It's relatively light, easy to manage, fun to play, and makes for a great secondary/practice bass. Again, not a big deal, especially for an entry level guitar, but if you're a junkie who likes to get your gear dialed in perfect you'll find it frustrating. There is very little flexibility or adjustment for dialing the action in to your preferences. I wasn't overly impressed with the hardware, mostly due to the bridge. ![]() Big picture, if you're playing rock, maybe some metal this has nice powerful deep tones, decent sustain, and is an all around decent guitar, especially when you figure in the price tag. The Epiphone Thunderbird 60s Bass is an incredibly accurate reproduction of the classic electric bass first introduced in 1963 that has since powered. This is a downside brought about by the fender lawsuit that made them flip the bod y upside down to make it look less like. The Custom shop logo is on all of Epiphones Limited Edition colors, ie Alpine White Pelham Blue and Candy Apple Red - This one is mine before I made it into a Fenderbird. ![]() Bassists could now enjoy some distinctively shaped instruments and get their. My only real gripe is that accessing the frets higher up on the neck is a pain. Nearly four decades ago, the Thunderbird bass design was introduced by Gibson. I have 1 Vol, 1 Tone, 1 Pickup Blend, & 1. Les Paul Models SG Models ES Models Basses Designer Models Gibson Custom Shop Super Jumbo Models Square Shoulder Models Round Shoulder Small Body. On my older Epi active basses the knob config is a bit different. Epiphone brings with the Thunderbird IV an affordable and convincing copy onto the market. I wasn't looking to buy it, but the store made me a package offer along with a vintage Ampeg Portaflex that I was going to buy anyway. Not sure which is which, but it shouldnt be too hard to figure out. on: March 10, 2011, 06:32:09 PM A while back I came across a stupid good deal on an 'Limited Edition/Custom Shop' Epiphone Thunderbird at Music Go Round. The middle knob will be your mids, and the other two will be bass and treble. The neck is smooth, well rounded and fast. Whichever one it is, the other three should be EQ control if what I've read is correct. Epiphone Thunderbird 60´s Bass TS Electric Bass Body: Mahogany 7-Piece neck: Mahogany walnut Neck profile: 1960s. Everyone talks about how these guitars are heavy, but compared to my main bass (Peavey Void 4) this is much lighter, and has less neck dive. This particular model has passive pickups, a nice feature if you're used to actives and don't want to fool around with batteries and unplugging your guitar when you aren't playing. 2009 Epiphone Thunderbird Goth XII Bass Guitar Pickguard Original Black Screws £29.04 £18.40 postage or Best Offer 2005 Epiphone EB0 SG Bass Guitar Original Black Pickguard £96.81 £19.35 postage or Best Offer 1984 Epiphone by Gibson Strat Lefty Electric Guitar Original White Pickguard £96.81 £25. Were very impressed with the new range of Epiphone now at the shop The Epiphone Thunderbird 60s Bass is an incredibly accurate reproduction of the classic. ![]() ![]() Styling is okay, at least it's not the typical faceless bass guitar you see lining the shelves at Guitar Center. I would love to get the full blown Gibson some day, but for now i grabbed a base model epi goth edition. Ahhh, the almighty Thunderbird VI! This review is gonna be kinda short, but not lacking in content.this bass is a MASSIVE ROCK AND ROLL THUNDER MACHINE! It's a huge, burly, manly bass that smaller bassists will (probably lol) run from in fear! It's the Godzilla of bass guitars, it's nasty, loud, thick sounding and truly wicked! If you don't own one, then that's your loss.but remember, it takes a certain kind of bassist to wrangle this bottom trolling beast (no wussy high notes in THIS bass lol), the type that worship at the altar of John Entwistle, Felix Pappalardi, Chris Squire and Lemmy Kilmister (my bass heroes, in no particular order.I have had my eye on a TBird for quite a while. Used Epiphone Thunderbird IV Bass w/ Case - Alpine White 060823. The Epiphone 940-ETBCS Thunderbird Bass Hardshell Case is a durable high quality flight case for electric bass guitars.
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