I had a Gibson Melody Maker bass (almost just like the Gibson EB) from 1968 in a rare pelham green that I sold last year for $1300. It had the mudbucker pickup and just sounded too farty for me. Some of it was from the cap they used.  
 
However, we did recently share a gig with a band where they bass player had a newish Gibson EB that was going through a nice loud bass rig and I was surprised how good it sounded. It had no high end at all and did not compete with anything else in the band.

I've been experimenting with my 1970 EB-3 running it through my SF-2 and Phil Jones cabs. Relying heavily of the tone shaping capabilities of the SF-2 I can actually get it to sound like something other than a tuba.  Still thinking about whether I want to make modifications in an attempt to recreate Phil's early EB bass.

All aboard... a new thread here:
 
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