The bass is available now, with a custom hardshell case and case candy that includes a Gene Simmons pin, pennant, patch, and guitar pick tin set.
While KISS’s makeup, antics, choruses and Gene Simmons’ tongue might steal most of the limelight, one bass guitar cut through the noise—his EB-0 played throughout the 70s, honoured now in a limited run of 100 Gibson Custom Shop basses.
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The EB-0 is a popular design from Gibson, Gene’s specifically being a heavily modified 1959 model with a short scale, the first 30.5” produced from the custom shop, VOS (Vintage Original Spec) finish in Ebony, with the same VOS finish on the hardware, including the bridge cover; a very 70s appointment.
Gene’s EB-0 was refinished, the neck reshaped, updating the pickup as well as a custom pickguard, Corian nut and Hi-Mass bridge that allowed either top-loaded or through-body stringing, all of this being available in the Gene Simmons EB-0 Bass. The bass pays homage to one of the unsung heroes of the bass world, an instrument that helped inform and shape KISS’s sound at a pivotal time, and in turn inspired countless legions of bass players in The Kiss Army.
The bass is available now, with a custom hardshell case and case candy that includes a Gene Simmons pin, pennant, patch, and guitar pick tin set.
Shop the Gibson Gene Simmons Custom Shop EB-0 Bass at Gibson here.
