GIBSON THUNDERBIRD RED SERIES
The feel of the bevelled arm rest and fingerboard edges says quality and comfort this is an inviting guitar and that Modern Deep-C neck will feel familiar to anyone who has played the electric Player series models.” A lovely dark rosewood fingerboard and bridge replaces the US version’s ebony, but that’s not anissue for us. “In terms of feel and build, we honestly can’t find a compromise between this Ensenada-made Player and the US Acoustasonics we’ve tried. MusicRadar: The onboard voice options might have been scaled down but the Acoustasonic Telecaster sticks the landing as a Player Series model, in what could be one of the guitars to make the hybrid build truly go mainstream.įender Player Series Acoustasonic Telecaster: The web says That, in sum, is the sort of thing the Acoustasonic format encourages. That said, it can be pressed into service of many different kinds of styles, perhaps some that are all your own. It is warmer, with a little more width than you’d expect from a Tele’s bridge pickup. Fender promises twang but this isn’t Pete Anderson levels of twang. Park yourself on position one for a more traditional electric guitar experience, but don’t necessarily expect a traditional Telecaster experience. In a sense, this is a sound that almost exists outside of the spectrum of acoustic/electric tones, and is sure to support pedalboard experimentation. The sound is just coming from the piezo and as you turn the blend control it adds drive. Here is where the true hybrid tones are, and as such, there are fewer references for what we are hearing. I sold it to a kid.The Lo-Fi voicings are interesting. I thought they just added another pickup? They're not the same. Mike Watt I had a non-reverse IV and I liked the II better. I actually think there is better tone with the two-piece.įlyGuitars Some people think the non-reverse Thunderbird II also sounded better than the two pickup IV.
The other difference in the Thunderbirds, the non-reverses were two piece (neck & body) and the reverse was three pieces (neck and two body wings). The old EB-3s were one-piece bodies, the non-reverse Thunderbirds, too. Mike Watt One time I was playing in Kalamazoo, they closed the factory. Mike Watt Yeah man, those are fucking great pickups.įlyGuitars Gibson did not keep records on anything. The closest I have come to them, for a few years, Chandler was making them, they sounded pretty close.įlyGuitars The 60's ones are great pickups I don't like the plastic new ones, you know they are too tepid, too dampened. There is something about, man I love them old nickel-plated Thunderbird pickups. Mike Watt I had them add a Bartolini preamp, with a bypass switch. I brought a few basses and that's the one they liked (Non Reverse II), the sound & stuff.įlyGuitars What are the extra switches on this bass? Kelly Clarkson, from a producer, an old friend I knew. I got asked to do a funny session back in November, with a pop singer that won that game show, ahhhh. I used that bass for the entire Contemplating The Engine Room. The bridge was put up too close so I had them move it up a bit. I added some mahogany & fiberglass on that thing. Gibson used that angled headstock for string tension, but, made the guy's weak. That big long headstock came off in my hands, it was all bondo. That was the good thing about touring back then, you could find basses for cheap. Boon (playing on the upper neck), but with the non-reverses it's all open for you. With the reverse, the horns are too much in the way of the higher frets. Headstock repaired and whole neck painted black.įlyGuitars Before you got into EB3s again, you were using a non-reverse Gibson Thunderbird II - what do you like about it, and what do you think about Thunderbirds in general? Output jack put on side and replaced with neutrik locking 1/4" jack. Chandler Thunderbird re-issue pickup (no longer made? check this out). Bartolini preamp with bass-mid-treb equaliser mini-switch for 200/400/800hz mid frequency. 1981 Victory Standard (Candy Apple Red)ġ966 Gibson non-reverse Thunderbird II: bridge moved up slightly so it would intonate, post holes filled and re-drilled.
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