GEAR: EBS HISTORY
25 YEARS OF EBS AN OVERVIEW TIME FLIES FAST! SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TURN THE CLOCK BACK TO SEE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED ALL THESE YEARS AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED. IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES, YOU WILL GET AN OVERVIEW OF THE EVOLUTION OF EBS PRODUCTS, FROM THE VERY FIRST EBS-1 PREAMP, TO THE MOST RECENT RELEASES. ENJOY THE RIDE AND SEE YOU AT THE END OF THE LINE. BUT HEY, IT DOESN’T STOP THERE, THERE’S A LOT MORE TO COME!
The EBS-1 logotype, drawn by hand, was the model for the current company logo.
1988
1988 In May 1988 EBS introduced the EBS-1 preamp – the very first commercial EBS product! A few months later the ELS-215 and ELS-211(4x10” & tweeter) cabinets and the EPS-600 (2x300 W) power amp were released. Bassists Stefan Brolund and the late Kofi Bentsi-Enchill became the first artists to appear in an ad. To the right is the photo of Kofi and his rig that featured in the ad.
1989 The ELS-411 (4x10” & tweeter), a two chamber mono/stereo cabinet, was added to the program.
1990 Two more power amps were introduced: the EP-200 (2x100 W) and EP-800 (2x400 W).
1991 More cabinets: EBS-210 (2x10” & tweeter), EBS-410 (4x10” & tweeter), EBS-15H (1x15” & tweeter) and EBS-300 (1x15” & tweeter). Also, an updated version of the EBS-1 was launched; EBS-1V2
1992 The company explores two new product segments with the EBS Taurus (240 W) combo amp, that featured onboard effects, and the first stomp box effect, the legendary EBS OctaBass, which was based on one of the effects from the Taurus.
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EBS 25 YEARS – 2013