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11-27-2012, 11:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany IL | | | The newer bolt on Epi IV's now have 1.5" nuts (at least the one that I played at GC recently) and the finish was done in a brighter hue more closely resembling the Gibson. I know I'm in the minority when I say I really like the Epi TB pickups, but for $299 I think it's a great deal on a solid bass.
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11-27-2012, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by stiles72  The newer bolt on Epi IV's now have 1.5" nuts (at least the one that I played at GC recently) and the finish was done in a brighter hue more closely resembling the Gibson. I know I'm in the minority when I say I really like the Epi TB pickups, but for $299 I think it's a great deal on a solid bass. | Do the Epi pickups have the same dimensions so that you can swap in random other soapbars in TB format? |
11-27-2012, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by NOT The Gibson Thunderbird is my favorite bass. It has everything I want. Great tone, nice feel, and a killer look! Here's my '05 'Bird.. | Beauty!
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11-27-2012, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by uOpt Do the Epi pickups have the same dimensions so that you can swap in random other soapbars in TB format? | The Epi pups are a standard "soapbar" shape, and some folks here have swapped them out for Duncans. Regular Gibson TB+ shaped pickups wont fit in the route. However, the Mike Lull "T" pickups are shallow enough that I was able to install one in the bridge position of my Epi by just letting it rest on the surface over the existing route and screwing it into place. 
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12-04-2012, 04:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Kimball MI | | love mine, superlight,
The Epi though, shouldn't have ever been made IMO, completely cheap imitation of the real thing.  |
12-05-2012, 02:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kona, HI | | | I think this thread completely sums it up - ain't nothing like a Gibson Thunderbird. People that try to compare thunderbirds to all kinds of the "other" bass characteristics and tone totally miss the point - it's a Thunderbird and there's nothing else like it on the open market. Classic look, great tone and comfortable to play.
Those that have them, play them.
Those that don't, don't know!
And the transformation and magic unfortunately doesn't happen until you actually own one
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12-05-2012, 03:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: maryland | | | great post, xray. same thing applies to most Gibson basses. |
12-05-2012, 06:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Brisbane - Australia | | | I dont play metal, my genre is Aussie pub rock aka ACDC, The Angels, Status Quo. I love playing my t-birds and each one has a different feel and a different tone. So take everyone's advise and take a bunch of t-birds for a test run and find the one that is right for you. In the end it might be a Spector or a Dean that fits the bill better. Only you will know.
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12-06-2012, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Hilton Marsh I dont play metal, my genre is Aussie pub rock aka ACDC, The Angels, Status Quo. I love playing my t-birds and each one has a different feel and a different tone. So take everyone's advise and take a bunch of t-birds for a test run and find the one that is right for you. In the end it might be a Spector or a Dean that fits the bill better. Only you will know. | Awesome 'birds. Awesomer pants! |
12-06-2012, 06:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by theduke1 Don't know anything about them, never played one, cause I do not care for the shape.
I will say that I play G&L L 2500s and I'm sure there are players who feel the same about them.
I'm not bashing TBirds, just the reasons why I can't help you in their evaluation.
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12-06-2012, 06:30 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: White Plains | | | I played one yesterday and it was okay. It was a 2011 model, with a smaller headstock than the "large" headstock you usually see. I wasn't a fan of the headstock really. I was really hoping that I was going to like it more than I did, maybe it was just that particular one.
It was hard to judge how well it sounded & played. The strings were on the older side and I was playing through a rig that I've never played through before. I thought it sounded a little undefined, perhaps muddy. But that very well could be due to the rig or strings.
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12-08-2012, 04:06 AM
| | | | Epiphone pro 4 for me as well.
Great bridge just a great underated bass
Set up from factory was rubbish but a brass nut is easy to work on.
Great bass for cutting through and has a great slap tone as well.
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