New (to me) Gibson 2005 Thunderbird Studio

Started by TBird1958, May 18, 2020, 09:22:23 AM

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TBird1958



New to me Gibson 2006 Studio, I'm really digging this bass! Great tone from (of all things!) TB Plus pickups, this is a pretty lively set of them. This one came to me all the way from Memphis (I think there's a song in that) , got a really good deal!

You know it's mine 'cause there's a Subaru involved, the only 7enders at my house are on the car.

 

A bit of video fun too.


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Basvarken

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Pilgrim

That one does sound very "forward". Ought to sound great with the band.
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Dave W

That sounds great, and I agree that it was made for pick playing.

OldManC

Wow, that's a great sounding bird. Thanks for the demo!

doombass

That's a great sound that'll cut through well! It indeed seems to be surprisingly "in your face" for being a TB Plus equipped 'Bird.

Ken

Yeah, those SIT strings are fantastic with the TB+ pickups.

Dave W

Jack Bruce was using SIT stainless Rock Brights in his later years, 50-105 IIRC.

dadagoboi


gearHed289

Angry bird! Sounds great. Actually sounds very much like my Les Paul.

lowend1

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uwe

Those were always underrated and good vallue for money. Not the most elegant instrument, kind of a Victory and a real T-Bird lumped together!
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

Basvarken

More like a Thunderbird and Embassy lumped together I'd say
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lowend1

Quote from: uwe on May 26, 2020, 02:28:18 AM
Those were always underrated and good vallue for money. Not the most elegant instrument, kind of a Victory and a real T-Bird lumped together!

I was pleasantly surprised. I don't know whether it holds true in all Studios, but mine is significantly heavier than either my Epiphone CP or VP. Oddly it seems to have similar sustain characteristics to the neck-through basses.
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TBird1958

Quote from: uwe on May 26, 2020, 02:28:18 AM
Those were always underrated and good vallue for money. Not the most elegant instrument, kind of a Victory and a real T-Bird lumped together!

It's a very authoritative bass, perhaps the set neck and TB Plus are the match? I got this one for $840.00 shipped = Happy Queen! It had some Flats on it, they were awful, plonky and thin sounding. It likes steel rounds a lot! 
Resident T Bird playing Drag Queen www.thenastyhabits.com  "Impülsivê", the new lush fragrance as worn by the unbelievable Fräulein Rômmélle! Traces of black patent leather, Panzer grease, mahogany and model train oil mingle and combust to one sheer sensation ...