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Epiphone EBM
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Introduced in 1991, the EBM was the bass counterpart to the Epiphone EM-Series guitars as well as a six-sting bass version with a neck-tru design, active jazz pickups and solid ash body, called the Expert-6.

The EBM-Series consists of 5 solid-body basses featuring their patented "Swept C" cutout design and recessed neck pocket for greater upper-fret access. The Gibson counterpart to the EM-Series was the Mark-II, III & IV. Gibson did not produced a Mark-Bass version of the EBM.

In 2008, the EM-Series was reissued in the Prophecy line of guitars along side the Les Paul, SG and Futura, as well as an EM-1 introductory guitar. These reissues did not include an updated version of the EBM.


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Contents

Models


EBM-4

Epiphone EBM-4
Epiphone EBM-4 (3x1)
Epiphone EBM-4
Epiphone EBM-4 (4 in a row)
Epiphone EBM-4
Epiphone EBM-4 (4 in a row) Gold Pickups
  • 1991-1999

Body:

  • Alder body
  • Patented "Swept-C" shape

Neck:

  • Bolt-on, hard maple neck
  • Recessed neck pocket
  • Rosewood fingerboard with offset "dot" inlays
  • Reverse or non-reverse Thunderbird headstock
  • Black, rounded triangular or pearloid Thunderbird truss rod cover
  • 24-frets
  • 34" scale
  • 1.65" nut width

Electronics:

  • 1 Split coil & 1 Single coil actives pickups
  • 1 Vol, 1Tone, 1 Blend, 1 Boost controls

Hardware:

  • Gold hardware
  • Gold or black pickup covers
  • 3x1 die-cast tuners (non-reverse Thunderbird headstock)
  • 4 in a row die-cast tuners (reverse Thunderbird headstock)
  • Recessed input jack
  • Amber bell knobs

Colors

  • Ebony (EB)
  • Cherry (CH)
  • Powder Blue (??)
  • White (WH)
  • Vintage Sunburst (VS)



EBM-5

Epiphone EBM-5
Epiphone EBM-5 Cherry
Epiphone EBM-5
Epiphone EBM-5 Vintage Sunburst
Epiphone EBM-5
Epiphone EBM-5 Ebony
  • 1991-1999

Body:

  • Alder body
  • Patented "Swept-C" shape

Neck:

  • Bolt-on, hard maple neck
  • Recessed neck pocket
  • Rosewood fingerboard with offset "dot" inlays
  • Reverse or non-reverse Thunderbird headstock
  • Black, rounded triangular or pearloid Thunderbird truss rod cover
  • 24-frets
  • 34" scale
  • 1.65" nut width

Electronics:

  • 1 Split coil & 1 Single coil actives pickups
  • 1 Vol, 1Tone, 1 Blend, 1 Boost controls

Hardware:

  • Gold hardware
  • Gold or black pickup covers
  • 3x2 die-cast tuners (non-reverse Thunderbird headstock)
  • 5 in a row die-cast tuners (reverse Thunderbird headstock)
  • Recessed input jack
  • Amber bell knobs

Colors

  • Ebony (EB)
  • Cherry (CH)
  • Powder Blue (??)
  • White (WH)
  • Vintage Sunburst (VS)



EBM-5 Fretless

Epiphone EBM-5 Fretless
Epiphone EBM-5 Fretless
  • 1996-1999

Body:

  • Alder body
  • Patented "Swept-C" shape

Neck:

  • Bolt-on, hard maple neck
  • Recessed neck pocket
  • Rosewood fingerboard with offset "dot" inlays
  • Reverse or non-reverse Thunderbird headstock
  • Black, rounded triangular or pearloid Thunderbird truss rod cover
  • 24-frets
  • 34" scale
  • 1.65" nut width

Electronics:

  • 1 Split coil & 1 Single coil actives pickups
  • 1 Vol, 1Tone, 1 Blend, 1 Boost controls

Hardware:

  • Gold hardware
  • Gold or black pickup covers
  • 3x2 die-cast tuners (non-reverse Thunderbird headstock)
  • Recessed input jack
  • Amber bell knobs

Colors

  • Ebony (EB)
  • Cherry (CH)
  • Powder Blue (??)
  • White (WH)
  • Vintage Sunburst (VS)



EBM-4 & 5 Custom

Epiphone EBM-5 Custom
Epiphone EBM-5 Custom
Epiphone EBM-5 Custom
Epiphone EBM-5 Custom (3X2)
Epiphone EBM-5 Custom
Epiphone EBM-5 Custom
  • 1994-1998

Body:

  • Ash body
  • Patented "Swept-C" shape

Neck:

  • Bolt-on, hard maple neck
  • Recessed neck pocket
  • Rosewood fingerboard with offset "dot" inlays
  • Reverse or non-reverse Thunderbird headstock
  • Black, rounded triangular or pearloid Thunderbird truss rod cover
  • 24-frets
  • 34" scale
  • 1.65" nut width (4-string)
  • 1.73" nut width (5-string)

Electronics:

  • 1 Split coil & 1 Single coil actives pickups
  • 1 Vol, 1Tone, 1 Blend, 1 Boost controls

Hardware:

  • Gold hardware
  • Gold or black pickup covers
  • 3x2 die-cast tuners (non-reverse Thunderbird headstock)
  • 5 in a row die-cast tuners (reverse Thunderbird headstock)
  • Recessed input jack
  • Amber bell knobs

Colors:

  • Natural (NA)



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