1967 EB-0 "restomod"

[Dave W]

An ongoing project, recently started. I'm following.

Part 1



Part 2

[Basvarken]

Nice project.
He is a bit of a butcher isn't he.
The way he removes the tuner ferrules with the screw driver. And the bridge inserts with the claw hammer.
And the endless fumbling with the clamps for that little piece of wood near the neck joint...

[planetgaffnet]

I kind of like the format...it's all a bit gung-ho and warts'n'all.  It's almost like watching an early edition of New Yankee Workshop.

[BTL]

This will be a fun project to follow.

I skipped around through the videos, so I'm guessing it will get a solid color finish.

[Dave W]

This will be a fun project to follow.

I skipped around through the videos, so I'm guessing it will get a solid color finish.

It will be solid white.

Seeing what can go wrong, like the chip from the body that came off with the neck, makes me glad I'm not into restorations.

His technique so far does look heavy handed. OTOH he's openly telling the viewer what not to do if you're planning a faithful restoration.

[amptech]

Well, he points out often enough that normally they would do it much better

Good to see someone posting a vid of this, two of my own EB0 hack projects and one guitar SG  were similar ant ended up white. It's indeed a good colour for the sg shape.

[slinkp]

Oh yeah.  My main bass teacher when i was a wee young lad was mainly a guitarist, and his main guitar during our lessons was a white SG custom (3-pickup) with a black pickguard and a vibrato bridge (can't remember what kind but didn't look like a Bigsby; google suggests possibly a Maestro).

That thing was gorgeous.

[Dave W]

Just posted an hour ago.

[BTL]

That was fun!

[planetgaffnet]

This is a joy to watch.  Cheers Davey lad.

It's weird, we dumped our satellite TV subscription a couple of months ago and I'm finding that the lack of Discovery Channel nonsense washing over me is forcing me to go out and find channels like this guys on Your Tube. 

Man alive , if this guy is doing it for you, you need to check out Baumgartner Restoration (art restoration), Marty's Matchbox Makeovers (an Aussie guy who restores old toy cars), and Andy Phillip (who specialises in turning gnarly old wood into bowls, then soaks them in coloured resin, then turns them again). 

[slinkp]

Does anybody have a clue what this sort of work on a body costs?

I have a bass I will never part with ('82 Ibanez Blazer that has suffered mightily on the kitchen table),
both for sentimental reasons and because in its current condition it's worthless to anyone but me.
A much easier job since it's bolt-on and the neck is okay, but the body is probably roughly equivalent to that poor EB0.

I occasionally ponder having the body stripped, holes filled, and painted white... but I'm afraid it would cost an insane amount for what is essentially just an old budget model.
The bass cost $200 in 1982 and you can buy them in much better shape on Reverb today for $400... but then... those aren't *my* bass.

[amptech]

Does anybody have a clue what this sort of work on a body costs?

That's the downside Unless you have a workshop and skills (to a certain point) it's a money drain. To have a luthier (or two) work on a hacked up EB-0 until it is perfect (and a paint job) must be far more costly than saving up for a good one without mods and just have it set up.

[godofthunder]

  Is it just me or did he remove a lot of material from the body unnecessarily?

[Basvarken]

  Is it just me or did he remove a lot of material from the body unnecessarily?

That is not just you, First thing I thought.
Feels almost like he could have made an entire new body for the same amount of work and material involved.

[Rob]

I think his approach of opening up to the bottom of the body requires less skill than a well made plug.