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Thunderbird Club Pt.IV

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here i am rockin my new Cataldo REV52, first gig, not great front lighting. had to post this one though we are replacing our singing, so it will be awhile before it sees another show....

the thunderbuckers are monsterous, i love this 'Bird!
 
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Hi TBird users...

I've got some questions that hopefully you guys can shed some lights on...

I am currently using an Epiphone Tbird and I planned to get a Gibson one soon.

The thing is the stores that normally carry them do not have any in stock for me to try. The other one that currently has it, is over-pricing the only Tbird that have by about $1k more, and refused to let me try on with a strap on.

So the questions I have are:

i) Does the Gibson Thunderbird neckdive as much as the Epiphone version?
ii) Are all strap buttons for the Gibson version located at the back of the neck?
iii) What's the weight difference of the Gibsion and Epiphone? I read some that said the Gibson is heavier, and some said the Epiphone is heavier. Does any one know any thing about this?

Thank you.
 
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DaM13N said:
Hi TBird users...

I've got some questions that hopefully you guys can shed some lights on...

I am currently using an Epiphone Tbird and I planned to get a Gibson one soon.

The thing is the stores that normally carry them do not have any in stock for me to try. The other one that currently has it, is over-pricing the only Tbird that have by about $1k more, and refused to let me try on with a strap on.

So the questions I have are:

i) Does the Gibson Thunderbird neckdive as much as the Epiphone version?
ii) Are all strap buttons for the Gibson version located at the back of the neck?
iii) What's the weight difference of the Gibsion and Epiphone? I read some that said the Gibson is heavier, and some said the Epiphone is heavier. Does any one know any thing about this?

Thank you.
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I have no problem with neckdive with my Gibson being that the strap button is located on the heel of the neck. I don't know the weight difference between the two, but Gibson 'birds are very light.
 
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DaM13N said:
So the questions I have are:

i) Does the Gibson Thunderbird neckdive as much as the Epiphone version?
ii) Are all strap buttons for the Gibson version located at the back of the neck?
iii) What's the weight difference of the Gibsion and Epiphone? I read some that said the Gibson is heavier, and some said the Epiphone is heavier. Does any one know any thing about this?

Thank you.
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I own an Epi goth thunderbird and i've moved the upper strap button ever so slightly. But i hang the bass low so it doesn't neck dive like crazy. But the gibson's will dive but if you hang the bass low, it won't be so tempted to dive.

Only the post 88 birds have the button on the heel of the neck. Before it was on the "horn" of the bass.

Weight difference, hard to tell. I've tried both gibson and Epiphone in stores. But to me, the epi seems thicker, since the neck feels like a bat in my hands, and the gibson necks are slimmer almost like, excuse the term, "Jazz bass".

But i think you should wait till epiphone launches the Thunderbird classic IV pro, since it's exactly like the gibson, Same pickups, colours, hardware, wood, neck through construction. Only difference is the TRC. It'll save you 1000$ and you'll have the quality of a gibson bird for less $$$
 
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