They had a white EB-3 with a maple fretboard that I've wanted for years...looked better than the ones with rosewood.
If they can make an all-white Les Paul, they can make an all-white EB-3.
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If they can make an all-white Les Paul, they can make an all-white EB-3.
It's weird on the spec's for the Thunderbird Vintage PRO, not only do they not mention the info for the fingerboard but the wording for the neck- walnut/mahogany laminate so is it an actual 7 ply neck-thru neck of walnut/mahogany or is it a like maple neck-thru or some other type of wood say with a 7 ply laminate glued on top of what ever they are using for the neck-thru to give the appearance of a solid 7 ply neck-thru, I think you folks know what I'm trying say if that makes sense.
On the Epiphone site they use the wording as 7 ply laminate, on the www.sweetwater.com site they use the wording as 7 piece for the neck.
On the Epiphone site they use the wording as 7 ply laminate, on the www.sweetwater.com site they use the wording as 7 piece for the neck.
So I took the stock strings off my Embassy and put on a set of TI flats. I adjusted the neck relief a bit too and now this bass plays great and sounds great!
I haven't bothered to adjust the red line indicators on the knobs because I don't look down on them anyway, so what's the point?
Two things I notice
1. Man, this bass is Nice on the shoulders and back! It balances really well, it's a thinner body front to back but has a fairly large imprint. Combine that with it being really light for a solid body full scale bass and you have a bass you can play all night.
2. The pick tone with flats is just awesome! Fingerstyle sounds good too, but man, that PICK TONE! I swear I'm playing a vintage t-bird!
A couple negatives-
1. I don't love this bridge or the plastic nut, but hey it's a $400 bass.
2. FINGERPRINTS!
I haven't bothered to adjust the red line indicators on the knobs because I don't look down on them anyway, so what's the point?
Two things I notice
1. Man, this bass is Nice on the shoulders and back! It balances really well, it's a thinner body front to back but has a fairly large imprint. Combine that with it being really light for a solid body full scale bass and you have a bass you can play all night.
2. The pick tone with flats is just awesome! Fingerstyle sounds good too, but man, that PICK TONE! I swear I'm playing a vintage t-bird!
A couple negatives-
1. I don't love this bridge or the plastic nut, but hey it's a $400 bass.
2. FINGERPRINTS!
I feel like a kid left out on the bench/Christmas reading all these posts. I canceled my order for reasons.
My best two basses have maple fretboards but I'd like to see something with an ebony board.
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Not that it really matters, but for the sake of semantics... Chrome hardware and pickups, rosewood fretboard, white everywhere else. Equally as white as the Jack Cassidy with white PG someone posted earlier. Everything that can reasonably BE white is, eh?
The person who originally wanted an all-white was referring to something in the style of the white falcon (hence me talking about Larry Graham). I dont really mind a white bass, in fact I really like the JC, but all white is just horrid and a great way to get you noticed by the audience for all the wrong reasons
Umm... OK... I guess if you don't want to be noticed when you're playing publicly you don't use the T-Bird in your avatar so people won't notice you? When I play publicly I DO want to be noticed, both FOR my playing AND for WHAT I'm playing. If you're playing a Bird, Ric, Mockingbird, Flying V etc etc IMO at least part of it is because you WANT people to notice you. I'm proud of both my playing ability (although I'm certainly no virtuoso I'm quite confident in my abilities) AND what I'm playing on, which is why one of my instruments is a white T-Bird. Entertainment 101 - if people aren't paying attention to you, your group, and the music you're producing, I'd have to ask why you're even doing it. But of course, as always, YMMV. Want to be anonymous and just hunker in the background, that's what God made FSO's (Fender shaped objects) for...
