Shipping figures for Gibson EB0, EB0L and EB0F bass guitars

	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	total
EB-0 (all colours)	123	342	535	815	681	1133	2006	1660	1676	1350	3018	2896										16235
EB-0 (Cherry)													1054	503	1006	236	46	25	22	8	2	2902
EB-0 (Walnut)													594	422	396	146	48	28	10	3	2	1649
EB-0 (Ebony)													8			2	1					11
EB-0 (Natural)															5							5
EB-0 (Ch. left)														4				2	4	3	2	15
EB-0 (Wal. left)													25	1	1							27
EB-0 Total	123	342	535	815	681	1133	2006	1660	1676	1350	3018	2896	1681	930	1408	384	95	55	36	14	6	20844
EB-0L (all colours)												335										335
EB-0L (Cherry)													194	96	183	33	11	2	2			521
EB-0L (Walnut)													169	53	68	3	1		3			297
EB-0L Total												335	363	149	251	36	12	2	5			1153
EB-0F				35	74	64	92															265

In the CMI and Norlin periods of Gibson ownership, the EB-0 was Gibson's best selling bass; 22,262 instruments over 20 years. 1969/1970 were the peak years; interestingly late '69 saw the change of ownership from CMI to Norlin, but also the change to the slotted headstock, and the introduction of the long scale EB-0L (see a typical 1969 EB-0, and the 1970 slotted headstock model)

In 1972, the solid-body EB range was redesigned again (see a typical 1972 EB-0) with a much chunkier body, maple neck, and a repositioned pickup. However, in the following years sales plummeted. Whether this was related to the re-modelling, changes in bass 'fashion', economic conditions, or the introduction of new models, is pure conjecture, though in probability all of these factors probably played a part.