. Sorry. :-\) Shout out to Chromium for help with the EB-2D choke bypass mod! Also, If I was savvy enough, I would have played the background music on this bass, But you're stuck with the Coldplay ripoff.

Title: Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: Highlander on November 22, 2015, 10:30:36 AM

Pretty good work, but did we have to have the gratuitous "pussy" shot...? :mrgreen:

Welcome...

Title: Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: drprick on November 22, 2015, 10:39:28 AM

Thanks! That's Abby Normal. She's not right in the head.  :o

Title: Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: chromium on November 22, 2015, 10:46:59 AM

Wow- the finished product looks fantastic!  Great job on the fade/burst with those colors too.  That came out better than many factory sunbursts

Still think you should have gone all "Bass Frehley" and done it up with triple mudbuckers  ;D

Nice work!

Title: Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: Highlander on November 22, 2015, 12:41:44 PM

That's just pandering to your chromist tendencies... :mrgreen:

(Abby-Normal, indeed... :P)

Title: Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: Granny Gremlin on November 22, 2015, 01:57:00 PM

Good work!

Title: Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: Basvarken on November 22, 2015, 02:27:51 PM

A labour of love!

Title: Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: Dave W on November 22, 2015, 10:08:01 PM

Very nice. Very labor intensive but it came out great.

Title: Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: uwe on November 23, 2015, 04:42:55 AM

Lovely fin, much nicer than anything it ever came with in the original.

Title: Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: drprick on November 24, 2015, 10:26:39 AM

Thanks, all! As you can imagine, there are some minor mistakes I'm not happy about (the binding was a LOT of work), but given the state of this bass prior, I'm pretty satisfied. BTW, I tend to do this type of thing much better than I play. If I'd only spend these hours practicing!  ;D

Title: Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: Nocturnal on November 24, 2015, 07:37:13 PM

Great job on the refin!! That was a major undertaking!

Quote from: chromium on November 22, 2015, 10:46:59 AM

Still think you should have gone all "Bass Frehley" and done it up with triple mudbuckers  ;D

Bass Frehley  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: 1966 Gibson EB-2D Refinish
Post by: drbassman on November 24, 2015, 11:47:44 PM

A great save and beautiful outcome!  Nice job.