Delberthot Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 (edited) I absolutely love this bass. It looks great, it sounds great and it plays great - but. I just bought myself an Epiphone Thunderbird and I forgot how much I love them. Its almost like it was made with me in mind as far as shape, sound, neck width etc goes so I am reluctantly offering my EB-3 up for sale here. Its done 1 gig which was Friday just past so its still in mint condition. Finished in black as opposed to the usual run of the mill cherry red ones as well. Currently fitted with a Hipshot Supertone bridge which does improve sustain and reduces neck dive but with a decent strap, its not really an issue. I use a Brooklyn Gear strap which is very similar to a comfort strap and I can take both hands off the bass and it balances out almost horizontally. The body and set neck are both mahogany with rosewood fretboard. Pickups comprise of a huge humbucker next to the neck and a smaller one near the bridge. controls are as a Rickenbacker 4003 with individual volumes and tones with 3-way pickup selector switch. To my ears this sounds like a Jazz bass on steroids. It can do deep and fat, honky and nasal or a balance of the 2 for a great sounding bass. Don't think you have to play in a rock band to use one of these - this is my second EB-3 (I fancied a change of colour) and I used this with my wedding band. With a pick it gives the closest Rick sound than any Rick I've ever played. A lot is mentioned on the forum about how good the new classic vide and vintage modified Squiers are and having owned a few of them myself I would have to agree that they are very good but I would have to be honest and say that if this particular bass is representative of what Epiphone are making then they are easily surpassing the quality of those Squiers. This is a beauty with an amazing finish, no sharp edges etc. Put a Gibson logo on this and you'd believe that it was one its so high quality - in fact given the poor quality of the Gibsons being put out at the minute this is probably better made and finished than the Gibson version I plan on taking the bridge off to put it on my Thunderbird but could be persuaded to leave it on for an additional £65. Alternatively, if you are interested in the bass and happen to have a black Supertone bridge then I could do a swap as all the thunderbird's hardware is black. Excuse the poor quality of the pics. I've literally just taken them and I'm rapidly losing the light so used the high ISO setting on my camera so I've included a couple of stock pictures as well. [url="http://img715.imageshack.us/i/dsc06604large.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img716.imageshack.us/i/dsc06602large.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img801.imageshack.us/i/dsc06605large.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img819.imageshack.us/i/5335617590537.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img651.imageshack.us/i/5335607558868.jpg/"][/url] This bass is for sale for £160 which is £40 less than the online retailers are doing it for which is a bargain considering its practically brand new, new strings fitted and a good setup done which you don't get with a new one. No case or bag for this one but I can ship it in its original Epiphone box inside a bigger box for around £10. I could supply a Fender gig bag with it for an extra £20 Edited August 17, 2010 by Delberthot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Wow - things are moving fast today - almost onto the third page c'mon, dare to be different from the usual Fender clones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 I forgot to mention I'd be interested in a trade for either a metallic red or silverburst Epiphone Thunderbird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 back to the top no love for the Epiphone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Back to the top - I now have this on Ebay but its available here until someone hits the BIN button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 12, 2010 Author Share Posted August 12, 2010 bumpity bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 Its my birthday today bumparoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 Day after birthday hangover bump and probably the last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoiho Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 [quote name='Delberthot' post='924833' date='Aug 14 2010, 01:02 PM']Day after birthday hangover bump and probably the last[/quote] I'm sorely tempted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 Its all ready to go If you didn't want the bridge its only a 5 minute job for me to remove it - less than the time it would take you to come over for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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