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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #45 on: July 12, 2022, 05:57:13 AM »
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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #46 on: July 12, 2022, 06:09:22 AM »
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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #47 on: July 12, 2022, 06:11:53 AM »
I wonder if it actually comes with the Hipshot Xtender in the video.  But it basically seems to be the G2 Thunderbird with a raised center block and possibly different pickups.
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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #48 on: July 12, 2022, 06:44:46 AM »
Quote from: BklynKen on July 12, 2022, 06:11:53 AM
I wonder if it actually comes with the Hipshot Xtender in the video.  But it basically seems to be the G2 Thunderbird with a raised center block and possibly different pickups.

and
different inlays,
no bound neck,
Rosewood fingerboard instead of ebony,
and a pre-amp.

So no.
Not a G2.
At all



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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #49 on: July 12, 2022, 06:50:12 AM »
Quote from: Basvarken on July 12, 2022, 06:44:46 AM
and
different inlays,
no bound neck,
mahogany fingerboard instead of ebony,
and a pre-amp.

So no.
Not a G2.
At all

I didn't notice the preamp. But true.  I was mostly looking at the bridge, set-neck, and tuners.
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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #50 on: July 12, 2022, 06:50:59 AM »
Quote from: BklynKen on July 12, 2022, 06:11:53 AM
I wonder if it actually comes with the Hipshot Xtender in the video. I had one in my hands about a month ago. But it basically seems to be the G2 Thunderbird with a raised center block and possibly different pickups.
Basically it is a G2 with a raised center section, active pickups and the Hipshot Extender.
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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #51 on: July 12, 2022, 07:24:15 AM »
That is an extension of the existing TBird line that actually makes sense and should have been done years ago.
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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #52 on: July 12, 2022, 07:29:49 AM »
Specs are on Gibson.com. The drop tuner is standard and Rob meant to say Rosewood fingerboard. It has a push pull tone pot for active and passive but I wonder what the controls do in active mode?
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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #53 on: July 12, 2022, 08:18:10 AM »
Quote from: 4stringer77 on July 12, 2022, 07:29:49 AM
Rob meant to say Rosewood fingerboard.

Oops. Yeah. Corrected that. Thanx
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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #54 on: July 12, 2022, 08:45:00 AM »


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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #55 on: July 12, 2022, 08:53:24 AM »
From what I have heard is that the Bass extender is standard.
I don’t quite understand what the pre amp does, since the controls are VVT.
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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #56 on: July 12, 2022, 09:06:50 AM »
Quote from: Basvarken on July 12, 2022, 08:53:24 AM
From what I have heard is that the Bass extender is standard.
I don’t quite understand what the pre amp does, since the controls are VVT.

Maybe they're all push-pull for double functionality?
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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #57 on: July 12, 2022, 10:51:40 AM »
No, only the tone is push pull. It activates the pre-amp.

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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #58 on: July 12, 2022, 12:03:42 PM »
I really like the profile drawing of him on the control cavity cover!

With the low D option, the active electronics and the non-intimidating modern bridge (we have grown men in this forum still afraid of it!), I can see this going somewhere. Might attract quite a few people who liked the TBird shape and the Gibson legacy, yet have been put off by some aspects so far.

May the TRexBird conquer the earth!

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Re: Rex Brown Tbird?
« Reply #59 on: July 12, 2022, 05:13:00 PM »
I would love to see another short scale bird .
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