I really don't need another project, but I've decided on one.
I have both Kay KB-2 and Lyle SG-style basses, but both have some issues and they're not flippin' my switch. The Lyle has promise but needs the fretboard removed and glued back on...and I'm not sure I want to do it.
So...I am going to start casting around for an inexpensive used EB-0 with the express intention of adding a bridge pickup to it and making it a short scale EB-3. I had a decent EB-0 but I decided I wanted an EB-3 for the double pickups, then found out that the balance was lousy and the SG design stuck the 34" neck WAY out to the left. It just wasn't comfortable to play.
But that Epi EB-0 is a nice bass, and with a second pickup it would be a keeper. No timeline on this, but who knows when Ebay will turn one up for around $100....I'll watch.
Maybe in the meantime I'll get off my butt and get the Gretsch pickup mounted in the old Lyle hollowbody I have had sitting around. Maybe.