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1972 Gibson EB-3
1972 Gibson EB-3 bass, walnut finish

Solid mahogany body, rosewood fingerboard with 3 piece maple neck. 30 1/2 inch scale. Two humbucking pickups.

The 1970s EB3 was more robust than those made in the '60s. The easily-broken one-piece mahogany neck had been replaced with a thicker three-piece maple, larger headstock and a volute.

1972 Gibson EB-3 bass. Body detail 1972 Gibson EB-3 bass. Body detail - neck humbucking pickup. 1972 Gibson EB-3 bass. Body detail - bridge cover, and the bridge humbucking pickup 1972 Gibson EB-3 bass. Body detail - witch hat volume and tone knobs, input jack and chicken-head selector switch 1972 Gibson EB-3 bass. Body detail - headstock with Gibson logo and crown inlays.
1972 Gibson EB-3 bass. Body detail 1972 Gibson EB-3 bass. Body detail 1972 Gibson EB-3 bass. Bridge detail, in this case the 2 point bridge, and the bridge humbucking pickup 1972 Gibson EB-3 bass. The serial number is at the top back of the headstock 1972 Gibson EB-3 bass. Rear headstock detail

The redesigned 1970s Gibson EB-3 is first shown in the 1972 catalogue
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The first two years of this remodelling (1972 and 1973) saw good sales of EB3 (including long scale versions 1350 and 2400 respectively) and because of their durability, many are still in existance today. As well as the thousands of instrument produced in cherry and walnut finishes (like the instrument featured above), a small number were available in ebony (10), natural (49) and towards the mid-late seventies, white (69).

This is a typical early seventies Gibson. It is unusual to find a snapped neck post '72 EB3. Maple, though less brittle than mahogany does warp more easily, and whilst you won't find many warp-necked sixties models, you will with these maple-necked versions. Notice the volute (on the back of the headstock), and the two two point bar bridge with cover. Three point bridges were not in use until 1973. The machine heads are Schaller M4-S, as fitted on all solid headstock EB basses 1971-73 (until the introduction of the Schaller BM). This style of pickguard was used on all EB models from 1972 until they were last produced in 1979. This is one of 354 walnut (compared to 530 cherry) EB-3 basses shipped in 1972.

The 1972 EB-3 had series 2 circuitry

Sound Clips

Sound clips are approximately 150kb, and each clip features the introductory 4 bars of rescue me (Fontella Bass) played on a 1972 EB3.

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