beverlyvista Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Yes, no such thing, of course. Years ago I botched up my beater '71 EB0 with an EB3 treble pickup (installed slightly crookedly), then screwed it up years later with a Dimarzio Model 1 and its little microswitch that supposedly (laughably) changed the tone to something Ricky-like. So I was thinking about putting the original neck pickup back in, filling the microswitch hole in -- and where we installed a pickup selector toggle, pulling it out and putting in a proper Vari-tone. Then it'd be sort of an EB2.25. My question is -- will the Varitone used in the Epi EB3 work with the old pickups, and will it fit directly into the (properly-sized Gibson OEM) toggle's hole? Anybody know? And I assume any proper Gibson dealer's repair guy can get the part, yes? Suggestions welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_artist Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I believe that the varitone switch will work with any passive pickup, as to the second part of the question I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_artist Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 As far as finding an nos varitone switch, that might be difficult,although the Epiphone EB-3 has the Varitone switch. I found a third party Varitone switch on ebay about two years ago that I had installed on my Dot Studio, sort of a poor mans Lucille, so like I said in my previous post as long as you are using passive pickups it should work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassilisk Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Yes, no such thing, of course. Years ago I botched up my beater '71 EB0 with an EB3 treble pickup (installed slightly crookedly), then screwed it up years later with a Dimarzio Model 1 and its little microswitch that supposedly (laughably) changed the tone to something Ricky-like. So I was thinking about putting the original neck pickup back in, filling the microswitch hole in -- and where we installed a pickup selector toggle, pulling it out and putting in a proper Vari-tone. Then it'd be sort of an EB2.25. My question is -- will the Varitone used in the Epi EB3 work with the old pickups, and will it fit directly into the (properly-sized Gibson OEM) toggle's hole? Anybody know? And I assume any proper Gibson dealer's repair guy can get the part, yes? Suggestions welcome. IMO - Getting an Epi Selector could be problematic. That's the kind of stuff that doesn't come around unless somebody parts one out. It would also be in a metric size. Here's a thread from the guitar guys: http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/79303-where-can-i-get-epiphone-parts/ The original EB3 rotary wasn't a true varitone. It was a pickup selector that offered nk, br, both and one tone position (neck pickup plus tone choke). I don't know whether the Epi has a tone choke setting or, if it does, what value it was designed for. http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/1969-EB3-5.php If you're already into the mod thing look at some true varitones available. http://www.bigdguitars.com/varitone.html http://www.elek-trix.com/products/variable-toneshaper-module http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-way-Varitone-PLUS-for-Strat-Tele-any-guitars-bass-UBER-Cool-Tone-Options-/271676444219 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Beast13 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Any Bass can be fixed. Check Mike Watts bass out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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