NancyJohnson Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I feel compelled to post this up (again). I bought this bass earlier in the year...if you know me, you'll know my love of Gibson Thunderbirds and this was a natural addition to the flock. Despite it being a new purchase, I fully intended a handful of mods; I'm no fan of the Gibson three-point bridge, so replaced that with a Hipshot Supertone and added Dunlop Straploks. There's posts elsewhere about the lack of dynamism of the tone, so the Gibson pots got replaced and are now lined up in a tidy row rather than the triangular shipping configuration. The only thing I really didn't like was the gleaming white scratchplate - by the time the original white guard will have faded to something off white, I fear I may already be in the ground - so today a lovely creamy pickguard arrived courtesy of Howard the Bass Doc. Even my wife said it looks good, and that's saying something. Anyhow, here it is. Ta-daaar! P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmonkey Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Looks great buddy. But then I too am a Gibson fan. Not yet got a T Bird but they're on my list. Would be after a white one when the right one comes up. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 That's gorgeous. How does it compare to the other way up T-bird playability wise? I'm tempted by the Pelham blue one, but then I'm also tempted by a Les Paul bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 Honestly, it's a completely different bass and a Thunderbird in name only! It's a bit heavier and the neck is chunkier than any of my reverse Thunderbirds and whilst it shares the same pickups as the reverse models, tonally it's somewhat different, in all probability because of the extra wood in the body. I've found it's easy enough to get a similar tone out of both models by tweaking things amp-side. I really didn't get on with it initially - the reasons are documented elsewhere - but now things are sorted, I'm pretty happy. I've used it for about three songs live so far. Next Tuesday will be the proof of the pudding. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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