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Uh, thanks I think. Can’t imagine bringing any more basses in for a few months. That is a good price. Seriously, someone here should give it a good home. The current market price is well under what they should be going for.Hahahaha!! Thankfully I am not dealing with those. If I were, either me or my wife would have some explaining to do.
Here is one for a good price
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Hamer has made some beautiful basses.
Turned out great. We had buttered carrots, mashed potatoes and gravy, fresh cut pineapple and bisquets with honey and boysenberry jam. Life is good.
You are a gentleman and a scholar.
I did not think tonewood made much difference until comparing a 2013 EB to a 2015 Thunderbird. Both are made in USA Gibsons. The EB has a maple set neck and ash or alder body. The Thunderbird is mahogany and built the way we all know and love. The pickups are the same, as are the electronics for all intents and purposes. The EB is significantly brighter and has a harder attack with more light yellow in the sound. The Thunderbird has more dark maroon in its sound. They sound similar, as you would expect, but they have very different overtones and highlights.
I can't help wondering if my biggest beef with the EpiBird 5er wasn't the alder body/maple neck rather than mahogany body/neck.
My experience as well. My EB13 has more punch/attack and is brighter than my 2015 TBird. Many will claim that the pickups/electronics in any given bass are the sole sound of that bass and if you move the pups to a different bass it will sound exactly like the one you took them out of regardless of the body or neck woods.
May very well be the case. My preference is Mahogany or maple body basses with Mahogany or maple necks and rosewood fretboards. But I do have one pine body bass with a maple/maple neck that sounds phenomenal, so some day I'd be interested to try that combo in a TBird shape with bird electronics. Could be interesting, might sound horrible, never know until you try.
Well, is not a Thunderbird but the puppy (4 year old Aussie, a perpetual puppy) is really enjoying the new chew toy she found in her stocking...
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As for me, among many nice things under the tree, I did receive a sweet little gift wrapped note from the wife - good for one bass of my choice! She asked if I was going to get another Thunderbird. It's apparently her favorite sounding bass in my collection. Can't argue with good taste.
I think you are likely on to something there. Yes they are. The VPs are from the Cort plant in Indonesia, the Embassy's are from China.
The new Embassy's are supposed to be Mahogany. Really the only difference should be the set neck as far as I can tell. I'm a believer in wood contributing to the tone. Basswood sounds like mud to me the few times I've played a bass made out of it. But I can't tell that the set neck or neck through makes any difference. I'm sure it does, but I can't tell it. My '64 Thunderbird and the set neck '64 Epi Embassy seem to have the same sustain and are very close in tone. But the Bird does sound a very slight tad better for some reason. Maybe it's the "wings" that make the difference!
Well I'd say Google, but that's a search function, isn't it... LOL
Gibson provides instructions on their website.
I am told that links to Let Me Google That For You are disallowed by the site software. Instead (in other threads) various people with varying levels of maliciousness suggest searching. But we love to demonstrate our intelligence and idiocy by providing marginally useful answers every time they come up.*
I see that the site software censors the name... Because software can't assume that we will all act like adults.
I want to help, but don't have time to deal because I'm always in an anxiety-driven forward drive to some chore or job. I do steal a minute to look in here though.
That is tempting though... lol...
It's Ok, it isn't your job to keep me entertained. And Uncle Buck is on TV. One of the most brilliantly funny John Candy performances.
