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The Epiphone Thunderbird Club

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amimbari said:
can we pretend this is an ebony "E"-bird??? :confused:

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ebony "p"-bird maybe??
 
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I used my Blackbird at practice last night and it sounded great. I also recorded a new track with it and it blended into the mix really well. I'm looking forward to hearing the master version of the track.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone here own the Gibson Blackbird model made a few years back? If so, have you played the Epiphone model as well?? I'm just curious how the two compare to each other.
 
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there are many of us Tbird owners asking the same thing..review, review....but I'm gonna wait till hundreds of people put their reviews out there, for various reasons.

a couple people's opinions is not nearly enough to convince me, and once many many people have them due to the variance in amps/cabs and people's opinions on tone settings that they like a bass to sound like. There will also be discussions on QUALITY control which is very important for the mass amounts they are about to sell this summer.
 
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Xavier Knox said:
I used my Blackbird at practice last night and it sounded great. I also recorded a new track with it and it blended into the mix really well. I'm looking forward to hearing the master version of the track.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone here own the Gibson Blackbird model made a few years back? If so, have you played the Epiphone model as well?? I'm just curious how the two compare to each other.
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Cool to hear!

I love the tone of T Birds (even the Epi).

I have played an Epi Goth and an Epi Blackbird in a Guitar Center while killing some time. I haven't played the Gibson Blackbird, but I do have a Gibson T Bird, and the tone of the Epi Blackbird is closer to a Gibson Bird than the Epi regular one is. Does that make any sense? LOL.

Basically:

The Epi Blackbird is made from mohagany just like Gibsons (Blackbird and reg Thunderbird). So there are still different neck joints, necks, weight, balance, fingerboard wood, frets, nuts, tuners, body shape (no scallop on Epis, and also the overall shape is SLIGHTLY different), hardware, bridge, and pots...

But the main thing... the wood in which the body is made is the same as the Gibson Birds. So while actually playing the instruments is totally different, the sound is much closer to a Gibson.

The difference between Epi T Birds and Blackbirds is much greater than the difference between Gibson T Birds and Blackbirds.

If you have a choice of Epis, the Blackbird would be really solid, cause it replicates the Gibson a little bit better.





AND:



Just playing devil's advocate here... I started my T Bird crazy with an Epi but I had always been looking for a Gibson. Now I got a Gibson and I realized something...

An Epi Bird is what ~$300, plus ~$100 for case. My Gibson Bird (damaged, repaired, used, and worn in nicely) was $660, and all Gibsons come with a beautiful, awesome case. It is leaps and bounds better than the Epi case. I can find used Gibson Birds for $900-$1000 all day. So... I know it sounds like a lot, but for not MUCH more, you can have a used Gibson... It plays nicer, looks nicer, lasts longer, and will never go down in value.

Even if you are still in Highschool, you can scrape up and extra lil bit of money if you really needed. You get money for XMas? Birthday? You work a job or two? I worked 3 jobs in Highschool...


Just saying.... think about it (if you are serious about playing bass)!
 
#375
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What Mr $Lind$ says is truth! Gibson = Goodness
I think you're my evil disciple!

Seriously tho, I own an Epi and for the money it's a good bass and definetly has it's own distinctive (non-Gibson) voice, nothing wrong with that!
 
#376
Mark, I've seen the light. It's like.... I definitely knew it all along, but... now that I actually have one of my own... Damn.

How can you describe the beautiful fillets from the heel into the neck, then the taper of the neck to the nut, the thinness of the neck at the nut and then the blending into the headstock? And you sight down her body and see that its all been shaped from a single piece of mahogany, with flawlessly attached wings designed by a car designer in the 60s... the weight and balance of the Gibson, and the feel of a nicely worn, matte, dull neck. Dull, scuffed frets... The slight kink the body has towards the heel to angle the neck down along the scale...


You know what I am talking about-- only Gibson Bird owners know what I am talking about. The sex that happens when you play a Gibson Bird is indescribable. Nothing else can do it like that, that's for sure. #1 its a Gibson, #2 its a Thunderbird. Nothing else is both of those, so nothing else is close.


Wish my band wasn't 6,000 miles from me. Gotta schedule more trips.
 
#377
Just got an Email from GAK saying that they have emailed gibson to chase my bass (and probably all the other peoples that have ordered one) and they should send word back tomorrow... I just hope they don't take too long!
 
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