Strange EB0

[Stjofön Big]

Found this on Jules site. What do you guys think, aside from the obvious with colour, pickup, tuners and finger rest? http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/bass/vault/gibson-eb-0-sunburst-1959-61/

[Basvarken]

gorgeous!

[amptech]

Reminds me of another strange gibson I saw on the fly guitar pages, a ´65 or so eb-3 converted eb-0.

Same sunburst refin, they suspected that it might have been done at the factory. Factory finish or not,
looks great....

[drbassman]

I like it!

[godofthunder]

 I like it to, but not 8k like it!

[Highlander]

+1 

[mc2NY]

Beauty....but the 1959-61 date?

With the non-banjo tuners and the chrome humbucker....maybe '61 at earliest, no?

[Lightyear]

Did Gibson ever cap these in maple?  The maple lamination is very clear in the pic showing the finish damage.  It's obvious that both the front and back of have been laminated.  Might be nice to have some pot dates too......

[godofthunder]

 I don't think it's laminated that's the yellow/white undercoat. Gibson shot the LP juniors like that, Fender did the same thing too in the 60's

[Pilgrim]

I like it to(o), but not 8k like it!

You got that right!

[Dave W]

I don't think it's laminated that's the yellow/white undercoat. Gibson shot the LP juniors like that, Fender did the same thing too in the 60's

Looks way too thick to be just an undercoat, and the full side view clearly shows a lamination.

The sunburst doesn't look like any Gibson sunburst of that era.

The original style EB-0 never came with the chrome humbucker.

No way that this is original.

[amptech]

I would think this one is modified with the later tuners, rather than being a 61 model - if you look at the close-up
of the back of the headstock, it is too narrow for the tuners. Compare with the same close-up of the ´61 cherry eb-0, the headstock is wider. Maybe just a switch of parts - rare sg shaped eb-0 with banjo tuners soon to appear on e-bay 

[uwe]

I don't rule out that this might have been a one-off from a later time. LP Junior one-offs popped up again ans again - that shape has its fans. The maple top and back is weird though, but perhaps if you asked for it nicely enough ...

[Highlander]

Do you collect for thin(s) laminations...?

[eb2]

I agree on the pup cover being wrong. Having owned a 61 dated LP Jr shaped EB-0 with the clover tuners from the factory I feel pretty comfortable that the headstock being narrow like this would indicate it came with banjo pegs. 

So, is this a factory re-fin/re-work from a short while later?  Maybe.  Some ancient Doc Bass?  Maybe.  Fun?  Sure!