Thunderbird II 2023

[Basvarken]

David Kiswiney shared these pics with me.
Gibson's master builder Jim De Cola built this beautiful Thunderbird II for him.

The neck is not a nine ply laminate. But three piece mahogany.
The machine heads are Hipshot Ultra-lites.
The pickup is DeCola's reissue of the historic 60's T-Bird Pickup. He made the bridge a little hotter than the neck pickup, so they would balance better. David Kiswiney's bass has the hotter bridge position pickup.
It also has the Rex Brown Active boost via a push/pull switch on the tone control.
At the request of David the lower strap button was placed off-center, for better balance

Gibson should be taking these into production! They'd have a real winner in their hands.

[Chris P.]

That's so pretty! I think a one pickup Tbird is my holy grail. In white!

[morrow]

There's a lot to be said for two knob simplicity.

[TBird1958]

I want that bass!     

[uwe]

I'm not Mr Nostalgia, but this looks nice and well-done.

[BTL]

Gorgeous!

[uwe]

Let's not get carried away.

[Stjofön Big]

That work is pure magic! The future as we saw it, in 1963. How much?

[gearHed289]

Great looking bass, and well thought out. The relocated strap pin is a good idea. Hamer started doing that in the 70s on their Standards (Explorers).

[OldManC]

Hot damn! What a beauty...

[Dave W]

Outstanding!

[uwe]

I'm shutting this thread if you all don't get a grip on yourselves! 

[TBird1958]

I'm shutting this thread if you all don't get a grip on yourselves! 

Hey now! 

I have a firm grip on myself, secondly the bass is finally the one most of us have wanted for decades! Gibson need to get this into production then you can assail them for a SPCB re-issue. 

[uwe]

I will continue to closely monitor this thread and herewith reserve the implementation of any and all warranted public security measures at any time.

[TBird1958]

Gibson, please just take my money!