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Gibson Thunderbird Studio 5

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by EddyK, Nov 18, 2005.

  1. Nov 18, 2005 #1
    EddyK

    EddyK Guest

    May 10, 2005
    Hamburg, Germany
    Hi there,

    has anyone ever played the Thunderbird Studio 5? I can't find any useful infromation on the web and I'm not aware of any reviews of that bass.

    How's playability? How's the B-String? How's the sound, especially compared to the "classic" T-Birds?

    I love my Epi T-Bird, but want to get me a five-string soon. So I might just as well go for the T-Bird 5.

    Thanks for any comments!
     
  2. Nov 18, 2005 #2
    EddyK

    EddyK Guest

    May 10, 2005
    Hamburg, Germany
    No one?
     
  3. Nov 18, 2005 #3
    Talik

    Talik Guest

    Oct 28, 2005
    ... :eyebrow:
     
  4. Nov 18, 2005 #4
    69'Vette

    69'Vette Supporting Member

    Jan 28, 2003
    Provo, UT
    AFAIK they haven't shipped any yet.
     
  5. Nov 19, 2005 #5
    babuska

    babuska Guest

    Nov 14, 2005
    Finland
    I haven´t played it, but yesterday we finished a small session, and we used 4-string T-bird with low tuning, and it worked fine.
     
  6. Nov 19, 2005 #6
    pc

    pc

    Apr 4, 2000
    Montreal QC
    Whoa!!! A 5 tuner T-bird headstock???


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  7. Dec 29, 2005 #7
    Jugghaid

    Jugghaid

    Jun 28, 2002
    Denver, CO, USA
    Anyone got their hands on one of these yet?
     
  8. Dec 29, 2005 #8
    Kheos

    Kheos Guest

    Aug 12, 2002
    Belgium
    that just killed me
     
  9. Dec 29, 2005 #9
    Tbirdbassist

    Tbirdbassist Guest

    Jul 2, 2005
    Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
    The tuners are Hipshot style Ultralites on the Studio Tbirds, it will be lighter..

    . No they havent shipped any yet, and I doubt they will cause the look of Studio's is pretty different from the standard Tbird. And from what I've heard, many people dont approve of the looks. Gibson are making a lot of bad bass choices IMO...
     
  10. Dec 29, 2005 #10
    cheezewiz

    cheezewiz

    Mar 27, 2002
    Ohio
    I don't think the studio 5's look bad at all from the pics I've seen. The Fiend is showing the ebony ones shipping in January. The headstock is a 4/1 setup, so isn't any longer (at least by much) than the studio 4 version.