they figured, more of that prized, exotic honduran mahogany…Hum... That one bass is missing a pickup altogether.
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Thunderbird Club
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With a strap made out of fine Corinthian leather.
Aged in a Chrysler product.
Sorry if someone posted already but Gibson has this up for sale right now…
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Did you ever do a review of it? Why did you sell?
Those were the specs listed for my Greco as well.
I hope to god it’s not a pao ferro fretboard! The 7ender guys say it’s total carp, but only when it’s standard material. It was an up charge prior to the rosewood scare…
Gibson Custom shop Monday morning meeting excerpts:
“Ok, Team we need to find a colour more repulsive than “burst”, any ideas”?
“And we need to name it after something you find in a newborns diaper”.
“What do you mean we are out of tort pickguards”!
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Is that the lightest T-bird ever? 8.4 lbs? Also, I'll be honest, I kinda dig the witch hat knobs for a more 70s look...
I think there are a number of Tbirds in the 8lb range.
The witch hats work for me, but the brown finish does not. And that’s a pretty confusing warranty statement!
mixed feelings here.
Happy to see the Gibson word mark back on the truss cover, sad to see no bird logo on the pickguard. Happy to see a new color offering, sad that it isn’t a very big departure from tobacco burst. Happy to see the chrome bridge and tuners, sad to see the black plastic pup rings. Happy that Gibson is messing around with different ideas in the sandbox, sad that its priced at over $2500.
Just a quick thought, I applaud the concept of the mod market series, but 20 years down the road when these things hit the used market there’s probably gonna be a whole lot of confusion around the authenticity of these special runs. Word of advice to the initial buyer - take screen shots of the ad and print them, keep all the paperwork and hang tags and warranty cards and receipts in a safe place. If you ever sell the bass all that provenance could make a huge difference in the asking price.
No, both my 2013 Reverse and Reverse-Non-Reverse are 8 flat.
godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
- Feb 19, 2006
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I had the 2021 Nonreverse out at rehearsal tonight, it definitely earned a place in the stable. The pickup swap (thanks to our Queen) was wildly successful imho the Epiphone 760 Probuckers really capture that aggressive overdriven sound of a 60s Nonreverse. I yanked the stock cap and put a Sprague orange drop in, really, really happy with the results. The bass is essentially a Thunderbird II now, there is only a empty pickup cover in the bridge position. This offering from Gibson is a step in the right direction, lets hope they keep moving to a 60's spec bass.
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godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
- Feb 19, 2006
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- Endorsing Cataldo Basses, Whirlwind products, Thunderbucker pickups
Pity. But if the price was right I'd grab it.
Did you pick that up at Morty's office?
Wow. The chrome and PUs are an improvement, but not that much.
what value is the cap you put in?
I don’t have a collection of bird pickups so I left mine alone, but I rewired mine to V/B/T.
I was going to change my cap, but I wanted to try a .015uF, and a .022uF, and I’m out of .015’s.
My meter can’t measure cap values so I couldn’t see what the stock one is. Anybody know?
I have been playing my Greco lately, and dealing with 34 year old quirks, so when I picked up my 21 NR tonight, I was reassured that buying new basses is so much better…
