**The pictures are of the actual bass that you will receive** The refurbisher elected not to disturb the finish and leave it as is, so this bass is a one of a kind. No one will ever see them when you are playing. There are also some spots in the finish that you can only see if you are holding the bass in the light. However when the bass is under the light it is a dark green. The finish is supposed to be trans-black. First released in 1963, the Thunderbird PRO combines traditional design elements with cutting edge technology and all for a price that every working bassist can afford. Available in both 4 and 5 string versions, the Thunderbird is the ultimate rock and roll bass with the world-famous distinctive shape. Now Epiphone introduces the new Professional Series Thunderbird™ PRO. Here is what Epiphone says about the Thunderbird Pro V: The classic Thunderbird bass has become a virtual institution in pop music. The 7 piece neck ensures the neck will stay straight in any environment, and the neck-through construction means sustain that lasts forever. Thanks to the Epiphone T-Pro Bass humbucker pickups, this bass gives you all the tone and volume you need for any style and venue. I can't stress any more that just because it looks similar to a Gibson Thunderbird, it isn't a Gibson Thunderbird, even if you put a Gibson truss-rod cover on it.If you want a professional grade bass without the back breaking weight that so many bass guitars have, check out the T-Bird Pro V. In every personal review I've seen, it seems that the glowing reports are more down to people being of the belief that they're getting a lot of bass for less £££, rather than the fact the Epiphone is simply a transitional model en-route to a Gibson or because they couldn't afford a Gibson. I would just say in closing, EVERYONE please stop comparing Epiphones with Gibsons. It felt heavier than any of my Thunderbirds were. I'll admit the chamfer around the body was a bit rounder and more comfortable to that of the regular IVs, so a little more easier on the right forearm. While the bridge looks way more functional that the four string three-pointer, it looks pretty horrific it's a huge slab of chromed brass/steel and I always felt they could have done something better/sleeker. Pickups are just standard 2000s TB ceramic HB soaps, no different from the standard IVs. You lose the raised centre strip on the front of the body and the pickups, knobbage and bridge are simply loaded onto a slab body. Couldn't tell you what the wood was (probably mahogany) or what the neck contruction is/was. Neck profile was somewhat chunkier than a regular IV (it's like comparing a wider Precision neck with a four string Jazz neck). (My Lull has a reversed 1&4 configuration B on top and E-G on the bottom Gibson could have gone with the Reverse headstock and done a 4&1, which may have looked better.) You lose the traditional headstock design (with the raised frontage) and IMO the extra machine just looks odd, that said I always felt the Thunderbird wouldn't translate into a five string so I don't know what they could have done to improve the clumsiness of the (Studio 5) design. Personally, I don't really like them visually. Bare in mind this is a more of a no-frills Studio model rather than a five string IV. I've never owned one, but I've played a couple quite extensively and I've owned about a dozen regular IVs.
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