NBD - Epiphone Thunderbird IV Pro

Nice, Looks really clean, not sure if you have any interest in this, but the good folks over at the ThunderBird Club might have some suggestions for you.

 

No need to buy a Gibson with one of these.
I bought mine three or four months ago afyer wanting one for years.
Finally gound a nice used one with a Hipshot bridge and a tapered Epiphone hardshell case for $375.

 

Very nice

 

Great bridge! If you ever swap tuners, Hipshot used to make smaller clover leaf tuning pegs for their ultralights. Gave my T-Bird a bit more of a vintage look.

 

Do you happen to remember what size you used and were they an easy swap?

 

3/8" will replace the compact Gotoh-type tuners. These drop right in.

1/2" will replace larger Fender-type clover tuners. These sometimes need a little bit of cardstock to fill in the gap.

 

I'd love to have one of those in natural!

 

Great. Thanks.

 

Nah, we are all just grumpy old sh!ts who don't want to help out new folks ;-)

 

Oddly enough, I got the 3/8" Hipshots for my 1991 Gibson and still had to enlarge the hole. The set screw was in a different place on the original tuners as well. I'm sure they fit newer ones perfectly, since I took a look at the 2001, and those tuners (stock) are a little different from the original 1991 tuners. Not a big deal, and chances are that it doesn't apply to an Epi anyway, but it's something to be aware of.

 

That's a thru-body or a set neck Epiphone? Man I'd buy one of those in a heartbeat, but I've only ever seen bolt-on Epi TBs.
I heard Pete Way (of UFO) ditched his Gibson for an Epiphone.

 

That's a great looking bass, nice touch on the headstock too.

 

Diggin' the Arctic White. How about a black pickguard?

I owned one of these in Pelham Blue a while back. Loved the tone, but ultimately the ergonomics weren't for me. To alleviate the neck dive, I added a strap button to the neck plate on back using a longer screw. Helped with the dive, but it caused the bass to tilt forward slightly while playing.

 

Beautiful bass.

Is the Pro the one with active electronics?

 

I've got one...same color. Yea, Gibson kinda shot themselves in the foot for letting this model out, neck thru with USA Thunderbird pickups. Who in their right mind would spend 4X as much to have the same thing with a Gibson logo.

I will be fitting mine out with a black P/G as soon as possible. That's just too much white for me. Black P/G will match the headstock too.