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The Gibson EB-0 is a bass guitar by Gibson that was introduced in 1959. It was a short-scale 30½" scale model instead of the regular 34 inches. It was a solid body bass, and was the first Les Paul Junior styling, but later became SG like. It had a mahogany body and neck, a banjo type tuner, and a large black pickguard made of non-laminated plastic covering the lower half of the body. It came only in cherry red. The body was a double cutway with a width of 13", a length of 16½", and a thickness of 1¾". The neck was one-piece mahogany with an adjustable truss rod; width, 1.723" (nut), 2.112" (12th fret), and 0.997" (12th fret). It joined the body at the 17th fret. The fingerboard was made of unbound rosewood; there were 20 frets, with inlaid dots at frets 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, and 19.

The original EB-0 stayed in production from 1959 to 1961. About 500 were made, but in 1961 the body changed rather dramatically. It became more like the SG model, but retained the name.

This model has been used by Frank Allen from The Searchers, Jack Bruce from Cream, Dave Schools, Jeordie White, and Mike Watt, as well as Gene Simmons.

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Trivia

  • In an episode of FLCL Atomsk's bass guitar is a 1961 Gibson EB-0.

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The electric bass guitar (or "electric bass") is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, popping or using a pick. The bass is typically similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and scale
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Gibson Guitar Corporation

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Founded 1902
Founder Orville Gibson
Headquarters Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Key people Orville Gibson, Les Paul
Area served Global
Industry Musical instruments (guitars)
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mahogany is used when referring to numerous varieties of dark-colored wood, originally the wood of the species Swietenia mahagoni, known as West Indian or Cuban Mahogany.
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pickguard (also known as scratchplate or golpeador in Flamenco music, and uncommonly, a finger rest) is a piece of plastic or other laminated material that is placed under the strings on the body of a guitar, mandolin or similar plucked string instrument.
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A truss rod is a guitar part used to stabilize and adjust the profile (also called the relief), of the neck. Usually it is a steel rod that runs inside the neck and has a bolt that can be used to adjust its tension.
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Frank Allen may refer to:
  • Frank G. Allen (1874-1950), Governor of Massachusetts
  • Frank Shaver Allen, significant Joliet, Illinois-based architect
  • Frank Leon Allen, Baseball Player 1912-1917

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  • Francis Allen
  • Frank Allan

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The Searchers are a British rock act who emerged as part of the 1960s merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry and the Pacemakers.
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John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a Scottish-born musician, composer and singer. He is best-known as an electric bassist, harmonicist and pianist, and was most famous as a vocalist and the bassist for the 1960s rock band Cream. He lives in Essex, England.
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Cream were a classic 1960s British rock band, comprised of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. Celebrated as the first great power trio and supergroup of rock, their sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues, pop and psychedelic rock.
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Dave Schools (b. December 11, 1964) is the bassist for the band Widespread Panic. He hails from Richmond, Virginia.He has numerous side projects with Jerry Joseph, The Stockholm Syndrome, J Mascis and the Fog, Slang, and Acetate. Schools has played bass with Gov't Mule in the past.
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Jeordie Osborne White (born June 20, 1971), also known by his former pseudonym Twiggy Ramirez (derived from Twiggy, a fashion icon, and Richard Ramirez, a convicted serial killer)[1] is a musician and currently a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for Goon Moon.
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Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter.

He is best-known for co-founding the punk rock bands The Minutemen and fIREHOSE; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Iggy Pop & The
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Chaim Witz (חיים וויץ), (born August 25, 1949 in Haifa, Israel), better known by his stage name Gene Simmons, is an Israeli-American hard rock bass guitarist and vocalist.
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