Epiphone EB-1 resto-modding.

[Highlander]

Sound demo would be nice...

[Alanko]

Sound demo would be nice...

I just need to brush up on my Rush licks and then I will record something! 

[Highlander]

 

[godofthunder]

   That came out great! Looks beautiful.

[Alanko]

I finally got a demo together... ish. I filmed this on my iPhone, with the EB-1 running through my Fender 'Rumble' amp:



The bass is hilariously bassy. If I turn down the tone control the higher notes on the G string become faint. If I play low notes I can hear random bits of the room vibrating sympathetically.

[Dave W]

Hilariously bassy is a good marketing phrase. I like it best with the tone dialed back a little.

[gearHed289]

That is one cool little bass!

[Pilgrim]

I think Jack Bruce would be proud of that sound.

[Alanko]

Thanks all! I'm tempted to strip the lacquer back off the neck, as it feels a bit too rubbery for my tastes and I'm not entirely sold on the colour. I might do it at the same time I do the Hondo neck, whenever that might be. 

[gearHed289]

The color of the neck is the one thing I don't like. Personally, I would go either natural maple, or figure out how to make it match the body.

[Rob]

Oxalic acid gives wood an older look.  maybe that would work but you would still have to strip and refin it.

[Highlander]

Sounds fine to me...

[4stringer77]

That's a good sounding mudbucker. If I'm being honest, based on the demo, probably has more versatile tones than what I can wrangle out of my EB-1. Enjoy it.

[OldManC]

Man, that sounds great!