Toontrack EBX: Hollowbody

Semi-Hollow But Rock Solid

An EBX for EZbass, perfect for anything from mellow acoustic pop to loud electric rock!

This is an EBX just as much for acoustic pop and singer-songwriter as it's one for indie rock, new wave or goth.

If you're on the look for an instrument that has thud, thump and earthy vibes at the same time as it’s articulate, focused and piercingly direct enough to stand its own in a dense rock mix, this may be your new go-to.

Based on a short-scale and semi-hollow electric bass from 1967, this EBX features a rare and unique-sounding instrument.

With its semi-hollow body construction but solid tone, this is a bass has that best-of-both-worlds quality to it.

It's got a tonal range that encompasses all the electric twang, grit and dirt at the same time as it's got all the warm, swampy, bluesy and almost acoustic-sounding low end.

To add, it was recorded with half-round strings, which even further enhances all of these qualities.

In addition to the instrument itself, this EBX also includes a broad selection of classic-to- modern-sounding presets as well as a basic collection of basslines tailored for the different styles in which this instrument truly shines.

If you're looking for big, warm and low end-heavy-tones, this guitar-sized, 20-fret short-scale and semi-hollow wonder of a bass couldn’t be a more rock solid choice.

Features

• A rare electric semi-hollow-bodied bass from 1967
• Ideal for anything from acoustic pop and singer-songwriter to indie rock, new wave and goth
• Sampled using finger and pick playing style options
• Offering a range from D1 to E4
• Includes a collection of presets covering a wealth of mix-ready tones for warm, round and earthy bass tones
• Comes with a custom MIDI library tailored for the instrument

The Instrument

Semi-hollow but solid as a rock.

First brought to market in 1958, the EB-2 was Gibson's second-ever electric bass guitar.

It was designed as a counterpart to the company's popular ES-335 guitar model and featured an almost dead-on 335-style semi-hollow body as well as a short 30.5" scale neck and one humbucker pickup.

In the years following the first iteration of the instrument, it was refined to feature many new details, like a baritone switch, a string mute, a more up-to-date take of the previous banjo-like tuners and more.

Roughly 8,000 EB-2 basses rolled off the assembly lines before production ceased in 1972.

Out of these, one was sampled for this very EBX.