10. One definite fan, though, was The Who’s John Entwistle who used both “reverse” and “non-reverse” Thunderbird IVs in the early ‘70s. He told Guitar Player magazine in 1975, “Once I realized the Thunderbird was the bass I was going to be playing for a few years, I panicked because [Gibson had] stopped making them. I went to Manny’s [NYC guitar store] and told them to buy up the whole stock, so consequently I got 10 two-pickup Thunderbirds.”
...and immediately tossed almost everything but the pups, rings, bridges and tailpieces.
