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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #30 on: August 29, 2013, 03:48:42 PM »
got my excellent condition 64 ebo for $450 about 12-13 years ago..   
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #31 on: August 30, 2013, 01:46:48 PM »
 It's here ! Farm fresh as they say. Quite possibly the filthiest bass I have ever bought. I did a quick clean and set up and it plays like a good EB0 should. A classic little thumper delivered to my door for less than 600 bucks I pretty damn happy! Pics soon.
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #32 on: September 01, 2013, 06:49:48 AM »
 Still a lot of wax on this bass that needs to be cleaned off, I'll have to take it apart at some point but in the mean time got it looking a bit better. Plays and sound great!
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #33 on: September 01, 2013, 06:57:18 AM »
Begging for a three-point mod...? :vader:
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #34 on: September 01, 2013, 07:04:33 AM »
 Kenny your such a spoon. Naw I'll leave it as is.
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #35 on: September 01, 2013, 10:28:21 AM »
Looks nice Scott.  I love those witch hat knobs.
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #36 on: September 01, 2013, 11:20:50 AM »
Quote from: CAR-54 on September 01, 2013, 06:57:18 AM
Begging for a three-point mod...? :vader:

 :P  :P  :P

If there were a serious problem with the bridge, he could get the 2-point version of the Hipshot Supertone. Hell, even a Badass Original would be preferable to a 3-point.
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #37 on: September 01, 2013, 03:00:48 PM »
Quite frankly, Scott, quite envious of that one... ;)

Dave... there is a Badass #1 lurking in the shed that has graced both the RD and then the PC when she became Tequilabird...
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #38 on: September 01, 2013, 05:41:17 PM »
Are those inlay fills aluminum?
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #39 on: September 01, 2013, 07:09:28 PM »
Nope they are the original MOP. The paint has chipped off. I may redo it or leave it as is, I'm not all that bothered by it.
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #40 on: September 02, 2013, 02:47:48 AM »
That's something that's made me curious... I vaguely remember removing the "facing" from the front of my '72 SG Special and it being a plastic-type material with a "white" Gibson "print", but looking at the RD the MOP looks like individual pieces rather than something that was painted...

Are they all a solid, single piece with a "painted" logo...?
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #41 on: September 02, 2013, 06:16:33 AM »
 This was a cost saving measure done by Gibson in '67 (I think) They went back to the cut letter logo pretty quickly but I'm not sure which year.
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #42 on: September 02, 2013, 07:08:45 AM »
Quote from: godofthunder on September 02, 2013, 06:16:33 AM
This was a cost saving measure done by Gibson in '67 (I think) They went back to the cut letter logo pretty quickly but I'm not sure which year.

I think they changed the headstock inlays when or after they switched to the Evertilt bridge.  Both of my 67s, EBO and EB2, have early style bridges and letter logo inlays.
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #43 on: September 02, 2013, 07:57:28 AM »
So maybe '68 was the first year for this ?
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Re: 600 bucks for a late 60's EB-0
« Reply #44 on: September 02, 2013, 08:37:26 AM »
Quote from: godofthunder on September 01, 2013, 07:09:28 PM
Nope they are the original MOP. The paint has chipped off. I may redo it or leave it as is, I'm not all that bothered by it.

So the gibson letters were painted on, not a decal overlay?
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