Nice EB 650 on ebay

[Dave W]

...the price was 5500$ from the beginning, then down to 3500$ and now back up again.

So he's bipolar on top of crazy.

[drbassman]

I know blue is rare, but I just don't care for it on this bass.

[copacetic]

The 650's & 750's were one of the biggest let downs Gibson ever came up with. The TB+ pups were just not right any way you looked/look at it when installed in these bodies.Prototypes of this body with wood block down the middle or totally hollow just did not make it. Lots of confusion going on what they were actually trying to come up with on these soundwise. I know no one who has one wants to mod them (because of the price they paid) but I think they would be a nice platform to try out a few other pickups.(did I hear some say 3 mudbuckers and 3 baritone switches with phase in and outs..?)no really what ya think..?

[exiledarchangel]

The 650's & 750's were one of the biggest let downs Gibson ever came up with. The TB+ pups were just not right any way you looked/look at it when installed in these bodies.Prototypes of this body with wood block down the middle or totally hollow just did not make it. Lots of confusion going on what they were actually trying to come up with on these soundwise. I know no one who has one wants to mod them (because of the price they paid) but I think they would be a nice platform to try out a few other pickups.(did I hear some say 3 mudbuckers and 3 baritone switches with phase in and outs..?)no really what ya think..?

Yup, I think 3xMUD would do the trick.

[uwe]

The 650's & 750's were one of the biggest let downs Gibson ever came up with. The TB+ pups were just not right any way you looked/look at it when installed in these bodies.Prototypes of this body with wood block down the middle or totally hollow just did not make it. Lots of confusion going on what they were actually trying to come up with on these soundwise. I know no one who has one wants to mod them (because of the price they paid) but I think they would be a nice platform to try out a few other pickups.(did I hear some say 3 mudbuckers and 3 baritone switches with phase in and outs..?)no really what ya think..?

I think they wanted basses in an upmarket semi-hollow look with as little hollow-body drawbacks as possible. Enter the deadening sustain blocks which are huge on the EB-650 and -750 (which had Barts, not TB Plus'es). What they ended up with were two basses sounding like good-natured (the 750) or ferocious (the 650) solid bodies. Some of the marginal acoustic element that survived on these basses could have been enhanced if they had added piezo bridges, the 750 was certainly expensive enough to justify that extra mile (and already active with the Bart TCT circuit).