OK....here's a shot of the full bass from the Ebay auction:
And here's a shot of the loose bridge pin from the Ebay auction:
Here's a shot of the loose pin, taken on my bench:
Here's the pin sitting on the bass - just in case there's someone else who hadn't seen one of these removed. It turned out that the pin required a good tug to remove it, so I decided that no filling and drilling would be required - just glue.
I REALLY liked the idea mentioned above that it would be good to apply glue to the inside of the hole. If I had applied it to the outside of the pin, chances are that it would have scraped off as the pin went in, potentially compromising the finish on the bass. Note that I put masking tape around the hole anyway to protect the finish.
Here's the pin after tapping it into place with the rubber hammer shown in the shot. Note to self: next time, nimrod, remove the masking tape BEFORE tapping the pin into final position so that you don't trap the edges of the tape under the pin shoulders. I got the visible tape remainder out with extremely careful penknife work.
The pin is now firmly secured, and if either of the others pull out, I am now confident that re-installing them will require only a few minutes' work.
I think this EB-3 will receive a set of Labella Jamerson flatwounds later today. The stock strings are skinny roundwounds and I'm not sure they're to my taste; I have two sets of Jamersons hanging around and I can't think of any reason not to indulge my taste for flatwounds with one of those sets. I keep the other set as a spare in case I ever break a string during a gig (never happened so far).
I've played a bit with the 3-position pickup switch and the bridge pickup is definitely too tinny for my taste soloed. The middle position (both pickups) seems best to my ear. There is definitely some neck dive, but I'm playing with various straps to mitigate that. The inlays on the neck are absolutely beautiful!