The fast-action neck is of mahogany with rosewood fingerboard.ġ958 Gibson EB2 with single coil pickup and no baritone switch. The Double-Cutaway body has arched, curly maple top and back with matching maple rims and pearl dot binding. It contains a 20 fret range on all four strings. The new EB-2 Electric Bass is the approximate size of a guitar and produces the tone of a string bass. Total production was in the order of 8500 basses - see EB2 shipping figures, with an approximate split 70:30 EB2 / EB2D. The model was first displayed publicly at the Chicago NAMM show of July 58 (see EB-2 timeline). The model was announced in February of 1958, with an initial price was $267.50 (Sunburst) or $282.50 (Natural), though basses didn't ship until the second half of the year. The instrument was designed by Gibson engineer Larry Allers (though naturally borrowing heavily from it's companion guitar model, the ES-335) with production occurring exclusively at the Kalamazoo plant, Michigan, USA. It was a companion model to the ES-335 guitar, having the same basic construction, but the electrical circuitry of the EB. 1981 Victory Standard (Candy Apple Red)Īs the name might suggest, the EB2 was Gibson's second electric bass, the first being the moderately successful EB, launched in 1953.
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