another Christmas bird

[ramone57]

I wanted to post this earlier but didn't have time to take the required pics 
my lovely wife asked for a few ideas for Christmas gifts and at the end of my list, I jokingly put an ad for a Epi Tbird Pro IV with no expectations of her buying it.  anyway, after the family finished exchanging gifts, we sat down for our tradional Christmas breakfast of french toast, eggs and sausage.  after breakfast we went to sit around the tree but as we left the kitchen, my daughter distracted me while my son ran upstairs.  when we made it to the living room, there was the bird propped up against one of the chairs!  to say the least, I was shocked and was speachless.  I felt sort of guilty getting this gift but after playing it for awhile, I decided it was ok . 
it needed a setup but that's par for the course.  I had played a few at guitar center and was impressed with the build and overall quality.  not as nice as a gibson but much better than I expected.  it's tone can ranges from psuedo-mud to extremely bright.  I asked gibson about the preamp specs, but haven't heard anything yet, although they did say the pickups were a 'new special design' .  so far I've only played it at home and I'm curious to see how it does in a band setting.  it's a fairly nice bass and as Uwe mentioned in another thread, the upper fret access is just fine.  my son likes to play jazz chords and uses frets 12-16 all the time and he was able to do his thing with ease.

[TBird1958]

You have a wonderful family!

That's a really nice story and congratulations of your new 'Bird, I played one of those and really liked it too, much better than a standard Epi.

[Highlander]

congrats...   with envy...

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Congratulations! Great ax & great wife!!

[godofthunder]

Thats a nice Christmas present .................................. I think I'll show my wife this thread

[Dave W]

That sure is nice looking.

She takes hints well.

[ramone57]

thanks all, it was the biggest surprise of the day for me.

[Nocturnal]

That bass looks great! I think I'm going to pick up one of those when my finances settle back down. Nice of your family to do that for you!

[Hornisse]

Very nice present!  It sure beat the socks and underwear I got. 

[jmcgliss]

Those are the nicest photos I've seen of a T-Bird Pro.  Very nice.

[exiledarchangel]

Wow! Nice present!

The bridge, judging by those shiny thingies on the saddles, looks like some piezzo bridges someone is selling on ebay.

[Barklessdog]

Congrats, really nice bass & family.

[Lightyear]

+1, Nice bass, even nicer wife!

[ack1961]

Great family, great story and a beautiful T-bird.
You'll remember that day forever.  Awesome stuff.

[Johnny Crab]

Congrats!
Excellent basses IMO