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1963 Gibson Guitar and Bass catalogue page 13


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Gibson Guitar and Bass 1963 Guitar and Bass catalogue. page 13. Details of the Gibson Thunderbird II and IV bass guitars

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The Elite series are instruments that approach custom shop perfection. They're made with premium woods, fitted with American pickups and circuitry -- even American-made toggle switches and Grover tuners. They are made at a special factory exclusively devoted to their manufacture where they receive a high degree of hands-on luthier attention. The EB-3 is a bass classic, made famous by Jack Bruce, with its SG-style body in bookmatched mahogany, a 30-1/2"-scale neck, a USA humbucker at the neck, and USA mini-humbucker at the bridge. Features:

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  • Rosewood fingerboard
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  • 30-1/2" scale
  • 1-11/16" bone nut
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