Finally tried a Epi Classic Pro Thunderbird!

[fur85]

"MF is currently offering $75.00 off orders of $399 or more."

Epiphone is on the very long list of manufacturers choosing not to participate. I put one in the cart and applied the code and got this.

"This discount doesn't apply to items in your cart. Click "Chat Now" or call us at 800-449-9128 for assistance."

Will MF give you the discount if you call them? I haven't decided about buying one yet but would like to know if the offer would apply

[godofthunder]

 I called ordered mine got the discount and 18 months to pay 

[dadagoboi]

Did you get $75 off?

[godofthunder]

Yep 75 bucks off 

[Dave W]

I'm sure there are some Chinese factories putting out excellent product. My problem with buying one is that almost all of them are built to the cheapest price point possible using inferior hardware and electronics. No doubt there are exceptions.

[Dave W]

"MF is currently offering $75.00 off orders of $399 or more."

Epiphone is on the very long list of manufacturers choosing not to participate. I put one in the cart and applied the code and got this.

"This discount doesn't apply to items in your cart. Click "Chat Now" or call us at 800-449-9128 for assistance."

Will MF give you the discount if you call them? I haven't decided about buying one yet but would like to know if the offer would apply

They will almost always give you the discount if you call and ask for it. Likewise with Fender and some others. They just can't do it on the website.

[lowend1]

A few years back I bought a Epi limited edition bolt on Thunderbird in white with chrome hardware. The bass felt cheap and the finish was quite thick. The finish on the Classic Pro seems much thinner and well applied. The bass does not feel cheap at all.

I've played a few of the Classic IV Pros. They felt nice enough to entertain thoughts of buying, but none were drop dead awesome out of the box. I'm holding off in hopes that they will either offer more colors or re-formulate the sunburst. Too orangey. I would like to see them do it in trans cherry.
Scott, I have one of the Epi CS/LE white/chrome Thunderbirds, and while there were obviously compromises made to hit the price point, it's still a pretty ballsy sounding bass (I know some people here hate the chrome "Midbuckers" that they used). It rivals my '68 EB-0 and Dan Armstrong for sheer volume.

[uwe]

The Pros reputedly have original Gibson TB Plus pups, but mine doesn't have the presence sparkle a new off-the-rack Gibbie TB would have. It's a mellower sound overall, but not bad in any way. And the upper register access isn't just a little bit but enormously better thanks to the slightly offset body wings. You can play high register stuff on this bass like you can on a P Bass or a Ric - something no other Rev TBird offers.

[Denis]

I think they are made in Indonesia. When I went to Sam Ash to see the G-3 I would shortly end up with I tried one of the Epi Pros and was tremendously impressed. It felt good, sounded great, was finished very well, etc. I thought it was well worth the money!

[gearHed289]

I may regret asking this but ... why?

Mostly because of the resentment I have over them being allowed to devastate American manufacturing, and the casual attitude people have about buying their products when we're perfectly capable of making better ones here in my own country. Now I hear we'll be getting chicken from Chinese slaughter houses sent over here to grocery stores. And have you read about their talapia? Mmmm! 

[gweimer]

Mostly because of the resentment I have over them being allowed to devastate American manufacturing, and the casual attitude people have about buying their products when we're perfectly capable of making better ones here in my own country. Now I hear we'll be getting chicken from Chinese slaughter houses sent over here to grocery stores. And have you read about their talapia? Mmmm! 

Nearly all Tilapia is farm-raised.  And, contrary to popular belief, it's not full of Omega-3.  It's full of Omega-6, which may not always be good for you.

[Dave W]

Mostly because of the resentment I have over them being allowed to devastate American manufacturing, and the casual attitude people have about buying their products when we're perfectly capable of making better ones here in my own country. Now I hear we'll be getting chicken from Chinese slaughter houses sent over here to grocery stores. And have you read about their talapia? Mmmm! 

I understand how you feel. The problem is that there's no way to convince people to pay more for certain products when they're insisting on paying as little as possible. There's even some resentment of American-made products by people who are convinced the companies are deliberately ripping them off. I've seen this at certain guitar forums, even though many American guitars are less expensive in today's dollars than they were 50 years ago.

[neepheid]

Mostly because of the resentment I have over them being allowed to devastate American manufacturing, and the casual attitude people have about buying their products when we're perfectly capable of making better ones here in my own country. Now I hear we'll be getting chicken from Chinese slaughter houses sent over here to grocery stores. And have you read about their talapia? Mmmm! 

"Allowed"?  What's the alternative?  How does one stop it?  It's hardly a phenomenon limited to the US.  The textiles industry in the UK has been demolished by cheap clothes made in the far East.  UK manufacturing in general has taken a battering because things can be made cheaper (and sometimes better) elsewhere.  Why?  People in general seem to have exhibited a relentless desire to acquire more for less, and I don't blame them one bit.  In my opinion the East has caught up while the West was resting its overpaid flabby self on its fat laurels.

I'm not bitter.  The UK's evolving, slowly.  Because it has to.  The Empire's long gone.  The marketplace is truly global and it is folly to take a parochial, blinkered view of it.  We cannot compete in some areas.  So we do something else instead.  Like whisky and financial services.  Hopefully not at the same time, or perhaps that's how the recessions keep happening

[Highlander]

+1 on the view of our crumbling [/Empire]

You voting for independence...?  I would be if I was that side of the border, and then I'd be after Eurofunding to set up the Lewis-Hebridean  Eilann Fraoich - Cream of the Isles (tm) distillery - imagine having to store all those sherry casks for eight to twelve years or longer, and the sheer pleasure of the "Angel's Share" as you walked into the warehouse...

... My problem with buying one is that almost all of them are built to the cheapest price point possible using inferior hardware and electronics...

14 men walked on the moon following that principle... never mind the quality, feel the notes...

[4stringer77]

"We cannot compete in some areas.  So we do something else instead.  Like whisky and financial services.

Japan produces some fine whisky.