2021 Nonreverse Thunderbird update

godofthunder · February 17, 2021, 03:50:05 PM

I have been informed that the pickups are going to be 60's spec humbucking alnico five units. This info comes directly from Gibson.This is very good news indeed, I can even forgive the three point. Delivery ETA April

OldManC · February 17, 2021, 06:24:54 PM

Now you've gone and made me want one...

This sounds very promising!

Dave W · February 18, 2021, 01:57:26 AM

I'm not in the market, but that's very good news.

Basvarken · February 18, 2021, 03:40:33 AM

Will they be the same as the Epiphone pickups in the Vintage Pro?

godofthunder · February 18, 2021, 04:41:53 AM

No word if they are the same as the Epiphone 760s, it would make sense but then we are talking about Gibson.

uwe · February 18, 2021, 09:43:30 AM

Can you get it with custom-made black hardware?

Psycho Bass Guy · February 18, 2021, 10:19:59 AM

Quote from: uwe on February 18, 2021, 09:43:30 AM
Can you custom-made black hardware?

Why? Here's some replacements that will work quite nicely: https://reverb.com/item/3384385-fender-aerodyne-jazz-bass-hardware-set-bridge-tuners-smoked-chrome

uwe · February 18, 2021, 03:52:57 PM

Were you always that nasty or is that a comparatively recent development?

Psycho Bass Guy · February 18, 2021, 06:19:18 PM

That hardware looks much darker in person, and all joking aside, would you consider some kind of Gibson smoked chrome a fair compromise? I don't recall seeing it on anything but Fender Aerodynes, but a modern T-Bird seems to be practically begging for it.

Alanko · March 04, 2021, 02:18:44 PM

Quote from: godofthunder on February 18, 2021, 04:41:53 AM
No word if they are the same as the Epiphone 760s, it would make sense but then we are talking about Gibson.

Who winds the ritzy Epiphone pickups like the Probuckers etc? I have a set of Probuckers in a Telecaster and there was no indication on the baseplate of who the OEM was. Presumably they weren't wound in the US though.

For a full fat Gibson, would Gibson work with a US pickup winder or tool up to make them in-house?

Dave W · March 04, 2021, 10:57:14 PM

Gibson does make pickups in-house. Maybe not all of them, though.

godofthunder · March 25, 2021, 03:06:50 PM

Eta I am told is April, possibly early in the month. Waiting waiting waiting.

Ken · March 25, 2021, 03:14:30 PM

Interesting there's still nothing on the Gibson site about it. April is almost here.

uwe · March 25, 2021, 07:22:14 PM

Shall I order some diapers for y'all?

Can't wait for further details to leak ...

Ken · March 25, 2021, 07:27:27 PM

Quote from: uwe on March 25, 2021, 07:22:14 PM
Shall I order some diapers for y'all?

Can't wait for further details to leak ...

For me it's just idle curiosity since I play left-handed.