Jean-Luc Pickguard

Big Time Operator — Zoot Money's Big Roll Band

They would probably be more preoccupied with their own playing and wouldn't care enough about yours to make any kind of judgement either way.

First Shot Mist Him — Mississippi John Hurt

You mentioned you looked at short scales, how about a JMJ mustang? They're great little basses that get a lot of praise — I like 'em so much I own three of them and out of all my basses they're the only ones that get taken to rehearsals & gigs.

Hazey Jane — Nick Drake

Since You've Bin Gone — Rainbow

Down The Dustpipe — Status Quo

Innocence Decayed — The Residents

Can't Stand The Pain — The Pretty Things

Bankrobber — The Clash

Gibson really do seem to offer basses as a bit of an afterthought. They did a short scale thunderbird about a dozen years ago but only made 400 — all in black. If I had a spare £800 back then I'd have snapped one up. Surely there's a market for a run of short scale gibson basses now that aren't SGs.

The UK Gibson demo shop on reverb has one listed for £1,274.15 https://reverb.com/uk/item/70514505-gibson-non-reverse-thunderbird-faded-pelham-blue-demo

I just went looking for an image of the bass to use in the track header in logic (I do this for all of my guitars/basses/ukes) and found a source image at gear4music on this page: https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/DISC-Gibson-Non-Reverse-Thunderbird-Faded-Pelham-Blue/40R7 If I am reading it right it looks like the bass might now be discontinued.

I don't have anything handy to weigh it on at the moment, but it's lighter than it looks.

The pickups are available as a spare part: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PUTBRCC2--gibson-accessories-thunderbird-bass-reissue-pickup-chrome I wouldn’t put one in any of my mustangs though.

Doin' It (Far) Right — Daft Punk

Build Me Up Buttock Up — The Foundations

Fry Me A Liver — Julie London

Bury My Bone — The Residents

The colour is called faded pelham blue so has probably had yellow added to simulate aging.

Rock n Roll Dalmatian — AC/DC

I don't know how many basses I have. It is probably around umpteen, but could be more than that.

Christ Hammer — Melvins

Silk screening the logo onto the headstock rather than the TRC is a weird choice, but I'm getting used to it. Maybe I'll put an epiphone logo on the TRC ;o) I'm happy with the control layout. Swapping the tone pot & the output socket will possibly set off my OCD as the middle control won't be dead centre between the other two. It seems strange that there are a few Epiphone guitars available that cost more than I paid for this Gibson bass.

Crash Landing — Jimi Hendrix