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Dave W

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Restoring a 1963 Gibson EB-OF Fuzztone Bass
« on: May 02, 2012, 05:19:26 PM »
From the May 2012 Premier Guitar: John Brown restores an EB-OF

Interesting bit about how Gibson used burlap to apply the grain filler.
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Re: Restoring a 1963 Gibson EB-OF Fuzztone Bass
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2012, 08:48:44 PM »
Very cool!

The burlap was how I learned to do it, and with alkyd flat white oil paint to do a limed LP finish.  When it tacks, the burlap is coarse enough to drag it off the wood, but tight enough to squish it into the grain.
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Re: Restoring a 1963 Gibson EB-OF Fuzztone Bass
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2012, 04:41:26 AM »
Cool! I'm still trying to get around to having mine restored, I'll get an estimate from them..................
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Re: Restoring a 1963 Gibson EB-OF Fuzztone Bass
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2012, 07:37:38 PM »

Nice! Thanks for posting!

...Having a '65 EB3 restored right now.
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Re: Restoring a 1963 Gibson EB-OF Fuzztone Bass
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2012, 06:46:11 AM »
You can actually record with that fuzz sound and the results are sweet!
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Re: Restoring a 1963 Gibson EB-OF Fuzztone Bass
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2012, 12:16:45 PM »
Quote from: uwe on May 04, 2012, 06:46:11 AM
You can actually record with that fuzz sound and the results are sweet!

Like some guy did on almost all of this album
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Re: Restoring a 1963 Gibson EB-OF Fuzztone Bass
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2012, 12:43:40 PM »
Falling on deaf ears I'm afraid.
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Re: Restoring a 1963 Gibson EB-OF Fuzztone Bass
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2012, 02:12:27 AM »
Quote from: godofthunder on May 04, 2012, 12:43:40 PM
Falling on deaf ears I'm afraid.

Not surprised; he used 4 x Acoustic 361s .........................not what you meant?  ;)

I have significant mid-range deafness; can't follow a conversation in a noisy bar for eg. I put it down to 36 Slade gigs and around 10 Motorhead gigs.  ;D
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