Epiphone EB-0 Electric Bass 

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I bought one of these back in 2008 and ended up trading it and never really forgave myself for it. But I've recently gotten another one and still love this bass. The neck is slim, great for smaller players and this bass plays like a guitar (feels like one too). Its light and moves well but where it really pleases me is the tones, they aren't sharp its more of a smooth quality to the tones but that little pickup has got some range. With a good bass head you can make some shelving adjustments and REALLY see what this bass will do, and you wont be disappointed. Don't let the price of this fool you, if you spend the extra cash and drop a DiMarzio DP 145 in this thing it will rival any gibson on the shelf. Best low range price bass guitar out there, period.

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Vintage look, simple design, light, sounds great clean or with a distortion.

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Loved the feel but not the tone. I rewired it to early 60's Gibson EB-0 specs and the tone was way better but it still sounds kind of odd by it's self. However it fit right in to a recorded mix vey well. Deffinately a welcome change from the current dime-a-dozen modern bass tone! (Even Justin Chancelor from Tool has commented that his studio tone sounds good in the mix but strange by it's self). This is the perfect instument for those looking for a unique voice in the electric bass world. Just understand that you may need to stay open to some tweeking. Whether that be an inexpensive mod like the one I did or something more like a pickup swap. Dimarzio makes a good direct replacement that's available here on Musicians Friend.

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Musician's Friend quickly replaced a defective bass. Since I'm primarily a guitar player, I wanted a short scale bass. There are few options out there. When the first EB-0 arrived, I spent a couple of hours setting it up. Neck, bridge, and intonation all were way out, and a deal breaker 12th fret buzz just wouldn't go away. When I went to adjust the bridge, the screw anchor pulled up from the body of the guitar. Back in the box and a call to MF customer service. They took care of me, and a new one arrived a week later.

I'm satisfied with this EB-0. It's not a high quality bass, but a good value for the money. Good tone, easy playability with new flat wounds that I installed, looks good, decent tone (after adjusting the pick up). After the first gig, people came up to me and said that they liked the looks and tone of the new bass. The "old" bass is an entry level Hofner.

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Great Rock bass.
It's a great bass if your looking for a low rock sound. I play a wide range of music from Jazz to Classic Rock. I've been in a few bands and been threw a number of basses but never have i had one that is this good of quality for this little amount of money. If it we me now i would buy the version with two pickups just because you have a wider range of sound. Still a great bass for Rock.

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In my life I`ve had tested and bought many basses since i was 14 (I have a Fender Jazz Bass and a Mustang Bass, a Squier Precision Bass, a Ibanez Grs200, and a Rickenbacker 4001)
and the bass i liked the most in finish and sound was the Epiphone Eb-0 Bass,
Because of it`s price, it`s amazing SG shape, it`s short-scale, it`s comfortably
to play it and it`s amazing great sound. The only thing i dislike is that it only comes with one humbucker. Totally recomended for the ones who want quality for less price.,
It`s a short-scale bass, has 20 medium frets, comes in cherry and in ebony, has one big great sounding humbucker, 1 volume and 1 tone controls, a fully adjustable bridge, it`s small and also very light and comfotable and has Epiphone Limited Warranty. The pickguard, that most basses do not have makes it a piece of fine art and quality.
When you first look the bass on internet it is not a as beautiful as when you have it and see it the store. It`s very well made and also has an amazing finish in the headstock and in the body, and It also has an amazing SG shape.
For the finish, the features, the sound and warranty, it`s an exellent price for this bass.

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Overall this isnt my kind of bass. i wouldnt go with it even if i did have a bass amp (I played guitar before bass). Therefore I did sell it towards a PDP 5-peice drumset and I'm injoying that much more.
This bass is absolutely beutiful, but don't let the looks fool you :/ .
This bass could be very nice. For one thing, if you plan on playing this bass on a guitar amp, it is not going to sound good... You'll get ALOT of feed back. The neck came horribly crooked but is easy to fix. The stings were very heavy in my opinion and gave me catalyst with in 10-15 minites of playing.

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I have been playing bass professionally since I was 16. Getting close to retirement now. So its been a lot of years. I cannot remember how many bass guitars I have bought, traded and sold. I picked up this little bass, frankly, because the years have taken a toll on my hands. I also have a Fender 5 string J bass that has become just too painful to play beyond a set or two. I wanted a smaller scale. I am so estatic with this bass. It is everything I was looking for and at an unbelieveable price to boot. It arrived to my door already set up and intonated as well as I could do myself. I did change strings but I do that with any new guitar even if the last owner just put new strings on the day before I bought it. Sure, its a one humbucker pickup rig with only two knobs. If you're looking for impressive switches and lots of extra knobs, better look somewhere else. I run this guitar through my G-K bass amp and it will shake the world. The sound is a nice full fat butted one that goes perfectly with my music. Using a pick adds a nice percussive effect too. This little one will pump up the drive and get those dancers out on the floor. I've seen it myself. If you are looking for "sexy" you might want to look at something different. You want a bass that will do the job and rule the air without any frills this is your baby. My J bass now is shut lovingly away in its hard case and this one's in the gig bag. Epi scored on this one for me. BTW- I read all the "complaints" about this bass in other reviews. Seems to me like all of those issues could be solved with a little common sense and imagination. But I'll not reveal any trade secrets here today... Blues on Ya.

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I love this bass. I bought mine at alocal music store. The only thing I don't like about it is Short Scale i've never really like short scale basses but this is a great and awsome bass I would recomend this bass to anyone old young beginner of expert.

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A Bass problem Solved.Many basses Particularly the Epiphone Eb-0 and Gibson EB basses.. But other basses also can have this problem especially short scaled ones. The problem is when the cotton or metal windings are resting over the bridge saddle. I have searched extensively over the internet and found no easy solution that would not require machine tooling and hard to find parts. What you need is a spacer that will go down the strings...and will stop at the Ball/Ring end. I came up with a very easy fix that anyone can do.. All you need are Steel 8-32 Nut?s. The Type a screw goes into. The Size is based in USA.. So foreign sized may be different.. If so just bring you ?E? string to you hardware store and try out different sizes until you land one that fits as I initially did. I found I only needed one or 2 nut?s and that moved back the windings so only the string part rested on the Saddle. The amount of nut?s needed may vary depending on the type of strings so just in case buy 5 nut per string and your covered. They cost less than 10 cents each.If using an Epiphone EB0 bass I spoke with Epiphone to find out the Gauge strings the Bass was designed and setup for: They told me to use: E: .105 A: .080 D: .065 G: .045 .If buying a new Epiphone please trust me one this.. Change the strings!!! I could not find and exact match but the closest I found in gauge were all the same except for the A string being .085 in a set of Ernie Ball Hybrid slinky roundwounds - which worked perfectly.