Conduitcore Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 So I just bought a 1969 Gibson Eb-0 Bass and am dieing to know how it is truly written and pronounced. Is it with the letter O or the number 0. I often hear people on youtube and in guitar center say Eb-O"oh" but in some movies I've heard Eb-0"zero". My brain forces me to assume its 0 "zero" since there is Eb-1 2 3 etc numebered models. Can I get an official confirmation on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Can I get an official confirmation on this? YES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Let me clarify. The model designation is the number "zero", but it is pronounced "oh" like the letter. Although proper pronunciation of the numeral "0" is "zero", I have never heard the model verbally described as an "E-B-Zero". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conduitcore Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 Thanks for answering L5! Man that is so weird that it is in fact a Zero but yet is pronounced Oh. Its like one person one day said Oh instead of Zero and it just caught on, how odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 It's been my observation that most people not in the scientific or mathematical communities pronounce the number "0" as "oh". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goingdownslow Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Same as the 330(Three Three Oh)guitar, you don't say a "Three Hundred and Thirty" or a "Three Three Zero". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPS1976 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Same as the 330(Three Three Oh)guitar, you don't say a "Three Hundred and Thirty" or a "Three Three Zero". Here in the States, those models are usually referred to as "Three-Thirties" or "Three-Thirty Fives" and so on. most of the time when I hear of the EB-0 it's referred to as EB (oh). I'm guessing it's said different in various parts of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabar Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 It's just like phone numbers, years or addresses --- at least here in the states, people always direct you to "Fourteen-Oh-Five Anystreet," pronounce years as "Nineteen-Oh-Two" rather than "Nineteen-Zero-Two, and usually use "Oh" in place of "Zero" when reciting a telephone number. The bass is an Ee-Bee-Oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 As a foreigner I just concluded that "oh clue", "zero clue" and "no clue" would mean the same, but sadly I have - just that... :unsure: We say "keine Ahnung" = "no clue" in formal German, and "null Ahnung" = "0 clue" in colloquial language. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goingdownslow Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 What would the Romans have called it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 What would the Romans have called it? Imperitus (masc.), -a (fem.) alcis rei. In colloquial Latin they might have said nulla suspicio. Anyway, the latter is just a personal - suspicion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabar Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Same as the 330(Three Three Oh)guitar, you don't say a "Three Hundred and Thirty" or a "Three Three Zero". We don't say Three Three Oh either --- it's a Three Thirty, and its semi-hollow cousin is a Three-Thirty-Five As evidence, I'lll cite Sherlock Holmes' renowned address, which is always pronounced "Two Twenty-One Bee" Baker Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacongrease Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 EB0 is a good bass it does fine with just the one pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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