600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0

[dadagoboi]

'63 Strat - $245 new

$1812 in 2012 dollars.

[amptech]

The "frog" was a EB0 that Dennis put a P bass pickup in along with the mudbucker. I would love to do a frog tribute but these days I hate hacking up vintage stuff...................even something as common as a EB0.

I like the bass sounds Dennis gets out of the frog on love it to death, good songs there too.

P and mud is a far better combination than J/mud, which is quite common. I tried lots of bridge pups on the eb3,
some works OK but I guess it's too close to the bridge.

Hack up some P's instead, I love the stuff Rick Laird plays with the Mahavishnu orchestra, sunburst P with mud at the neck

[Granny Gremlin]

Holy crap; good score, bud.

[Dave W]

$1812 in 2012 dollars.

Why didn't anyone tell me that back then?

[dadagoboi]

Why didn't anyone tell me that back then?

Full time tuition at the University of Florida in 1964-65 was $226 a year (2 trimesters).  I had a $500 scholarship and "National Defense" loan for $600.  I was able to pay for my dorm room, meal plan, books, food, Ampeg B-18N, '60 EBO and an SG Jr.  Don't remember what I wasted the rest of it on.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

If I had money, I'd be on the lookout for an EB-4 or the new Bach 335. If I had a LOT of money, I'd hit up a new Gibson Memphis.  ...but I don't. 

[Highlander]

Have you spotted Brad's post re a very cheap EB0 he's selling now...?

[Psycho Bass Guy]

I was just dreaming out loud.

[Granny Gremlin]

Also an EB4 has little in common with an EB0 aside from body shape (and even there, there are differences depending on the era of EB0).

[gweimer]

I like the bass sounds Dennis gets out of the frog on love it to death, good songs there too.

P and mud is a far better combination than J/mud, which is quite common. I tried lots of bridge pups on the eb3,
some works OK but I guess it's too close to the bridge.

Hack up some P's instead, I love the stuff Rick Laird plays with the Mahavishnu orchestra, sunburst P with mud at the neck

There's also Mel Schacher's bass from the early Grand Funk years.

[Highlander]

  (trio)

[fur85]

Should I mention that the '70(?) EB-0 slothead I got around '98 cost me $12?  I traded someone I worked with a bunch of power tools.  I think Mark F still has it.

I do still have that slot head EB-0L for which I paid you $250 + two bottles of Barbancourt rum IIRC.

[gweimer]

I do still have that slot head EB-0L for which I paid you $250 + two bottles of Barbancourt rum IIRC.

Ah, yes!  I remember now.   

[Dave W]

Ah, yes!  I remember now.   

Still have the Barbancourt? 

[Highlander]

You only ever rent that stuff...