Epiphone EB-3 - Ebony Review

Great if you want to sound like an upright

Okay, it can also sound like the bridge pickup of a jazz bass too. If you are looking for THE classical rock and country sound (and you don't want a P Bass for some reason, let's just say it's allergies) this is the bass for you. The neck is slim and narrow like a Rick bass and the action can get ridiculously low. Now some things of note. This bass sets further left than a fender.… read more I mean that literally, not politically. It's going to be a bit of an adjustment. Secondly, get a heavy one. There's a lot of neck and not a lot of body, mine is 9.8 lbs and it's balances like circus performer with no net. Lastly, strings are critical to this bass sitting right in a mix. I use cobalt flatwounds and it brings this bass to life. The cobalt is much brighter than normal flats but it retains the "thud". I play in a country band. This is exactly what I needed for my "one and five all night" gigs. Your mileage may vary. Not for slap.

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Epiphone eb-3 bass

arrived on time. very pleased. plays and sounds great. great job of checking it over before shipping to me. thanks. This is the 3rd guitar I've purchased from sweetwater. all 3 arrived ready to play. keep up the excellent service. thanks again. RICK

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AWESOME BASS GUITAR

Although this is my very first bass guitar after playing regular guitar for more than 50 years I can tell you that I know quality when I see it, and especially when I hear it. After having played many other bass guitars in the store on different occasions I final decided to purchase this one from Sweetwater and I am soo glad that I did. This guitar has great tonal range due to how… read more the electronics are set up in it.. The pickups are very responsive as well as all the controls. It plays as good or better than it looks compared to all the other bass guitars I played. The ebony finish is just gorgeous. The neck of this guitar is tethered directly into the body giving it hat extra UMPH !!! and adding to it's tonal qualities. It is headstock heavy and wants to point to the ground if you are not holding it up. This is easily compensated for by getting a wide ROUGH LEATHER guitar strap that helps keep it from doing that. You can also add just a 1 LB. weight to the guitar strap where it meets the strap button on the bridge side of the guitar to help keep the neck pointed upwards. However I found that the leather strap works just fine for me to help keep the guitar from wanting to dip down.

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Eb3

great bass put some flatwounds on it sounds great,.but most of all Bart Amburn is great to deal with a real player and easy going

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EB-3-Ebony

Looks great sounds awesome, way more than I expected. Wanted one of these OB-3 bass guitar for a long time. And at a very good price at Sweetwater, Thanks to my Sales Engineer, Dustin K for all ways having my back.

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