Epi Thunderbird Classic-IV Pro now on their site ...

[uwe]

Jaco would probably disagree, but then who's he?! 

[uwe]

  I know, Epi doesn't know how to make basses either, they just sell a few. If you listen to the bass run at the end of the Sam Ash vid then that is not bright, bony and thin to me, but a full sound with perhaps more presence than you would expect on a TBird. Maybe that is what they wanted, both pups seem to be eq'ed full throttle. The TB Plus on this Epi is not closer to the bridge than on a Gibson IV or V where it did fine service. TB Plus pups are full sounding pups, in comparison to other pups perhaps even a little too phat for current tastes. A lot of people - Nikki Sixx! - tend to use both pups full on, so combining a very bright position with a bassier one it not per se madness.  Besides, I like the picking room that has been created between the two pups by pushing that rear pup to the bridge. Who knows, it might be the sweet spot to hit the string, right there where a Ric player would like to but regularly can't without removing the cover.

I'm Epi's defense attorney here.

[dadagoboi]

I'm Epi's defense attorney here.

Worth every penny

[Highlander]

PC's answer to upper register access...



(no I still haven't fitted the Lollar pup... )

[Dave W]

Jaco would probably disagree, but then who's he?!  

An EB-3 bridge pickup is about twice as close to the bridge as a Jazz-type bridge pickup. This Epi bridge pickup looks even closer. So if you're using Jaco's bridge pickup work as an example, it isn't a fair comparison.

[dadagoboi]

An EB-3 bridge pickup is about twice as close to the bridge as a Jazz-type bridge pickup. This Epi bridge pickup looks even closer. So if you're using Jaco's bridge pickup work as an example, it isn't a fair comparison.

Especially since Jaco's 'bass of doom' was a '62 Jazz with the bridge pickup closer to the neck than later Jazz basses.

[iamthatguy32]

Sweetwater just called to say that my bass has shipped. Pictures and first impressions when it gets here.

[TBird1958]

Same here for Uwe's

[uwe]

Anticipation!!!

[TBird1958]

A Maho woodie 

[uwe]

Certified maho wood.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G - I love anthropology!

[TBird1958]

Well that's certainly festive! 






I'm sproingky.......and stuck at work 

[uwe]

Festive? You probably meant the similarly sounding German adjective - festes Holz.

[TBird1958]

Ahhhh...... the Festival of Wood 

[Highlander]

I dread to think the connotations of the Woody Woodpecker Show...