Rex Brown Tbird?

[Basvarken]

[morrow]

I was about to post that .

[Ken]

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.

[Basvarken]

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

[Ken]

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.

[godofthunder]

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.

[uwe]

That is an extension of the existing TBird line that actually makes sense and should have been done years ago.

[4stringer77]

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?

[Basvarken]

Rob meant to say Rosewood fingerboard.

Oops. Yeah. Corrected that. Thanx

[TBird1958]

I likey!

[Basvarken]

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.

[Ken]

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?

[Basvarken]

No, only the tone is push pull. It activates the pre-amp.

[uwe]

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!

[morrow]

I would love to see another short scale bird .