Gibson Introduces Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass

Gibson Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass - Pelham Blue

Gibson is reviving another model from their past catalog with the new Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass. First introduced in 1965, the Non-Reverse flips the body shape of the original Thunderbird for a more traditional, albeit asymmetrical body style. Gibson kept the design identical while fitting the new version with upgraded hardware and pickups.

Gibson Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass - Vintage Sunburst

The Thunderbird Non-Reverse is built with a mahogany body, a quarter-sawn mahogany neck and a rosewood fingerboard. Hardware includes a three-point Thunderbird bridge with individually adjustable saddles and Grover tuners. Of course, the basses are fitted with a pair of Thunderbird pickups and a control configuration of volume, volume, tone.

The Gibson Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass will be available in Vintage Sunburst and Pelham Blue finishes with an MSRP of $1,899. For more info, check out the Gibson website.

Gibson Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass Specs:

  • Body: Mahogany
  • Neck: Mahogany
  • Construction: Glued-in Neck
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood
  • Frets: 20
  • Fingerboard Radius: 12?
  • Scale: 34?
  • Inlays: Acrylic Dot
  • Nut: Corian
  • Slots: Gibson PLEK System
  • Tuners: Grover 20:1
  • Bridge: Thunderbird 3-point Adjustable
  • Knobs: Black Top Hats with Inserts
  • Pickguard: W/B/W with Black Bird Hot Stamp
  • Pickups: Thunderbird Bass (Ceramic)
  • Controls: 2 Volumes, 1 Tone Control
  • Finish: Nitrocellulose
  • Colors: Vintage Sunburst, Pelham Blue
  • Case Included

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Leave a Reply to Kirk Hardy Cancel reply

  1. ALGUNA VEZ ME LO CAMBIABAN POR MI JAZZ FENDER Y EN SONIDO FUE MEJOR EL FENDER.

  2. More neck-divers. Underwhelmed.

  3. Beautiful axe for sure, but you gotta love the original T-bird, warts and all.

  4. See, now *that*, while admittedly quirky, is a recognizably classic Gibson design.

    A shame, though, that they can’t get that list price down some. If it could street for just under $1K, I would be really impressed.

  5. See, now *that*, while admittedly quirky, is a recognizably classic Gibson design.

    A shame, though, that they can’t get that list price down some. If it could street for just under $1K, I would be really impressed.

  6. I have been playing the originals since ’77. The blew it with the black hardware, three point bridge and crappy pickups. This is not the NR we wanted.

  7. Very nice bass but as usual wayyy too overpriced just because its a gibson.

  8. I’ve got a BaCH non-reverse T-bird and I find it a great value at 340 Euro. That’s more than 50% cheaper than this, even with the retail markdown I’m sure. It sounds like the originals too. http://www.bachmusik.com/en/music-instruments/bass-guitars/model-bach-bth

  9. mmmm looks nice… does it sound nice? the T-birds are great…

  10. I think I’d trade to the burst one.Got a nos Gibson Thunderbird Studio 5 string I haven’t had long.Just gassing for the non-reverse.Mine was number 35 in production febuary 2008/.

  11. Make a 5 stringer and I will take one!

  12. Wait until they come out with a cheapo shitty “faded” version… buy it cheap, then modify…