1965 Epiphone Newport Bass
The Epiphone Equivalent of the Gibson EB-0 Bass
This Epiphone equivalent of the much-loved Gibson EB-0 bass weighs just 7.40 lbs. and has a nice, narrow nut width of just over 1 1/2 inches and a short scale length of 30 1/2 inches. Solid mahogany body, contoured back, one-piece thick profile mahogany neck, and rosewood fretboard with 20 frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Headstock with gold silkscreened "Epiphone" logo. Individual four-on-one-side tuners with cloverleaf metal buttons. Single humbucker pickup with four polepieces and a huge output of 27.80k. Three-layer (white/black/white) plastic pickguard. Two controls (one volume, one tone). The potentiometers are stamped "134 65 34" (Centralab August 1965). Black plastic bell-shaped knobs. Original Epiphone stop tailpiece. The original metal hand rest cover and the thumb brace mounted on the pickguard are missing. There is some light body checking and a few marks on the body, some of which are down to the wood, some small areas of wear on the back of the neck, the largest being behind the tenth fret. The edges of the headstock show some wear, but overall, this extremely rare bass is all original and in excellent plus (8.75) condition. Housed in a later (seventies?) black hardshell case with maroon plush lining (8.50).
This is an extremely rare Epiphone model. We have only seen one other in over thirty years of collecting. This single-pickup Newport model is basically an Epiphone EB-0. It features all nickel hardware, silkscreened headstock logo, a symetrical double cutaway body and a three-ply white pickguard.
An absolute must for any serious Bass collector.
This Epiphone equivalent of the much-loved Gibson EB-0 bass weighs just 7.40 lbs. and has a nice, narrow nut width of just over 1 1/2 inches and a short scale length of 30 1/2 inches. Solid mahogany body, contoured back, one-piece thick profile mahogany neck, and rosewood fretboard with 20 frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Headstock with gold silkscreened "Epiphone" logo. Individual four-on-one-side tuners with cloverleaf metal buttons. Single humbucker pickup with four polepieces and a huge output of 27.80k. Three-layer (white/black/white) plastic pickguard. Two controls (one volume, one tone). The potentiometers are stamped "134 65 34" (Centralab August 1965). Black plastic bell-shaped knobs. Original Epiphone stop tailpiece. The original metal hand rest cover and the thumb brace mounted on the pickguard are missing. There is some light body checking and a few marks on the body, some of which are down to the wood, some small areas of wear on the back of the neck, the largest being behind the tenth fret. The edges of the headstock show some wear, but overall, this extremely rare bass is all original and in excellent plus (8.75) condition. Housed in a later (seventies?) black hardshell case with maroon plush lining (8.50).
This is an extremely rare Epiphone model. We have only seen one other in over thirty years of collecting. This single-pickup Newport model is basically an Epiphone EB-0. It features all nickel hardware, silkscreened headstock logo, a symetrical double cutaway body and a three-ply white pickguard.
An absolute must for any serious Bass collector.
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