Nitro finishes - standard back in the '60s and '70s - are significantly thinner than today's polyurethane finishes, allowing the guitar to "breathe." Nitro finishes not only look wonderfully vintage, but they also enhance the instrument's tonal qualities. A Thunderbird is going head to head with a German-built Warwick Streamer Stage I or a Spector Euro4 LX or even a Fender Precision Elite: all these are just as. The Thunderbird wears a gorgeous nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Volume controls for each humbucker allow you to use them separately or blended to perfection, with a master tone control for some additional sound shaping. Once these pickups awaken, get ready to unleash an earth-shattering roar that is commanding, present, and fully prepared to pummel your amp with low-end destruction. Inside the Thunderbird lay two sleeping humbuckers. When it's time to let your fingers do the talking, you'll find your fretting hand dancing freely across the Indian rosewood fingerboard, silky smooth to the touch and incredibly comfortable in all playing positions. Its mahogany body and neck imbue an unmistakable warmth and full-bodied thump, with plenty of sustain, resonance, and durability to serve you well for years to come. The Thunderbird sports a fantastic combination of mahogany and rosewood, the perfect pair for monstrous low-end rumble and effortless playability. Mahogany body wings and a 3-piece mahogany neck deliver epic tone and stability. Classic Thunderbird IV design with supped-up gold hardware. When it comes to bringing the "thunder," Gibson knows just what it takes to deliver, and it all starts with the tonewoods. Gibson 50th Anniversary Thunderbird Bass Features: A gorgeous bass guitar that celebrates the 50th anniversary of one of Gibsons classic 60s models. For an added dose of vintage flair, the Thunderbird is finished in beautiful nitrocellulose lacquer, a favorite for its sharp looks and ability to bring out even more tone from an instrument's woods. A pair of humbuckers produce plenty of classic Thunderbird tone with enough juice to push your amp into saturated oblivion, tweakable via individual volume knobs and a handy master tone control. At its core sits a mahogany body and neck capped with an Indian rosewood fingerboard, the perfect recipe for bellowing bass and pro-quality performance. When the input jack is removed from the instrument it draws no power, so to prolong battery life, it should be left unplugged when not in use.4-string Electric Bass with Mahogany Body and Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Sparkling Burgundy :Ī Bass with Iconic Looks and a Bolt of Colossal Soundįar from just a clever name, the Gibson Thunderbird 4-string bass possesses plenty of thunderous power and long-lasting reliability - all in a vintage-looking instrument. The RD Artist requires a 9 volt battery to operate it has no passive mode. Expansion, compression and bright mode circuitry For differences between the first and second versions, see the 1978 RD Artist and 1981 RD Artist pages. Gibson describes the first-version RD controls in the RD-77 owners manual, and the 1978 RD control description flyer. These sounds are extremes, but the RD can do anything in between. This was recorded with a second version Artist bass the earliest versions were not able to employ expansion and bright mode simultaneously. Listen to this clip - it demonstrates the RD bass at its most mellow (neck pickup, bass 5, treble -5) and then again at its most brash (bridge pickup, bass -5, treble 5 expansion and bright mode). It provides players with the ability to adjust and fine-tune the height of the Thunderbird IV’s bass strings in all directionsfront, back, and side-to-sidewhich gives the bridge a floating feature, thus allowing the bass to be equipped with a variety of string gauges and multiple set-up options. The unusual thing about the bass and treble controls was that they operated in the range 5 to -5, with 0 being the neutral position. The four dials on the active RD guitars were a volume for each pickup, as would be expected, a treble control, and a bass control. We carry the best new brands as well as established ones for the Philippines market - Chapman Guitars, Baton Rouge, Phoebus, Maestro, Bareknuckle, Joyo. Image courtesy Brad Barrish, RD Artist controls In the Nirvana days he was regularly seen with a Gibson Ripper, and as pictured here, a black RD Artist bass. Krist Novoselic plays and records with several Gibson basses. Read more in the FlyGuitars Ralphe Armstrong interview Ralphe Armstrong: "I liked because it was big and it had a long fingerboard you can play a G harmonic on it and it had a big sound". Read more in the FlyGuitars JMJ interview Justin Meldal-Johnsen: "the basic tone is cool, particularly with flats". 1981 Victory Standard (Candy Apple Red).
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