NBD purple monstrosity

[Gorilla Monsoon]

Looking at this, i can feel the orange shag carpet under my toes in my van with ZZ Top crankin’ out the 8 Track.

 

[Tommygun_ted]

I've owned a Purple Thunderbird for at least 10 years, this is a '76, custom painted by Mike Lull

Here in the States the Sparkle Purple and Sparkle Blue are available as a limited run thru ZzSounds and AMS, in addition to the Purple the Sparkle Blue is actually a lovely color, a very deep Sapphire Blue, ( like a Bombay Gin bottle) which, so far, has eluded good photography by me.............

Pictures don't quite do these sparkle finishes justice. Great looking basses. That purple one you have is pretty killer too.

 

[Tommygun_ted]

Thank you for posting this truth.

It's really unfortunate, I guess Gibson uses all the good paint on it's SG and Les Paul guitars, so all we're left with is brown, black, and cherry

 

[DaveParker39]

love purple

 

[J Wilson]

They'd look silly on me, but man those are great looking axes, R & R through and through.

 

[mdogs]

That purple makes my green one look pretty boring

 

[Tommygun_ted]

That purple makes my green one look pretty boring

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The green is still a kick ass colour. If my red one wasn't having issues I wouldn't have bothered trading it for this one, but if I'm going to exchange it anyways, why WOULDNT I go for the purple one

 

[GretschWretch]

I picked up one of the new Epiphone thunderbirds in ember red a few months ago and have been struggling with some neck issues. Finally exchanged it today for ANOTHER Epiphone thunderbird 64. This one though is sparkly purple though! Apparently it was a limited edition color for gibson month at long and mcquade. This is easily the most obnoxious, gaudy, and glamorous bass I've ever owned. Fought with the other one for months, this one took about 20 minutes on my bench to get it playing perfectly. Now, for your viewing pleasure, BEHOLD!!! (Ignore the high action on the third picture, I took that shot pre-setup)View attachment 5449620 View attachment 5449621 View attachment 5449622

Put gold-plated pickups and hardware on it, and a tiger-head sticker on the pickguard, and you've got an LSU bass. Geaux Tigers!

 

[Tommygun_ted]

Put gold-plated pickups and hardware on it, and a tiger-head sticker on the pickguard, and you've got an LSU bass. Geaux Tigers!

Technically there is a tiger on my headstock

 

[morrisonhendrix]

I picked up one of the new Epiphone thunderbirds in ember red a few months ago and have been struggling with some neck issues. Finally exchanged it today for ANOTHER Epiphone thunderbird 64. This one though is sparkly purple though! Apparently it was a limited edition color for gibson month at long and mcquade. This is easily the most obnoxious, gaudy, and glamorous bass I've ever owned. Fought with the other one for months, this one took about 20 minutes on my bench to get it playing perfectly. Now, for your viewing pleasure, BEHOLD!!! (Ignore the high action on the third picture, I took that shot pre-setup)View attachment 5449620 View attachment 5449621 View attachment 5449622

If there was a 5 string version, I'd be all over it. Very cool.

 

[LoTone]

That is a good looking monster!

 

[prndltech]

That is DOPE!!!

 

[GretschWretch]

Technically there is a tiger on my headstockView attachment 5450216

By golly, there sure is! Would never have noticed it without the close-up. Actually that is one sharp-looking bass, but there are ergonomic and musical-style issues -- not to mention age -- that would prevent me from owning a T-bird.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lsu++tiger+cam+mike

 

[Tommygun_ted]

By golly, there sure is! Would never have noticed it without the close-up. Actually that is one sharp-looking bass, but there are ergonomic and musical-style issues -- not to mention age -- that would prevent me from owning a T-bird.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lsu++tiger+cam+mike

They definitely aren't for everyone. Their necks really work for me, and I've never had an issue getting a tone out of them that also works for me.

 

[tindrum]

I must confess I’m a total slut for a sparkle finish so I wholeheartedly approve!!

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

I picked up one of the new Epiphone thunderbirds in ember red a few months ago and have been struggling with some neck issues. Finally exchanged it today for ANOTHER Epiphone thunderbird 64. This one though is sparkly purple though! Apparently it was a limited edition color for gibson month at long and mcquade. This is easily the most obnoxious, gaudy, and glamorous bass I've ever owned. Fought with the other one for months, this one took about 20 minutes on my bench to get it playing perfectly. Now, for your viewing pleasure, BEHOLD!!! (Ignore the high action on the third picture, I took that shot pre-setup)View attachment 5449620 View attachment 5449621 View attachment 5449622

As a flake fan and owner I can comfortably state this makes my pants fit uncomfortably . Enjoy it.

 

[Cleezmo]

I like purple, and I like sparkle, and I can definitely say that I like that purple sparkle! Enjoy that thing!

 

[Marko 1]

That is a good looking monster!

I acquired a purple cab last year, and yeah I went there.

 

[u2brothr]

Although they are Fenders..... I do love me a sparkle bass as well.