EB-2 | |
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Manufacturer | Gibson |
Period | 1958–1961, 1964–1972 |
Construction | |
Body type | semi-hollow |
Neck joint | glued-in |
Scale | 30.5" |
Woods | |
Body | Laminated maple top, back & sides |
Neck | Mahogany |
Fretboard | Brazilian rosewood |
Hardware | |
Bridge | Fixed |
Pickup(s) | One sidewinder (Single Coil in original 1958 model and later, a humbucking pickup), 2 for the EB-2D |
Colors available | |
Natural, sunburst, and later cherry |
The Gibson EB-2 is an electric bass guitar model produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation from 1958 to 1972, with a hiatus from 1962 to 1963. When production ceased in 1972, a total of 8017 instruments had been built, with 2102 of them being EB-2Ds.[1] Willie Moseley, in Vintage Guitar, referred to the bass guitar as possibly "Gibson's biggest bass invention", although it was not a great commercial success, and the Epiphone Rivoli branded version of the model may have sold more copies than the Gibson branded one.[2]