Minty EB-4L - shame about the pickup

Aussie Mark · June 29, 2011, 10:23:50 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/gibson-eb4l-bass-guitar-/130538190336?pt=Guitar&hash=item1e64aeb600

This is in as nice condition as any I've seen

Dave W · June 29, 2011, 10:47:06 PM

Really nice condition. I doubt he'll get his starting bid with the DiMarzio, but at least it's not routed.

clankenstein · June 30, 2011, 01:12:42 AM

you could always put amudbucker in there, i did and i love it.

Barklessdog · June 30, 2011, 05:32:39 AM

The switch was the irreplaceable factor on this correct?

uwe · June 30, 2011, 05:40:40 AM

Scott again?

Pilgrim · June 30, 2011, 09:03:01 AM

Nice bass, but IMO he's a few hundred too high with the mudbucker missing.

Dave W · June 30, 2011, 09:13:57 AM

The EB4-L pickup was mudbucker shaped but it was very different inside. Since few of them were made, it would be much harder to find an original.

godofthunder · June 30, 2011, 12:36:21 PM

I do happen to have a NOS stick shift selector for a EB4L

ilan · July 01, 2011, 04:27:46 AM

Why did they stop doing the bevels at the top and bottom of the body? The plank EB's just don't look right to me without the bevel.

Basvarken · July 01, 2011, 04:33:42 AM

Maybe that might have something to do with the fact that it's a longscale bass? The bridge is so close to the edge that there's no room for a large bevelled edge at the bottom.

ilan · July 01, 2011, 06:11:51 AM

Short scales also lost the bevel when the mudbucker was moved away from the neck.

EvilLordJuju · July 01, 2011, 06:20:39 AM

Yes, great to see one almost as red as it should be. Seeing as so many people took out their EB4 pups, it's a wonder they don't come up that often (I can't recall ever seeing one

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Grog · July 01, 2011, 07:00:20 AM

I've seen two EB-4L pickups pop up on ebay, one in the last couple months.........

Dave W · July 01, 2011, 08:24:21 AM

Quote from: ilan on July 01, 2011, 04:27:46 AM
Why did they stop doing the bevels at the top and bottom of the body? The plank EB's just don't look right to me without the bevel.

No good reason. Just an unfortunate design change.

Pilgrim · July 01, 2011, 09:10:45 AM

Quote from: Dave W on July 01, 2011, 08:24:21 AM
No good reason. Just an unfortunate design change.

Amen. I think that was an important visual element in the originals. It's one reason I thought the bass in the "Bash Gibson" thread looked so cheap. IMO a rout/bevel along the edge of the body would have added a lot to its visual appeal.