"New" Epiphone Thunderbirds - Thunderbird '64

[neepheid]

Something's been bugging me about these - it's the single colour on the headstock.  Should Epiphone have done a trad black headstock with colour outline?  Here's a quick and dirty mockup:

 

                                  VS                             

 

FIGHT

 

[Jonesy]

Ohhhhhhhhh, now that you mention it, I can't unsee it. Yours is loads better. 

 

You've ruined a perfectly good bass for me. My wallet is happy though 😃

[MichaelDean]

2 hours ago, neepheid said:

Something's been bugging me about these - it's the single colour on the headstock.  Should Epiphone have done a trad black headstock with colour outline?  Here's a quick and dirty mockup:

 

                                  VS                             

 

FIGHT

 

Just get some vinyl cut to size...

[Cosmo Valdemar]

On 04/03/2024 at 11:31, neepheid said:

Something's been bugging me about these - it's the single colour on the headstock.  Should Epiphone have done a trad black headstock with colour outline?  Here's a quick and dirty mockup:

 

                                  VS                             

 

FIGHT

 

Black with colour outline looks better, but I like the solid red one as it looks like Tom Petersson's.

 

 

[neepheid]

Damn, that does look nice in red.  Oh dear.  Just as well I think they're a mite bit too expensive, even with the addition of a gigbag and other minor improvements, if the price had been the same as the previous Vintage Pro/60s model then my gear abstinence this year might have come under more serious threat...

[neepheid]

I wonder if they're thinking about launching some additional colours, or is this wishful thinking/general error on behalf of the retailer?

 

https://www.musicstore.com/en_OT/EUR/Epiphone-Thunderbird-64-Purple-Sparkle/art-BAS0012594-002

https://www.musicstore.com/en_OT/EUR/Epiphone-Thunderbird-64-Brunswick-Blue-Sparkle/art-BAS0012594-001

 

A blue and a purple?  Sounds awesome, I hope they appear!

[Jonesy]

A purple sparkle thunderbird........?

 

I'm off to sit in a dark room and repeat 'I don't need another bass' for a few hours.

 

Maybe it'll work.

[Jonesy]

Here's a brunswick blue 335.....

https://www.gibson.com/en-GB/Electric-Guitar/CUS18827/Brunswick-Blue

 

And a purple sparkle 335.....

https://guitarscigars.net/2022/03/11/gibson-64-es-335-purple-sparkle/

 

Both look pretty great. Oh dear....

[AndyTravis]

Blue?! 😍

[Cosmo Valdemar]

2 hours ago, neepheid said:

I wonder if they're thinking about launching some additional colours, or is this wishful thinking/general error on behalf of the retailer?

 

https://www.musicstore.com/en_OT/EUR/Epiphone-Thunderbird-64-Purple-Sparkle/art-BAS0012594-002

https://www.musicstore.com/en_OT/EUR/Epiphone-Thunderbird-64-Brunswick-Blue-Sparkle/art-BAS0012594-001

 

A blue and a purple?  Sounds awesome, I hope they appear!

Balls up I'm guessing, they're "no longer available".

[neepheid]

1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Balls up I'm guessing, they're "no longer available".

 

They've never been available, so I'm hoping for "placeholder, made visible by accident"...

Edited March 26, 2024 by neepheid

[neepheid]

Mystery resolved - yes, they're real, but they're a zzounds exclusive in the US and they don't ship internationally, so tough!

 

https://www.zzounds.com/item--EPIEITB6PRSNH3

https://www.zzounds.com/item--EPIEITB6BBSNH3

 

[AndyTravis]

Oh good Jesus 

[AndyTravis]

Off to change my pants

[AndyTravis]

Looks like a Zzounds “exclusive” so we won’t see them.

[neepheid]

6 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Looks like a Zzounds “exclusive” so we won’t see them.

 

There's an echo in here...

 

[AndyTravis]

Just now, neepheid said:

 

There's an echo in here...

 

Sorry. Got very distracted by the pants party…

[NancyJohnson]

I don't mind the finishes, but in these days of all this historic reissue nonsense, you'd think that they'd go the extra mile and get the body geometry and the nuances correct.  On the left a 1964 TBII on the right, the Epiphone.  Headstock wrong, knobs wrong, sidejack, wrong, body similar, close but no cigar. 

 

Still a no from me.

 

 

 

 

[Jonesy]

*puts on thinking cap* Who do I know in the States that I can send this to, so they can then ship to me.............

[cetera]

Damn. Want that purple sparkle...

[dannybuoy]

20 hours ago, Jonesy said:

*puts on thinking cap* Who do I know in the States that I can send this to, so they can then ship to me.............

I’ve only used them for small things like pedals, but you could give this a shot: https://www.shipito.com/en/

[Shaggy]

On 04/04/2024 at 11:09, NancyJohnson said:

 On the left a 1964 TBII ........

 

To be utterly pedantic, it’s a TB IV 🙂

[NancyJohnson]

1 hour ago, Shaggy said:

 

To be utterly pedantic, it’s a TB IV 🙂

 

It's a factory conversion.  TBII, plus additional pickup.

[Shaggy]

21 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

It's a factory conversion.  TBII, plus additional pickup.

 

Ahhhh.....I stand corrected! 👍.   I thought it didn’t look quite like my ‘65 IV, but wasn’t sure how......🤔

[NancyJohnson]

7 hours ago, Shaggy said:

 

Ahhhh.....I stand corrected! 👍.   I thought it didn’t look quite like my ‘65 IV, but wasn’t sure how......🤔

 

Nope, it's a TBIV.  It's a typo.  😁