Gibson Custom Shop Sets Firsts With New Gene Simmons EB-0 Bass
Gibson has unveiled a new bass collaboration with Gene Simmons through the Gibson Custom Shop. The new Gene Simmons EB-0 marks several firsts for the Gibson Custom Shop as its first 30.5-inch scale bass and the first bass it has produced in quantity. It will be limited to 100 basses.
“Based on his heavily modified 1959 EB-0, Gene made several modifications to the bass, including refinishing it, reshaping the neck to a custom profile, replacing the pickup with a later Gibson model and relocating it much closer to the bridge, installing a custom pickguard, adding binding, and changing the original tuners to Grovers,” Gibson shared on social media. “The bridge was also replaced with a high-mass model and can now be strung through-body or as a top-loaded bridge. All of these details are faithfully represented in the new Gibson Custom Shop Gene Simmons EB-0 Bass. A custom hardshell case is also included.”
The bass is crafted with a mahogany body and neck with an Indian rosewood fingerboard. Its pickup is a Rhythm SG Bass wired to Volume and Tone controls with CTS potentiometers and a ceramic capacitor.
An official video hasn’t been released, but Youtube’s HiWatt Scott got his hands on one at the House of Guitars.
The Gibson Custom Shop Gene Simmons EB-0 carries a street price of $6,499.
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Gibson Custom Shop Gene Simmons EB-0 Bass Specs:
| Scale: | 30.5″ |
| Construction: | Set Neck |
| Body: | Mahogany |
| Binding: | Single Ply White |
| Neck: | Mahogany |
| Nut: | Corian |
| Fretboard: | Indian rosewood |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 12″ |
| Frets: | 20 |
| Inlays: | Acrylic Dot |
| Pickup: | Rhythm SG |
| Controls: | Volume, Tone |
| Bridge: | Kluson High Mass |
| Tuners: | Grover Mini Bass |
| Pickguard: | Gene Simmons, Black 4-ply |
| Finish: | Nitrocellulose VOS |
| Case: | Gene Simmons EB-0 Bass Hardshell with Gene Simmons Signature Reproduction |
| Accessories: | Certificate of Authenticity |
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Over priced bass for over rated bass player (and generally awful human being).
I would like to hear nothing to lose. I really like that song a lot. I could play it 8 times a day. I won’t be able to go to any shower. I would like to know if Gene and band have any idea playing Madison , wisconsin ?