Thunderbirds, epiphone or expensive Gibson?

[Muzz]

Triggers Broom you say? Hmmmm....let's see - new neck, new tuners, new bridge, new wiring, new knobs, new D'addarios.... nope, you still win

Wait till my Nordies arrive, though...

[Aliskull]

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1323279122' post='1461557']
Can't comment on the Gibson,but the Tokai Tbird is way better then the Epiphone one.
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[EmmettC]

I used to have an Epiphone one, and it was a bit of fun to play, the Gibson is better, but I'm a little more precious about it, so I seem to have less fun playing it. I'd like to try the Fender-bird idea, sounds awesome.

[bigsmokebass]

I'd say Gibson BUT I always recommend playing one first and deciding for yourself.

After all it's the difference between a <£300 bass or £1,100 one.

Either way, your after a real nice bass

[brensabre79]

+1 for the Epiphone T-Bird Pro, it bears no resemblance to the standard Epi T-Bird which is a standard bolt on Fender copy in the T-Bird shape. The T-Bird Pro is Mahogany and Maple, 5-piece Thru-neck, active electronics, humbuckers and the bridge is waayyy better than even the Gibson one! I had one, I loved it, but not as much as I love my Fenders, so it had to go

One thing to watch for, they are made in china and as such the QC is a bit dodgy, I had to do a wiring repair and replace some of the pickup screws on mine (the cheap screws break pretty easily going into hard woods) and to avoid neck dive put a strap button on the back right at the end of the neck. oh and buy straplocks!

I don't think the Gibson T-birds I have played are worth the extra ££s having tried the Epiphone T-Bird Pro to be honest. just my 2p