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1962 gibson EB-0
1962 Gibson EB-0 bass, cherry finish

Solid Mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard. Single humbucking pickup. 30½ inch scale.

1962 Gibson EB-0 bass. Body detail 1962 Gibson EB-0 bass. Body detail - bakelite cover over humbucker pickup 1962 Gibson EB-0 bass. Body detail - nickel bar bridge 1962 Gibson EB-0 bass. Body detail - volume and tone knobs, input jack 1962 Gibson EB-0 bass. Solid headstock with above-center crown inlay, and inlaid Gibson logo
1962 Gibson EB-0 bass. Body detail 1962 Gibson EB-0 bass. Body detail 1962 Gibson EB-0 bass. Nickel hand rest. 1962 Gibson EB-0 bass. Serial number on the back of the headstock, above Kluson 538 tuning keys. 1962 Gibson EB-0 bass. Solid headstock and Kluson 538 tuners.

Short scale strings suitable for the EB3 bass

Rotosound RS77S Jazz Bass Strings Short Scale (Rotosound - Bass Strings - RS77S - Jazz Bass)

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D'Addario EXL160S XL Regular Short Bass String Set (D'Addario Bass Strings Nickel Wound Short Scale - Regular)

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Rotosound RS88S Trubass Standard Gauge Short Scale Strings (Rotosound - Bass Strings - RS88S - True Bass (Black Nylon))

D'Addario EXL220S Electric Bass Strings XL Nickel Super Light Short Scale (D'Addario EXL220S Nickel Super Light Short Scale)

The potentiometers are dated October 1962, and the serial number is either 1962 (Bishop) or very early 1963 (Blue Book). 1962 was the second year that the EB0 bass was manufactured in the SG, or 'new Les Paul' shape, and a total of 815 EB0s were made in that year.

Components

Notice the inlaid Gibson logo and solid headstock with crown inlay situated above centre. In late 1963/early 1964 this crown was repositioned to be more centralised on the headstock. Components are typical for a bass of this era: Nickel two point bar bridge, nickel hand rest, black bakelite-covered EB humbucker directly at the end of the neck. This bass uses Kluson 538 tuning keys.

1962 Gibson EB-0 wiring loom, installed in the bass
1962 Gibson EB-0 wiring loom
Wiring

The pictures on the right show two views of the wiring loom for this bass. Both pots are identical; Centralab 500K audio taper, part number BA811-1053. Click the images for larger versions, and a circuit wiring plan.

This bass is typical of the EB0 shown in the 1962 and 1963 Gibson catalogues.


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