Uwe will still want one... ;)
Price aside, I'm somewhat disappointed that they're only showing vintage sunburst finishes while every six string they make seems to offer a myriad of top wood and colour combinations. F*nd*r have got that right by a country mile.
Only Gibson would be able to make an import TBird look better than an actual Gibson.
It often seems that Gibson's R&D Department is just Henry blindfolded, throwing darts at a board that lists various hardware and design features from competitors, along with Gibson ones. After he tosses a dozen darts, Gibson's next year of models is announced.
Everybody calm down or I will have 10 of you shot - randomly picked - to reinstate ORDNUNG.
>insert inappropriate comment of your choice here<
Eight basses, one color. :rolleyes:
http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Eight-Different-Bass-Sounds-from-the-Tbird-Bass.aspx?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Gibson%20Brands,%20Inc.&utm_content=Editorial+eBlast+-+October+14%2C+2014
Sounds like they're doing something that's already been done - a partial coil tap using a circuit that keeps some of the tapped coil frequencies from going to ground -- and renaming it "tuned coil tapping" as if it's a new discovery.
They've been doing it for 2 years with the EB for starters, haven't they?
Who the hell buys a Thunderbird because it can sound like something other than a Thunderbird? :o
This was just Gibson looking at why Musicman sells a shitload of basses.....so they jammed pickups into a TBird that looked the same.
It will be interesting to see if people buy it, without the upper fret access or balance of a Musicman....or the wide choice of colors MM offers.
....or the marketing or respect for the bass market that MM has.
And even before that: The SG-Z worked pretty much the same way and that was in the late nineties.
But hasn't a well-known Des Moines-based TBird collector of fine repute always preached to us that a variety of approaches, even those that do not dare speak their name immediately, is the spice of life? And there really isn't a typical TBird sound, some people create a piano ring tone with it, others are much warmer and darker.
I'm actually quite interested how that new TB is gonna sound (judging from how those pups sound on the EB basses and the G-3 Tribute, I don't think that a TBird sound will no longer be recognizable). I'm thinking of (re-)enlisting the help of a certain Des Moineser to obtain a specimen and have it undergo his/her usual strict testing regime so (s)he can report his/her fondlings/findings here? We need einen Experten. Or eine Expertin.
Des Moines???
Somehow, you didn't seem like an Iowa kinda guy. ???
I'm only kinda normal on the outside :o
I doubt I could stand doing more than just passing through Des Moines IA, I need mountains and water nearby to feel right.
Billy, I live in Des Moines, a small suburb south of Seattle, just up the hill a little from Puget Sound. It was first settled by people migrating west from Iowa.
Oh woe, Holy Immaculate Three Point, thy foes were many, however unjust their cause, but I (and Mark!) never wavered in our faith, we solemnly vow to uphold your memory in the wretched hardware darkness that has now befallen us ...
Interesting note: the Babicz bridge on the new T-Bird is a three point mount and a direct replacement for earlier 3 point bridges. Not on sale yet, but...http://www.fullcontacthardware.com/fch-3-point-four-string-bass-bridge-gibson-style.htm (http://www.fullcontacthardware.com/fch-3-point-four-string-bass-bridge-gibson-style.htm)
I LOVE MY 3 POINTS! ;D
I got to play the new bird at Guitar Center Atlanta tonight. The bridge looked better in person, I found it strange that it has a small (maybe 1/8 inch) spacer underneath it. I guess this is how they accommodate different neck angles?
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(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/1352513906.jpg)
I know I'm in the minority here, surrounded as I am by vintage obsessives