Thunderbird Club

[LowEndLobster]

New review video is up! Looking at the Epiphone Thunderbird Pro V 5 string....



... Sorry Tbird friends. Not a fan of this one. That's not to say there won't be other birds in my future (though it'll definitely be a 4 string). Please don't kick me out <3

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Awesome!

 

[GonePlaid]

ran into John Daniels last night...as they say, “ You play, you pay”...trying to wake up here.....this is helping...

The way De Leo holds his bass when he's standing, he needs a THUNDERBIRD.

 

[JJR58]

But Washington has the space needle!

More important, The TBird HeadQuarters.

 

[TBird1958]

New review video is up! Looking at the Epiphone Thunderbird Pro V 5 string....



... Sorry Tbird friends. Not a fan of this one. That's not to say there won't be other birds in my future (though it'll definitely be a 4 string). Please don't kick me out <3

I have to ask, why? Of all the great Thunderbirds out there that you would choose this one? It's a foregone conclusion.

Here's what a real Thunderbird sounds like.

 

[LowEndLobster]

I have to ask, why? Of all the great Thunderbirds out there that you would choose this one? It's a foregone conclusion.

Here's what a real Thunderbird sounds like.

Yeah... This one was poop. Please, tbird elders.. guide my neophyte ways. What is a solid T bird that you'd like to see me review?

 

[TBird1958]

Yeah... This one was poop. Please, tbird elders.. guide my neophyte ways. What is a solid T bird that you'd like to see me review?

The two worth considering from Epiphone are the "Classic Pro" and "Vintage Pro" both are available and relevant.

 

[BklynKen]

Yeah... This one was poop. Please, tbird elders.. guide my neophyte ways. What is a solid T bird that you'd like to see me review?

What the Queen said. Plus any of the relatively recent Gibsons I think.

By the way, what's with the lobster thing?

 

[JIO]

Found this obviously re-finished bird on the net - kinda cool but I can imagine it getting old fast. I had an '06 '51P RI in what I called toxic mustard that I liked when I bought it but after a short while I refinished it.

 

[LowEndLobster]

The two worth considering from Epiphone are the "Classic Pro" and "Vintage Pro" both are available and relevant.

Thank you m'queen . I'm definitely going to snag one or the other for the next round of reviews... I have so many to review still, AND I got something lined up with a small brand from Switzerland that is sending me an instrument to review . Another TBird is on the horizon for sure!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Found this obviously re-finished bird on the net - kinda cool but I can imagine it getting old fast. I had an '06 '51P RI in what I called toxic mustard that I liked when I bought it but after a short while I refinished it.

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think I can put up with the getting old part..

 

[fasterpussycat]

New review video is up! Looking at the Epiphone Thunderbird Pro V 5 string....



... Sorry Tbird friends. Not a fan of this one. That's not to say there won't be other birds in my future (though it'll definitely be a 4 string). Please don't kick me out <3

Haven't yet watched your video, but could have told you that before you started.

[Update after watching:] Yes, the electronics are truly atrocious. I had the 4 string, and it sounded okay once the electronics were stripped out and the pickups replaced with some decent humbuckers (and standard 500kΩ pots) wired V-V.

 

[RedVee]

I didn’t know Adam Schlessinger (RIP) played a Thunderbird. Pic in article.

Coronavirus: Massachusetts, nationally-known musicians recall talent of Adam Schlesinger

 

[JIO]

I can put up with it getting old..

I like the colour, a lot. Same shade was used for the '90s RI's of Danelectro guitars/basses. (one of many pastels) Greens generally have always been less common.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I like the colour, a lot. Same shade was used for the '90s RI's of Danelectro guitars/basses. (one of many pastels) Greens generally have always been less common.

RI’s?

 

[fasterpussycat]

Found this obviously re-finished bird on the net - kinda cool but I can imagine it getting old fast. I had an '06 '51P RI in what I called toxic mustard that I liked when I bought it but after a short while I refinished it.

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Nonsense, it's a fine lime finish.

 

[GonePlaid]

think I can put up with the getting old part..

Me too also.

 

[Klondike]

Yeah... This one was poop. Please, tbird elders.. guide my neophyte ways. What is a solid T bird that you'd like to see me review?

as our queen, her highness suggested the VP and the Classic, might I suggest you review both.

 

[GBassNorth]

New review video is up! Looking at the Epiphone Thunderbird Pro V 5 string....



... Sorry Tbird friends. Not a fan of this one. That's not to say there won't be other birds in my future (though it'll definitely be a 4 string). Please don't kick me out <3

Yep that sounds about right for that particular bird, which is an outlier in just about every sense.
I'm gonna go out in a slightly different direction and suggest you do a shoot out between an Epiphone Thunderbird VP and a new Epiphone Embassy. They both have the same pickups and similar woods but obviously completely different shapes and ergonomics. It might be interesting if they sound close enough because it would give those Fenderish inclined folks a non TBird shaped option to pursue if they like the sound.
Warning, if you're like most people, once you play the TBird VP you probably won't want to return it.

 

[JIO]

RI’s?

re-issue