Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

Unlikely they're being discontinued, methinks. They were being displayed at NAMM.

Maybe they had to be removed from the website so that they could show them at NAMM. I never realized that the Epiphone website used live cameras to show the guitars and basses.

 

[Larry V]

Falling Iguanas actually made the news on many channels in Canada.

[rant] because the news couldn't find anything to report about Canada!? Newfoundland storm, federal cabinet meeting, teacher strike, pipeline court challenges... No, frozen iguanas. No wonder we no longer trust the tv news.[/rant]

I thought the same thing! Why am I hearing about cold stunned iguanas falling from trees in Florida? I must have had contact with this stupid bit of Floridian info 3 separate times yesterday.

WGAS WGAF!

On a bass related note: Could Gibson force Epi to not make VP's?

 

[PillO]

I thought the same thing! Why am I hearing about cold stunned iguanas falling from trees in Florida? I must have had contact with this stupid bit of Floridian info 3 separate times yesterday.

WGAS WGAF!

On a bass related note: Could Gibson force Epi to not make VP's?

Well, Epiphone is 100% owned by Gibson, so yes, they could.

But I suspect that they won't. Doing a turnaround of the magnitude required in Gibson is a multi-year project. Anything that is working, you don't mess with in the initial phases. I think the big undertaking that is still ongoing is narrowing the price gulf between Epiphone and Gibson. We have seen movement in that direction with more budget friendly Gibsons. Expect part 2 to be more premium Epiphones so that it there is more price overlap between budget Gibson and premium Epiphone.

 

[LetItGrowTone]

Reportedly (more than one person here said), a run of Embassys had the bridges mounted too close to the nut and couldn't be intonated. I don't know the chronology. I guess these two photos (current photos at two different retailers) show the problem (edit: see the locations of the bridges relative to the edge of the wood, the pickguard screw, and the bridge pickup):

 

[Larry V]

Reportedly (more than one person here said), a run of Embassys had the bridges mounted too close to the nut and couldn't be intonated. I don't know the chronology. I guess these two photos (current photos at two different retailers) show the problem:

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It looks to me as if the bridge that is further from the nut has the intonation issue.

 

[fasterpussycat]

VPs are still on the Epi website.

Epiphone | Thunderbird Vintage PRO

 

[LetItGrowTone]

It looks to me as if the bridge that is further from the nut has the intonation issue.

No, those basses in the photos have not necessarily been adjusted. The bad one is reportedly the one closer to the nut as the saddles had to go all the way back, as on this used one:

 

[Larry V]

No, those basses in the photos have not necessarily been adjusted.

Then why include the photos?

 

[LetItGrowTone]

Then why include the photos?

Because the photos show the locations of the bridges relative to the end of the wood, the pickguard screw, and the bridge pickup. See?

 

[Larry V]

The bad one is reportedly the one closer to the nut as the saddles had to go all the way back, as on this used one:

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Thanks. This latest picture shows the problem clearly.

 

[Bassmike62]

Unlikely they're being discontinued, methinks. They were being displayed at NAMM.

Good point

 

[FlyingPigSound]

My Gibby TBird in the studio...

 

[gaffster]

You know you are getting old when your start playing gigs at 'the moose'. Soundcheck was messing up the BINGO game. That's some serious shite, too.

 

[gaffster]

Low Ceilings and old school lights don't mix...

 

[FlyingPigSound]

Obviously the website it being prepared for the addition of the NR VP in PB, IG, BMM, Ebony, and White...

Oh my! The idea of a Pelham Blue or sunburst non-reverse VP? *DROOOOOL*

 

[Count Bassie]

Low Ceilings and old school lights don't mix...
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Sure they do! Like plastic on the couch at your friend's house, it's what we grew up with!

 

[dagrev]

Moreso meetings with lawyers representing parties with somewhat aligned interests.

That "somewhat" is the tricky part that can instantly become a crevasse where everyone goes down the stupid hole together.

 

[dagrev]

....Maybe selling faster than expected.

If the VP were completely gone from the Epi site, I'd suspect it had cut into Gibson sales too much.

I can certainly believe that.

 

[Engle]

A long time ago in a land far far away ... bass players had Marshall stacks too.

I have some Marshall power just waiting for a rock gig:

 

[dagrev]

Falling Iguanas actually made the news on many channels in Canada.

[rant] because the news couldn't find anything to report about Canada!? Newfoundland storm, federal cabinet meeting, teacher strike, pipeline court challenges... No, frozen iguanas. No wonder we no longer trust the tv news.[/rant]

Things happen in Canada? Who knew! Maybe your news just isn't interesting news. After all, frozen iguanas are riveting.