ORIGINALLY PRODUCED: 1959-61

ORIGIN: USA

TYPE: Solid slab body, twin cutaway, 4-string

BODY: Mahogany

NECK: Mahogany, set neck, 20 medium frets

SCALE LENGTH: 775mm (30.5-inch)

FINGERBOARD: Rosewood, white dot inlays

HARDWARE: Chrome bridge/tailpiece, single-saddle bridge with strings anchored on baseplate, banjo-style tuners

PICKUPS: One large double-coil humbucker with black cover

CONTROLS: Volume & tone

FEATURES: The ‘banjo’ style headstock means that the tuning keys face backwards

FINISHES: Cherry red only

COMMENTS: This was the first version of the EB-0 and modelled on the Les Paul Junior guitar. When the guitar became the SG the EB-0 was given the same facelift. With the single humbucking placed against the neck this had a big fat sound further enhanced by the significant mass of the slab mahogany body. Its weight was certainly one of its downfalls.

Although popular in America it was not so easy to find in the UK however Glen Cornick of Jethro Tull used one for a while and that certainly increased the interest level over here. Occasionally these appear with a chrome plate over the strings to support the wrist, but the earliest versions don’t have one. The EB-1 came first but this was cheaper, hence the EB-0 model number in keeping with Gibson's price-related standard.