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Gibson Basses / Thunderbird II single pickup 1986 question
« on: December 27, 2019, 08:43:38 AM »
This is my bass. Found an old post here where it suggest it could be very, very rare, maybe only one or two in this color. Original post below.
Any new info around? Anyone? Thanx.
"Gibson did a special small run of these in 1986 for key Gibson dealers in Japan, mostly in Polaris White color with ebony fingerboards. The ones from this run all have the Gibson Custom Shop decal on the back of the headstock.
I was told it was a run of only six but I ran across a post on the internet that states it may have been around 20.
Either way...they are VERY rare. I've seen three of them so far, including mine and the one Uwe owns, all Polaris White.
...I wish I could find another! I'd actually passed on a second one about a week after I'd bought this one, not realizing how rare it was at the time....and haven't found another since in six or seven years. DUH!
Any new info around? Anyone? Thanx.
"Gibson did a special small run of these in 1986 for key Gibson dealers in Japan, mostly in Polaris White color with ebony fingerboards. The ones from this run all have the Gibson Custom Shop decal on the back of the headstock.
I was told it was a run of only six but I ran across a post on the internet that states it may have been around 20.
Either way...they are VERY rare. I've seen three of them so far, including mine and the one Uwe owns, all Polaris White.
...I wish I could find another! I'd actually passed on a second one about a week after I'd bought this one, not realizing how rare it was at the time....and haven't found another since in six or seven years. DUH!