• Best in bassdom.

  
  As reviewed by KeeperOfTheLowEnd420 on 2/16/2011

  This is honestly the best bass i have ever touched my hands too, Zakk wylde has his 'holy grail', a 70's bulls eye les paul, well this Thunderbird is my 'grail'. The attack i can get with the tone wide open is very gritty and very very punchy. You can also roll it back and takeoff some of the 'highs' and get a more round and thumpy sound. Some people complain about weight issues and neck diving but when i bought the bass i also got a good 2.5 inch leather strap which solves both of these common problems. Mine is pretty light for a Thunderbird i suppose, far less than a typical les paul standard, which helps a lot too. This thing pared with a good Ampeg amp and some Rotos gives miles and miles of low end thundering growl due too those humdinger pickups and mahogany body, the neck through construction helps a bit too. The only two reasons I didn't give it all 5 stars is because first I didn't receive the same case as pictured, mine lacks the locks and the leather handle but construction wise its still a solid case. The other reason is on mine it came with a bridge that has Epiphone stamped under it which Leads me think its an Epiphone bridge which kinda seems cheap on Gibson too put an Epiphone on such a killer (GIBSON!) bass, but some where down the line i think im going to replace it with a drop in Hipshot replacement which will hopefully increase sustain and bring out some more of that killer thundering tone!! All in all a really killer bass all that it lacks is a proper bridge and maybe some nickle hardware. Keep on thumpin' good people!!

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• Fastest neck on the planet-with a real nasty attitude to go with it!

  
  As reviewed by BOB HALL on 12/15/2011

  I have owned at least one of the fllowing; EB-0, EB-2, Jazz Bass and Precision bass, Samick custom 5-string bass and this is the most playable by far. It is meant for speed. The only drawback is that if you need to play jazz or bee-bop or country-this is not your bass. The T-bird means HARD ROCK! It smells like hard rock-it even tasts like hard rock! Buy one and never look back!

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• Plays as good as it looks

  
  As reviewed by R.B. on 7/25/2011

  I am very impressed with this bass guitar. Not only do I love the look, I love the way this bass plays. It seems to be built very well. I play everything from country to rock, and this bass delivers. I haven't noticed the neck being heavy like some say, but I bought a quality strap, so that may be the difference. I would recommend this bass. I play my Thunderbird through a Carvin full stack, and I couldn't be happier. Good job Gibson!

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