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#29,962
TBird1958 said:
Just so you know, I changed my order for the new Epi to cherry finish because of that beauty of yours!
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How did you find out about the color? The ad does not call out cherry?
 

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#29,963
Mike.C. said:
How did you find out about the color? The ad does not call out cherry?
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Someone mentioned it on the Facebook Group, I verified it with my Sweetwater Rep.........Cherry and Chrome, I just messed myself!
 
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#29,977
Nocturnal said:
Agree with everything you just said.

The neck pickup is a Dimarzio X2NB and the bridge was a Bill Lawrence EB50 pickup. Both had push/pull coil taps on the volume knobs. I moved the input jack to the Tbird location on the end of the body and added a kill switch to the original input jack location. The bass was a monster and was HEAVY!! In retrospect I should have used the guitar version of the Dimarzio (X2N) as the X2NB was a bit wooly. Think Mudbucker type of sound but less intense. Probably would have worked well in a Stoner/Doom band.
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Nice.

I actually like heavy basses because they tend to balance well, in my experience. Would be rough in a 4-hour rehearsal, though.

Nocturnal said:
I really like the look of this one and the blue version from last year.
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I don't need another bass... but that looks pretty damn cool.
 
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#29,979
Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
Ahh I stand corrected. But the EMG still is fishy.
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If the story is legit, which it appears to be, then getting them to skip the PG and wire up some active EMG's that he handed them wouldn't be that big of a deal.

Back in the old days, if you knew someone on the assembly line you could order a baseline vehicle and by the time it left the plant it would be loaded up with air conditioning, power everything and the best sound system available, *free of charge. ;)

I'm sure it's a lot easier to get stuff like that done at a small operation like Gibson probably even now if you knew the right guy.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Fragile? Nope.
TBirds are built robust enough to last a lifetime of playing. Now a lifetime of abuse is a different story. If you store your Bird in a Guitar stand or on a guitar hanger or in a hard case when not in use you'll have no headstock worries. However, if you choose to just lean it against the wall or throw it on the floor when not in use you're increasing the odds of a snapped off headstock. The headstock is angled (not flat like Fender designs) which is actually the norm in the guitar, bass and stringed instrument world (Fender and their clones are kind of the exception). Generally speaking, angled headstocks are less forgiving of abuse, but far from fragile.

Three point bridge is just OK?
Only if you're comparing it to massively over engineered after market bridges like the outstanding Babiczs (they need to come up with a spell friendly name). The three point bridge is easy to adjust for action and intonation and matches the fretboard curvature. It's not a flimsy bent metal plate with goofy little set screws that continually adjust on their own or saddles that span multiple strings. Sure it has quirks but it's a very functional bridge that is super easy to adjust and rock solid. I personally like it more than my Fender bridges.

Jump in the pool, the water is fine!
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Bravo! Perfectly said :)
 
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