produces a bass guitar called the SG Standard which appears similar to the EB-3, but with a single master tone control and no Varitone switch. In addition, the SG's neck pickup is a regular TB+ humbucker which has a more trebly tone than the EB-3's heavily wound "mudbucker" Epiphone produces a more affordable EB-3 with a 34" scale (similar to the EB-3L), but the Varitone switch has been replaced by a simple pickup selector. This version, along with the Epiphone EB-0, was discontinued in early 2020, when the whole Epiphone lineup was reinvented. Notable EB-3 players Trevor Bolder played an EB-3 with David Bowie's Spiders from Mars band in the early 1970s. Jack Bruce switched from a Fender Bass VI to an EB-3 before the recording of Cream's Disraeli Gears (1967). Glenn Cornick played an EB-3 for most of his last two years with Jethro Tull (1969–70). Bob Daisley played an EB-3 on Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz (1980) and on many other albums. Jared Followill of the Southern rock band Kings Of Leon used a Gibson EB-3 on the album Aha Shake Heartbreak before switching over to a Gibson Thunderbird bass. Andy Fraser of Free also played an EB-3. Rik Fox Jermaine Jackson of the Jackson 5 Jim Lea played an EB-3 in Slade during their most successful period in the early 1970s. Pete Quaife of The Kinks sometimes used an EB-3 from May 1966 until his departure from the group in April 1969 along with a Rickenbacker 4001. His replacement, John Dalton also played the EB-3. Mike Watt of Minutemen and fIREHOSE plays a heavily modified ’69 Gibson EB-3. Chris White of The Zombies played an EB-3 as well. Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones favored an EB-3 together with an Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexiglas bass for most of The Rolling Stones Pacific Tour 1973, and an EB-3 for the entire The Rolling Stones European Tour 1973. Doug Yule played an EB-3 in The Velvet Underground. References EB-3