Gibson EB-3

The Gibson EB-3 is a manufactured 1961-1979 E -Bass model of the U.S. musical instrument manufacturer Gibson Guitar Corporation. The electric bass recalls because of its body shape to the Gibson Guitar Gibson SG model and is therefore also called SG -Bass.

History

The predecessor of the Gibson EB-3 was the EB -0, which was produced between 1959 and 1979. This model had as electromagnetic pickup a single, twin-coil humbucker in the neck position. This pickup is due to its very muffled and bass-heavy sound, which can be further attenuated by the Varitone tone control, by musicians jokingly called " Mudbucker " ( German, mutatis mutandis: " Matscher "); Critics criticize the limited sound capabilities of the model. In the follow-up model EB-3 came a second pickup in the format mini- humbucker added in the bridge position, which caused some height richer and thus more assertive in the ensemble sounds.

Modifications

From 1969 to 1971, the EB-3 was built with one of two windows broken headstock, similar to the headstock of a classical guitar ( " windows - headplate ", English: Slotted headstock ). In 1971 came a variant of the model with a long, 34 inches measuring scale (English: Long Scale ) under the name EB -3L out, but was prone to strong top-heaviness. In the same year, the neck of the model previously established in American mahogany was replaced by a manufactured from the harder maple wood, and the pickups were moved together in order to achieve an overall brighter, richer tone height.

Today has been offered by an evolution of Gibson EB-3 under the name SG Standard Bass or as SG Reissue. The Gibson subsidiary Epiphone sells a replica of the EB- third

Known EB-3 player

Larger It became famous Gibson EB-3 by the English rock bassist Jack Bruce, the model is used on all albums of the rock band Cream - with the exception of the first album of the band on which, instead, the six-string electric bass model Fender VI for use came. Bruce played the Gibson bass primarily in high volume sound systems of the British manufacturer Marshall. So he reached a distorted sound that inspired him to soloistic, guitar-like game. This sound combined harmoniously with the sound of his guitarist colleagues Eric Clapton. In addition to Jack Bruce played among others Andy Fraser (Free), Trevor Bolder ( David Bowie ) and Glen Cornick ( Jethro Tull ) of this model. The variant with only one pickup, the EB -0 was used, among others, David Knights ( Procol Harum ) and Felix Pappalardi ( Mountain).