Gibson bass guitar part descriptions - EB bass heel / neck joints

1960-1965

1960-1966, as used on all solid-body set-necked basses of this period, EB, EB0 and EB3

1961 EB3	1962 EB0	1965 EB3	1965 EB3

1966-1968

1966-1969, as used on all EB0, EB3 and Melody Maker basses of this period

1969

1969, as used on all set-necked basses of this period, EB0, EB1 and EB3. The large heel offered a little more strength than the previous design

1969 EB0	1969 EB3

This join style is not as common as the earlier 1969 heels; it was used on the three-piece neck EB3s made just before Gibson introduced the slotted headstock EB3.

1970-1971

1970-1971. The neck joint for split headstock EB basses was much the same as the design used in 1969 with a somewhat smaller heel

1970 EB0	1971 EB3	1971 EB3L

1972-79

1972-1979, as used on all set-necked basses of this period, EB0, EB3, EB4L and L9S Ripper. This joint is much the same as the '69 shape, but slightly squared off.

1972 EB0	1972 EB3	1973 EB4L