- violin-shaped mahogany body with a carved top, set mahogany neck, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlays, black headstock overlay with Gibson logo, "Electric Bass EB-1" inscribed in truss-rod cover, two-per-side standard bass tuners, covered fixed bass bridge with adj. saddles, black pickguard, thumb rest, single chrome covered humbucker pickup, two black bonnet knobs (volume, tone), chrome hardware, 30.5 in. scale, approx. 475 instruments shipped, mfg. 1970-73.