Epiphone EB-0 CH

Fantastic value for money. Excellent build quality though the bridge design (common to all EB/SG basses) is ridiculous. Bought this to defret as there are not many affordable short scale fretless guitars out there. Defret was easy (frets not glued in) and once I had shimmed the neck a little action was perfect for use with D'Addario Chromes. Tone options are limited but acceptable at this price point - and DiMarrzio do a drop-in replacement pup (the Model One) if you want to get away from that "mudbucker" Gibson sound. Added a "Mod-Bar" (available on eBay) for a few dollars to get over the problem of the string silk coming over the saddles once the intonation is set. Fits into the nicely priced Fender Urban short scale bass gigbag perfectly.

The Epiphone EB-0 is a fantastic bass to play.
It's can seem like it is a one trick pony- the tubby, neck pick up sound -and you'd not be wrong for thinking that. But, with its very effective tone control, it has a few tonal tricks up its sleeve. This allows it to go from its pokey low-mid to low-end start point to a fairly thick low-end to sub glue-like thump.

I personally use this bass at home to record covers and original work with, it's a great bass to amp up or record through a DI and responds very well to effects (a ridiculous fuzz will still sound warm... but very hairy, picture hugging a Wookiee).
I also use this bass as a part of my worship team at church and it really aids the low-end spread we look for from our bassists.

My only issue is that it like it's stylistic guitar cousin (the Gibson SG), can be a bit headstock heavy and tip when you let go of the neck when wearing it.
However, a good strap that keeps the bass put is the best remedy for this.

This is a great short-scale bass with a distinctive sound.

There is much to like about this bass ? dark, old-school sound; shallow comfortable mahogany neck; fabulous styling.

And there is much to dislike (all of which is equally true of the Gibson models) ? neck-dive, massively underwound pickup (the original Mudbucker was around 32k, whereas this is around 10k) and insufficient intonation adjustment on the bridge.

However, Hipshot make a great replacement bridge (Supertone), and both Curtis Novak and DiMarzio make excellent replacement pickups.

It's pretty much the bass that was the foundation of English rock in the 70s. It has no 'cut', but it's blunt, firm and, in the right hands, highly musical. Proper fun.