#Glen matlock mini bass plus

Whilst more players opted for the EB-3, players such as Dennis Dunaway (Alice CooperвЂ™s original bassist) played an EB-0.

#Glen matlock mini bass plus

ItвЂ™s pretty much the same as an EB-0, with the addition of a mini humbucker in the bridge position (along with the accompanying volume and tone knobs), plus a rotary tone knob (similar to a Varitone). The Gibson EB-3 was brought into production in 1961, along with the introduction of the SG-style body. Throughout all of its early iterations, when compared to the Fender bass models at the time, the EB-0 provided something completely different. Gibson even made a version of these basses in 1965 with a Fuzztone circuit built in, the Gibson EB-0F. If you want to go even further, stick one through a fuzz pedal-itвЂ™s not going to please everyone, but for some players, the sound is going to be exactly what theyвЂ™re after. I also love an EB-0 bass through an overdriven tube amp-this gives you the ultimate, huge rock bass tone.

The EB-0 works really well for the '60s British Invasion-style of music, providing a nice, thumpy, and rounded low-end for jangly guitars to sit really well on top of. TheyвЂ™re very bassy, without a great deal of middle and top-end, so if youвЂ™re after clarity and brightness, this probably isnвЂ™t the bass for you.However, by keeping your strings relatively fresh and dialling your amp in, youвЂ™ll find that youвЂ™ve got just the right amount of definition to your tone. So much so, in fact, that the EB pickups were sometimes referred to as 'mudbuckers.' The sound of these basses tends to be pretty dark and thick itвЂ™s not as defined as other basses out there. Granted, theyвЂ™re not for every application, but in the context of a three-piece rock band for example, thereвЂ™s nothing else that IвЂ™d choose over an EB-0. The combination of the neck profile-chunky, but not too thick-and a short scale makes them an absolute dream to play (speaking primarily as a guitar player), and those Sidewinder pickups are bursting with character. Like with many Gibsons from the late-'50s/early-'60s, those DC Junior-style basses have some serious mojo about them. ItвЂ™s worth noting that whilst the bass resembled popular Gibson guitars, the EB-0 was never referred to as a Les Paul or SG bass. This change in body shape in вЂ™61 coincides with GibsonвЂ™s general shift away from the singlecut Les Paul toward what weвЂ™d now consider to be an SG.

The double-cutaway EB-0 models of '59-'61 are quite rare, with only approximately 500 being made in total.