Harmony EB-3 copy

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:59 am

Sorry if this is supposed to be in the other forum. It's a short scale bass so...

Anyway. Does anyone have a feel for one of these? I came into some Christmas cash, and if the price stays lowish, I'm thinking I'll pull the trigger.

LONK

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:06 am

looks like it could be a fun lil bass, but im not sure.... harmony, not usually known for anything more than the general teisco/silvertone.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:13 am

robert(original) wrote:harmony, not usually known for anything more than the general teisco/silvertone.

70s harmony at least

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:59 am

my friend has that one, its pretty terrible. I love old harmony guitars, but that one is not very fun to play.

MaMo · Post by **MaMo** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:07 pm

I'm going to talk you into a jazz bass before I die...lank

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:36 pm

MaMo wrote:I'm going to talk you into a jazz bass before I die...lank

Don't worry Mamo, I get one eventually. I'm only gonna go for this one if it stays under $150. I don't really have enough for that Jazz. Totally awesome though.

holyCATS1415 wrote:my friend has that one, its pretty terrible. I love old harmony guitars, but that one is not very fun to play.

Do you know any of the specific complaints that your friend has with it?

Jagermeister · Post by **Jagermeister** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:23 pm

...IMO an EB style bass is a VERY acquired taste... Mahogany body, short scale and a goddamn humbucker in the neck (and bridge, but at least with an EB-3 you have the bridge) position mean mud, and while you can get an unsettling, unique rumble from them, it's hard to make them audible in a band setting without some work... I think Gibson thought an electric bass should only be as deep as possible.

But they look cool as hell

For that price I would have bought it if I needed anything like it.

william · Post by **william** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:29 pm

gibson basses tend to be the best feeling ive ever played. the short scale and rounded neck profile, and narrow nut width, are super easy to get used to. my melody maker and my les paul bass have almost the same neck profile.

not sure about the copies. if i were after an SG shaped bass, id try to find a good deal on one of these:

they are sure to be cheaper than any EB, and they are awesome. fugly pickguard, but still awesome.

william · Post by **william** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:35 pm

or, a kalamazoo

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1966-Kalama ... rms=66%3A2

these arent known for being spectacular but its probably acceptable and might have the same exact pickup as a regular EB. plus its made by gibson in USA, a long time ago.

EDIT: FUCK THAT GET THIS!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Greco-1989-SG-Bass- ... rms=66%3A2

EDIT EDIT: SHIT! NEVERMIND!

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:58 am

eww nasty... talk about a bad drop of one of those!

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:00 am

I saw that greco. It's been around ebay so much, no one buys it with the cracks in it. Without the crack? in a heartbeat.

Jagermeister · Post by **Jagermeister** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:02 am

Probably not such a bad drop, mahogany is brittle, especially when it's cheap... My first cheap-ass EB copy ever seemed to start flaking apart the day I got it from doing nothing, I've had more durable basswood things, one of my least favorite things about Gibson style things is how much I had to baby them...

That break is nowhere near harmful enough to scare me away from it.

Who would pay that much for it though.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:52 pm

Jagermeister wrote:mahogany is brittle, especially when it's cheap...

probably why Pete Townshend liked breaking gibsons so much