Aussie Mark
Well-known member
I've had 12 basses of various breeds in storage for the past couple of years while I've been living in Indonesia, and a week or so ago I rescued them all from their lonely existence. Two of the basses in storage (in hard cases, tuned, batteries removed, with some silica gel packets thrown in the case) were EBMM's - my old pre-EB fretless SR4, and my HH Bongo.
Of the 12 basses, only 3 of them were still in tune after being in a non-air conditioned warehouse for two years, then being trucked half way across Australia from Adelaide to Sydney, and being delivered to our house - two of those in tune basses were the EBMMs.
I shouldn't be surprised by that, since that's been my experience with them all along - I set up for a gig, take the bass out of the case and it's in tune. I can play the heck out of those basses all night long, and before each set when I plug in and watch my Korg's LEDs - it's in tune.
Like a lot of people say here regularly, it's the little things about EBMM basses that make the difference. Some people get wood over the truss rod wheel, I love the stability of the necks and tuners.
Just as an aside, I currently own 19 basses in total, with two more EBMMs on the way (which will make 21 total, 5 EBMMs). For space, sanity and domestic harmony reasons I've started the process of thinning the herd, with the first three victims on ebay this week, and at the end of the cull I think I will end up with 12 basses, 5 of those being EBMMs. I know there are some Knuckleheads who only have EBMM instruments and are rather parochial about it, and good on you for that, but even so I think that having 5 EBMMs out of a stable of 12 basses is a great indicator of the quality that BP and team produces.
Of the 12 basses, only 3 of them were still in tune after being in a non-air conditioned warehouse for two years, then being trucked half way across Australia from Adelaide to Sydney, and being delivered to our house - two of those in tune basses were the EBMMs.
I shouldn't be surprised by that, since that's been my experience with them all along - I set up for a gig, take the bass out of the case and it's in tune. I can play the heck out of those basses all night long, and before each set when I plug in and watch my Korg's LEDs - it's in tune.
Like a lot of people say here regularly, it's the little things about EBMM basses that make the difference. Some people get wood over the truss rod wheel, I love the stability of the necks and tuners.
Just as an aside, I currently own 19 basses in total, with two more EBMMs on the way (which will make 21 total, 5 EBMMs). For space, sanity and domestic harmony reasons I've started the process of thinning the herd, with the first three victims on ebay this week, and at the end of the cull I think I will end up with 12 basses, 5 of those being EBMMs. I know there are some Knuckleheads who only have EBMM instruments and are rather parochial about it, and good on you for that, but even so I think that having 5 EBMMs out of a stable of 12 basses is a great indicator of the quality that BP and team produces.
