Nice to see those subtle changes in the Thunderbird but not enough to make me want to run out and buy a new one. Still very heavy in the low mids, because of its style and neck position on a short scale mahogany instrument, but I find it more usable than the old one. Having said that, the current neck pickup, or TB Plus, on these SG basses sounds nothing like the old ‘mud bucker’ on the original EB series from the 60s. That’s not to say it won’t work, but you can’t expect a whole lot of punch and treble out of it. The tone was very usable for what Cream was doing, but in most modern rock settings it’s really an acquired taste. Still very mucky and undefined (especially with over-driven marshall amps) but definitely tighter than that neck pickup. Jack Bruce preferred the bridge pickup for most of his work using an EB3 with cream. Three-point, full-contact adjustable bridge T-Bird Plus (Neck), Vintage style T-bird mini (Bridge) Gibson 2015 SG Standard Bass Specs: Scale: Gibson 2015 Thunderbird Bass Specs: Scale:Īlnico V bass pickups with two coil tap switchesįull-contact three-point adjustable bridge The Gibson 2015 SG Standard and Thunderbird Basses will come with hardshell cases and carry street prices of $1,679 and $2,599, respectively. The bass comes in Heritage Cherry Sunburst finished in a gloss lacquer. Hardware includes max grip speed knobs, Grover shamrock tuners, and a 3-point adjustable bridge. The bass is loaded with a T-Bird Plus pickup in the neck position and a T-Bird Mini pickup in the bridge position for tonal versatility. The 2015 Thunderbird will come in a Vintage Sunburst finish.įeaturing a 30.5-inch scale, the 2015 SG Standard Bass is built with a mahogany body, mahogany neck, and an unbound rosewood fingerboard. Its 9-piece laminate mahogany and walnut neck is flanked with mahogany body wings, which Gibson says offers increased sustain. The humless set has two coil tap switches to offer up eight distinct sounds. The 2015 Gibson Thunderbird steps away from the company’s standard T-bird pickups and is fitted with a new set of Alnico V pickups.
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