New take on the Thunderbird by ESP

[Chris P.]

http://www.bassplayer.com/article/esp-basses-at-namm-2014/153794

I kinda like it. Grows on me. It certainly has a really own vibe.

[Granny Gremlin]

Aye, tis a bonnie bass; but it's na a TBoid!

(looks like it takes more design elements from the Ibanez Iceman than a TBird to me)

[gweimer]

It should be mahogany.  Yes, it needs to be mahogany.  

[FrankieTbird]

Ay yai yai, that's even worse than the Schecter Ultra Bass.
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[TBird1958]

Not a Thunderbird, and I'm not buying one.............That said, I kind of like it, it's not shaped like a 7ender! 

[Dave W]

It's yet another VTSO (vaguely Thunderbird-shaped object).

Not attractive to me, though I've seen much worse attempts.

[Basvarken]

The partial flamed maple top looks too far fetched for me.

[Chris P.]

At least they try something different:)

[Basvarken]

Yeah, but that's not good enough, haha!   

[gearHed289]

Eh, it's different, but I'd just as soon buy an Iceman.

[uwe]

I love the Iceman shape and I like this too though it is obviously inspired by the former. Both are Japanese design in a good way or at least in a way that appeals to me. LIke this here did way back in 1980, no other motorcycle had looked like it before:



The last interesting shape I saw from a non-Japanese maker was the initially much derided, but now well-established EBMM Bongo (come to think of it: also an Axis Powers origin design given BMW's involcement with the shape   ).

And I liked this here, but that was an Asian design as well:



You know, not every goddamned bass on earth has to look like a reliced P or J!  

OTOH, Japanese design can get carried away too:

[Highlander]

Quite liked the blue one...

[the mojo hobo]

Me too. But I don't want a pick guard even if it is clear.

[uwe]

That shape has real elegance. Knowing ESP they are probably active though, right?

[Dave W]

Those particular EMGs are active.