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Gibson EB3 publicity, and pricing information

Pricing

June 1961
September 1961
1962
July 1963
September 1964
June 1965
June 1968
September 1969
September 1970
October 1972
$285 [1]
$310 [2]
$
$330
$350
$337.50 [3]
$365
$390
$410
$450
June 1973
May 1974
January 1975
June 1975
November 1975
June 1976
January 1977
May 1978
January 1979
$465
$515
$499 [4]
$449 [5]
$469
$499 / $529 [6]
$539 / $569
$589
$629

[1] June '61 letter to dealers announces the new 'Les Paul' (SG) basses, prices are $285 and $195 for the EB3 and EB0 respectively
[2] The first pricelist to feature the EB3 had just three basses - EB0 - $210, EB3 - $310 and EB6 - $325
[3] In mid 1965 the price of the EB3 dropped slightly, with this price being held for a further three years. Sales had been relatively weak up to this point. Around this time the control cavity route of the EB3 and EB0 were redesigned to be uniform - perhaps this change reduced production costs enough to allow this price cut
[4] Sales in 1974 had dropped to a third of the 1973 values - initiating this price drop, although sales were still dropping, forcing another drop [5] later that year
[6] In late 1975 and 1976, white EB3s were priced at $30 above cherry instruments

Catalogue Appearances

The Gibson EB3 appeared in seven Gibson catalogues

1962 Gibson full line catalogue 1963 Gibson guitar and bass catalogue 1966 Gibson bass catalogue 1970 Gibson bass catalogue
1962 full line catalogue 1963 guitar and bass 1966 full line catalogue 1970 bass catalogue
1972 Gibson bass catalogue 1975 Gibson bass catalogue 1978 Gibson catalogue  
1972 bass catalogue 1975 bass catalogue 1978 Gibson catalogue  

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