Epiphone EB-0 Bass

About the Epiphone EB-0 Bass

The EB-0 follows the layout of Gibson's original 1959 EB-0 - a short-scale bass built on an SG-style double-cutaway mahogany body with a single humbucking pickup mounted close to the neck, giving a thick, dark, midrange-forward tone associated with players like Jack Bruce in Cream's early years. Epiphone's version reproduces this compact, lightweight format at a more accessible price than a Gibson-branded reissue.

The short scale length and single-pickup simplicity make it a distinctive alternative to standard-scale P/J-style basses, valued for its playability for smaller-handed players and its particular vintage tone rather than tonal versatility.

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Sound character of the Epiphone EB-0 Bass

The EB-0's dark, thick tone comes from a single humbucker mounted at the neck position on a short-scale (30.5") mahogany body - a neck-position pickup emphasizes fundamental and low-mids over the brighter overtones a bridge pickup would capture, and the shorter scale further softens string tension and top end. The result is a deep, boomy, somewhat muddy low end rather than a punchy, articulate one - the sound Jack Bruce used on early Cream recordings.

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Price history for the Epiphone EB-0 Bass

Cheapest seen: 266 EUR  ·  Most expensive seen: 615 EUR

The history of the Epiphone EB-0 Bass

Epiphone's EB-0 reproduces Gibson's original 1959 short-scale, single-humbucker SG-shaped bass at a more affordable price.