Maybe do what I did and start with Love & Theft. My favourite song on it is Po’ Boy. It makes me smile just a little.
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Thunderbird Club
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Seems to be a seller that lists instruments they don't own. I've never understood why eBay allows that.One of my favorite basses ever.
But who knows what kinda shape its really in.
And a feed back of 63%
Two white birds. You can see the difference in the shape of the VP and the bolt on body.
Subtle, but the bottom corners are a little more pointy on the bolt on. Top left bout is different shape aswell.
Subtle, but the bottom corners are a little more pointy on the bolt on. Top left bout is different shape aswell.
Close but no cigar…
Welcome to the New Gibson Brands
…no bass pickup offerings
How hard would it have been to offer a ProBucker or a Tbird+ pickup, heck even a Gibson SG pickup might interest a few people.
Yeah, I emailed them asking where the bass pickups are.
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The lower bout of the VP meets the neck at a different place as well, the bolt on is actually closer to the original shape
Who cares what he thinks. He's a bass roadie. If he ever makes it, then we'll pay attention, but not before.
I see where you have erred. You're thinking like bass is part of the band and are forgetting bass is there just to assist the guitar in sounding better. Therefore cool things like pickups and tone are not really needed.Close but no cigar…
Welcome to the New Gibson Brands
…no bass pickup offerings
How hard would it have been to offer a ProBucker or a Tbird+ pickup, heck even a Gibson SG pickup might interest a few people.
Effects loop Monday….
made it fit just got to wire it in…
made it fit just got to wire it in…
I did a comparison between a CP and IV. I have a hard case for both. CP lower horn is bigger and total length is longer. CP won’t fit a IV fitted case. We’ll see if a VP fits an Epi case that comes with a CP. Body looks similar, so it will be down to the headstock.
If referring to the HS, that’s always a possibility.Just take it off.
One of the best sounding Js to me is Mike Levine (from Canada's best band). You have to get half way through before the bass comes in. The guitars sound thin...but the bass is wonderfully thick and bassy.
That band's classic line-up was awesome: guitar wiz, rock-solid rythm section, 2 world class vocalists.
More on Mike's tone around the 2:40 mark. And he looks so effing cool.
TRIUMPH - Rocky Mountain Way (Live in HALIFAX) - YouTube
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Agreed, I've never heard a farting tone from him. Even when he used a distortion it wasn't farty and he had another stack going clean.
Farting tone to me is the Jack Bruce, Mark Clarke, Jeff Berlin and (sometimes) Andy Fraser bridge pickup tone. Not saying it's a bad tone.
Just take it off.
They snap right off, or so I hear.
What's the amp?Effects loop Monday….
made it fit just got to wire it in…
I've not had any problems interchanging most of my various Thunderbirds (CP, Pro 4/5, several bolt-ons) into the various Epi cases I have.
Except the VP.
It only fits in the newer-style (the ones currently? available new) case I have, because of the headstock......
Cool color Kara.I've tried to like those, but the only Fender-y product (bass or otherwise) that I've found myself liking is:
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My Gator case for the IV won’t take the CP.I've not had any problems interchanging most of my various Thunderbirds (CP, Pro 4/5, several bolt-ons) into the various Epi cases I have.
Except the VP.
It only fits in the newer-style (the ones currently? available new) case I have, because of the headstock......
I've not tried any of the aftermarket cases - but the neck-through 'birds I have do fit in the Epi cases differently than the bolt-ons, so I can see how the body shape differences could cause an issue, if the fitment is more precise?
