It had a bad off white spray paint job, at some point someone stripped the neck. That eventually gave it a dull grey un-finish on the neck. The bridge saddle looked like it was fabbed in shop class and a couple tuners were bent. It did come with a hard shell case though.
I dismantled and stripped everything. I tried a mahogany stain I had at home and it looked like fresh rust. I got a "Bombay mahogany" finish and was much happier.
While doing the finish I stumbled across an original NOS bridge a guy in North Bay was selling on Ebay. I made a bridge saddle out of 3/8" brass tube stock.
the same guy had a set of "elephant ear" tuners for under $20 so I splurged on them too.
I had to bore the holes , they're a bit big but nice quality, I'm pretty pleased with them. There was one downside though......
Now the headstock is too wide for the HSC. Oh well, I have a spare gig bag so no problem.
I was tempted to put a Gibson or other logo on it but I think I'll just leave it as the mystery EB0. Maybe I'll add a thumbrest and cover if I stumble accross any. As far as short scale goes, meh. It's not as nice a player as my Eldegas P-Bass or Yamahas, but still a nice knock around bass.
Dave
P'S Anybody need a hardshell case for an EBO with narrow tuners ?
Love that Bombay stain.