Black EB2 with LP Custom appointments

ilan · September 09, 2018, 01:04:15 PM

Mark Agnesi from Norman's Rare Guitars just tweeted and posted this to Instagram: "Going through old pictures this week I stumbled across this Factory Black, EB-2 Bass with 355/LP Custom appointments, custom made plaque and green floral pickguard. Probably the raddest bass I have ever seen. Wonder where it is now."

Anyone here knows anything about it?

https://twitter.com/markagnesi/status/1038847167727890432

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clankenstein · September 09, 2018, 02:17:53 PM

Well that looks good with a bound headstock doesn't it?

Alanko · September 09, 2018, 03:34:05 PM

When he says plaque he doesn't mean tooth decay, right?

Interesting to see the Custom plate below the bridge. These show up on factory and less-than-factory Bigsby'd Gibsons to block the tailpiece mounting holes, which are rendered obsolete with a Bigsby is installed. I'm wondering why Gibson would install this at random on a bass.

The bound, inlay'd headstock is cool. Unfortunately I've only ever seen the split diamond inlay on Japanese Gibson-oid basses of various sorts, so that is where my mind went! Not doubting the authenticity at all, simply that the aesthetics are a bit Pacific Rim for me.

FrankieTbird · September 09, 2018, 03:40:51 PM

Quote from: clankenstein on September 09, 2018, 02:17:53 PM
Well that looks good with a bound headstock doesn't it?

and bound f-holes

westen44 · September 09, 2018, 05:10:41 PM

Almost any EB-2 might be considered "rad." Still, I much prefer dot inlays (which I seem to almost have a fetish for, though, I will admit.) I like that pickguard.

Basvarken · September 09, 2018, 11:45:13 PM

Quote from: Alanko on September 09, 2018, 03:34:05 PM

The bound, inlay'd headstock is cool. Unfortunately I've only ever seen the split diamond inlay on Japanese Gibson-oid basses of various sorts, so that is where my mind went! Not doubting the authenticity at all, simply that the aesthetics are a bit Pacific Rim for me.

Don't forget the Les Paul Bass aka Triumph!

dadagoboi · September 10, 2018, 06:38:07 AM

I bought a mint condition early '67 EBO for a buddy about 12 years ago. It had one of those Gibson 'custom made' plates on it. Nothing custom about it I could see.

Dave W · September 10, 2018, 07:53:56 AM

Maybe the body was originally intended for a 355 with Bigsby.

Alanko · September 10, 2018, 10:46:43 AM

The holes (if there are holes under the plate) are too far back for an ES-355 body.

Granny Gremlin · October 03, 2018, 12:56:01 PM

OMG that is my dream EB2.

Grog · October 03, 2018, 01:29:05 PM

Quote from: dadagoboi on September 10, 2018, 06:38:07 AM
I bought a mint condition early '67 EBO for a buddy about 12 years ago. It had one of those Gibson 'custom made' plates on it. Nothing custom about it I could see.

My '67 ES-335 looks identical to the photo above, but instead of a "CUSTOM MADE" plaque on it, it had a "CUSTOM" TRC. It must have been custom ordered with a Bigsby instead of the lyre tailpiece that seemed to be on most ES-335's that didn't come with the stock trapeze tailpiece. In 1967 there were no stop tailpiece holes to cover with a plaque.

Engle · October 03, 2018, 06:36:11 PM

That's a sweet EB2. IMO the flower on the pickguard is unnecessary, but wow!
I think I need to make a B/W/B pickguard for my Casady...

Alanko · September 17, 2022, 03:36:02 PM

Any chance this is the same EB-2 in Geddy's book?

At a guess the pickguard was replaced.

ilan · September 18, 2022, 03:24:16 AM

Someone should notify Mark Agnesi.

BTW the block markers are wider than on a LP Custom, which leads me to think this might have started life as a standard dot neck, and the wider blocks were needed to cover the 12th fret dots.

Grog · September 18, 2022, 07:51:44 AM

The one in the book has the "CUSTOM MADE" plaque and a "CUSTOM" TRC. The first one didn't have the "CUSTOM" TRC.
Any way you look at it, it's a beauty!!