The Last Bass Outpost

Quote from: TBird1958 on June 20, 2013, 04:29:13 PM

I keep thinking I should have a Studio 5er 'Bird


But I'm not paying the 6k ebay idiot!

    Nor you need to. Trade one of yours with mine 

Quote from: uwe on December 04, 2012, 04:45:08 AM
The mind (my mind at least) is a funny thing. When I held my first Gibson TBird in hand in 1998, I was horrified at the wavy kitchen brush paint job with dents in the wood and all. These days I like that and rate high gloss ultra-even finishes as cheap along the lines of "what are they hiding underneath it?"

Not only I like seeing the grain, but also like the way nitro wears out and gets gloss marks and all sorts of dirtyness. Plus, the smell.

Quote from: iamthatguy32 on November 21, 2012, 12:05:50 AM
Unfortunately, the small market that there is for an authentic T-bird won't be truly happy with anything that Gibson puts out

Well, the Tbird's market IS small, either in it's actual shape or not, so why not refresh it? I guess any kind of change people keep asking for is both easy to do (since it doesn't quite require that much of a development) and likely profitable.
I mean.. what the hell... chrome covers and classic white finish for instance? What's so difficult about that?

Quote from: Dave W on November 20, 2012, 09:37:22 AM
I haven't heard the Midtown yet, but comparing it to the Casady is apples to oranges, really. The Casady is traditional semi-hollow construction, the Midtown is a chambered solidbody. The Casady has that special circuit with the low impedance pickup and varitone, the Midtown has traditional passive Gibson electronics.

Yes, I do agree it might be a somewhat unfair comparison, but my point is not really about "who has the biggest balls". That's for talkbass threads.

It's more about how would it seat on a mix, or how it would sound in a practical situation. Since it has pretty much the same "controversial" electronics as the Tbird, and the JC is renowned for it's versatility, I believe it's fair to ask for what kind of bass are we really talking about here.

Weeeeeeeeell.. I do am enthraled about all this discussion, but does anyone have some more feedback on the midtown? Soundwise, for instance? I'm rather curious about how it compares to de Jack Cassady.

Quote from: NOT on August 23, 2012, 02:48:28 PM
I had a studio 'Bird with a cherry finish. It's tone reminded me of a Fender Precision. Very deep sound. The finish was very sleek and it played beautifully. I loved it, but later traded it for a white Gibson Thunderbird standard.

I SO MUCH would like to do the same thing! Black Studio 5'er here, but my dreamone is still the classic white IV.. *sigh*