These latest Tbirds have some very nice upgrades! It is almost like they are listening to what people want? https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...-electric-bass-guitar-tobacco-burst-perimeter
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What the heck is Gibson doing?
- Thread starter mdogs
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Uncovered pickups, small headstock with silkscreen logo and satin finish for $2500 with terrible resale is what people want?
It's 2026. A 76' RI would be more like it.
Where's the new flying V bass that was teased when that other overpriced Gene simmons signature came out? It was even on the marketing and logos.
It's funny too how he has 2 signatures one he played 1 time for the paycheck and went back to playing Corts.
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The switched around headstock was probably ill advised. Makes it seem like not quite a real Thunderbird. You'd spend all that money and not have the look which to my mind is like, nearly all of the appeal of a Thunderbird.
It's a $2500 disaster . How many times are they going to release the same crap?
Gibson QC is a horror show.
I bought a brand new cme exclusive white lpjr bass when they came out and they torqued the tuners down so tight that it cracked the headstock veneer and they forgot to paint inside the horns. It's embassaring that a Chibson is sometimes actually better built.
Nothing like the early mid 90's Gibsons...
Just reissue the 63 tbird iv’s and call it good. Nobody plays tbirds for innovation
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mediocrity at its finest
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That Epiphone model nails it and is much more affordable:
Downgrades for a premium price is more like it.
We get it, you don't like Gibsons,
I do like Gibson's. Just Gibson's made pre-1999 as I feel they have made pretty much crap since then with horrible QC.We get it, you don't like Gibsons,
This looks like the spiritual continuation of a 2015 'Bird. Could be a good bass for a non-Thunderbird-connaisseur (or a hardcore Thunderbird collector), but I also wish they release a more vintage-correct reissue, as the early alnico pickups are IMHO much better than normal TB-Plusses and at least as good as those DiColas (which are very good in their 2018 EB basses).
I am a huge Gibson bass fan, but this is definitely not what I want. I want a 60's issue with a big headstock. I do prefer the 1.6" nut on this new Tbird vs the usual 1.5", but the rest is not what I look for.
I will keep rocking my NR Thunderbird! I love that thing.
I will keep rocking my NR Thunderbird! I love that thing.
There are a few as I see it:
1. Hipshot Supertone bridge. A serious upgrade by anyone's measurement.
2. Hipshot Ultralight tuners. High quality hardware and an upgrade that many, including me, do to Tbirds to improve the balance.
3. Downsized headstock. We can argue about the shape, but making it smaller is definitely better. Every time I pick mine up I just want to take a saw to the headstock.
4. Pickups, not sure these are exactly an upgrade, but I do like these pickups. I wish they had put chrome covers on them though.
Apparently it did. Smaller headstock and the body is thicker(weighs more)
looks like a chunk is missing out of the treble side of the nut too...
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Slightly different shape as well.
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