Cool EB0 vid

[Basvarken]

This guy really knows how to play a shortscale.
The EBO sounds awesome.

[godofthunder]

 I am digg'n that !

[Pilgrim]

Are you telling me that he played that WITHOUT effects??  Is that really the natural sound of that instrument??? 

[Barklessdog]

Yes. What you can't hear is everything rattling in the store

[leftybass]

Just imagine what my EB-2Custom, with TWO full-size mudbuckers can do!

[Dave W]

Are you telling me that he played that WITHOUT effects??  Is that really the natural sound of that instrument??? 

Yes.

And without that tone-inhibiting chrome cover that the later models had. 

[Pilgrim]

Yes.

HOLY mother of pearl!!!!!!!!

And without that tone-inhibiting chrome cover that the later models had. 

Arr, arr, arr.  I still likes me some chromey covers. 

[Dave W]

HOLY mother of pearl!!!!!!!!

I'll have to remember that one. 

[barend]

Are you telling me that he played that WITHOUT effects??  Is that really the natural sound of that instrument??? 

I think it's the amp that is not handling the ultrasonic frequencies of the EB-0. That is what causes the overdrive. My 67' EB-3 with the neck pickup soloed did not sound like that at all and sounded much cleaner.

[exiledarchangel]

He must be playin thru a 15watt gorilla practice amp with an 8" ready to explode.

[Highlander]

Same guy with an EB-3



Does the cover make that much of a difference...?

[Dave W]

A metal cover adds some capacitance, there's a little loss of high end which would not be noticeable on a mudbucker.

These videos are good sales tools for that store. Looking at photos on a web page is fine, but doing this makes a decision a lot easier.

[ilan]

He must be playin thru a 15watt gorilla practice amp with an 8" ready to explode.

His comment on YouTube: "The amp is a? Fender combo with a 15" speaker. Newer one. cant remember the model"

These videos are good sales tools for that store.

No doubt about that. I just wonder why no one else thought of this before.

[chromium]

HOLY mother of pearl!!!!!!!!

 

He's definitely going for that saturated sound (I like that too!), but they can be less "fuzzy" if you want them to be.

Here's a couple home recordings I've done with EBs, both with sounds that are fairly unprocessed, straight up mudbucker sound.

This is a '68/69 EB-0 with mute on and tone at about 50%:


This is a '66 EB-2DC in all its muddy splendor.  Theres a bass solo thing in the middle where you can hear it up close, dubious bar bridge intonation and all  



I used those basses in band that did heavier rock stuff, and I would tend to crank the preamp for some overdrive (like the video clips above) would get the bass to cut more in the mix of things.  Borrowed that from these fellers' sounds  

[Highlander]

Oooh... I was just playing that... well... Mr Fraser with the live Free version...  

I find it dumb that I failed to notice how often he used chords in his playing with Free...