Gibson Introduces Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass
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.
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
That is SEXXY.
ALGUNA VEZ ME LO CAMBIABAN POR MI JAZZ FENDER Y EN SONIDO FUE MEJOR EL FENDER.
Nice blue! Would’t a neck=through be better? They should make an active ‘Bird.
More neck-divers. Underwhelmed.
Buy a good strap… problem solved.
wow!
niiiiice!
That’s legit
Beautiful axe for sure, but you gotta love the original T-bird, warts and all.
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.
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.
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.
Agreed… I can see a few becoming modified to look vintage.
Lets see a set of Thunderbuckers, a BADBIRD Bridge and a chrome tuners equals roughly $650 in up grades.
Very nice bass but as usual wayyy too overpriced just because its a gibson.
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
The Bach is much closer to a real NR than this.
I need to get a hard case that will fit the Bach. Maybe a Gibson dealer can sell me the case for one of these.
mmmm looks nice… does it sound nice? the T-birds are great…
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/.
Make a 5 stringer and I will take one!
Wait until they come out with a cheapo shitty “faded” version… buy it cheap, then modify…