Epiphone Goth Thunderbird

I have an alpine white one I like it. Plan on staining the fingerboard black moving the input to the side and putting a switch where the input was

 

I was going to get the Goth and also move the input to the side and add a switch in the hole. But then I found a great deal on a real Gibson so I bought it instead! I've played 3 Epi T-Birds and they all seemed like a good bass for the price.

 

the great difference between the two is that the gibson has a neckthru body. Not a screwed one.

 

The Gibson is virtually all mahogany and usually (at least from my experiance) have a ebony fretboard. Also a 9 pc. neck thru. The pickups are differant also.

Epiphones are either an alder or mahogany bodied, with a bolt on maple neck & rosewood board.

There is an Epi Elite model, but I'm not sure what all the specs are on that one.

 

The Nikki Sixx Blackbird is a modded Gibson. I think the Epi Goth was made to resemble the Blackbird.

 

Possibly one of the worst basses i have ever owned. The pickups were the worst sounding things i have ever heard. I have a real gibson explorer the epi does absolutly no justice. I have gotten better sound and a wide tone range out of a fender squire than that thing. Take it back if you still can and but a fender squire youll get a better bass for about a fith the price

 

Actually, the epi goth is twiggy ramirez's bass. Epiphone honoured him with the gothic look. Besides, Epiphone makes the blackbird

 

Epiphone makes the BlackBird now, but it was a Gibson model for Nikki Sixx in 2001.

 

two zero zero five

 

Gibsons are USA made, Epiphones are made in Asia.