![]() At Marshall Music, you’ll get the right advice – exactly what you need to make the best possible purchasing decision. Family run and family owned for over 35 years, we stock a huge variety of the very best brands in the world of musical instruments, music technology, professional audio and accessories. The Epiphone Thunderbird Pro-IV 4 String Bass Guitar Main Features IncludeĪt Marshall Music, we’re all passionate and highly experienced musicians that love what we do. Also black hardware and black pickguard with silver Thunderbird logo. Other features include premium die-cast 14:1 bass machine heads, a “bad ass” fully-adjustable bridge and SlimTaper neck profile with Epi-designed straight-string pull headstock. The combination of this neck and Epiphone’s new T-Pro bass humbucking pickups with custom active electronics and EQ mean the Thunderbird transforms into a very versatile bass capable of a wide variety of tonal options. The Epiphone Thunderbird Pro-IV features a rock-solid, 7-piece (Walnut/Maple/Walnut/Maple/Walnut/Maple/Walnut) neck with through-body construction for amazing sustain and tone. There is also an optional hard shell case specifically made to fit this bass.The Epiphone Thunderbird Pro-IV 4 String Bass Guitar, Vintage Sunburst is the original “rock and roll” bass with an instantly recognisable and distinctive shape combined with traditional design elements and new technology. The Thunderbird Classic-IV Pro is available in alpine white and vintage sunburst. The bridge is fully adjustable with a classic style 3-point adjustable flush mount. The volume and tone knobs add to the classic look, consisting of black tophats with metal chrome inserts. The bridge and neck pickups are the Gibson TB-Plus Humbuckers, with each pickup having its own separate volume control and a master tone control for the two pickups combined. The medium jumbo frets are silver and nickel alloy. The Thunderbird Classic-IV Pro 34” scale, 20 fret, through-neck construction is a seven piece mahogany and walnut ply, with the body wings made of mahogany, with the neck having the 1960’s rounded profile. All of this and it only weighs in at 8.7 pounds! The Epiphone Thunderbird Vintage PRO Bass is an incredibly accurate reproduction of the classic electric bass first introduced in 1963 that has since powered dozens of hits by artists like The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Cheap Trick. The sound was big and the neck-through construction provides just the right amount of sustain. I’m not a big guy and this bass posed no issues for me when performing with it. ![]() While the body shape makes the neck appear longer than it really is, it is still a 34” scale neck. Honestly though, the body shape of the Thunderbird bass emulates rock-n-roll, which speaks for itself. Now, don’t get me wrong with that last statement, I see no reason why the Thunderbird Classic-IV Pro couldn’t be used for any genre of music. Epiphone Thunderbird Classic-IV Pro Truly a great bass that is fun to play and puts forth the tone for rock-n-roll that it is known for. I was looking forward to doing the review of the Thunderbird Classic-IV Pro and believe me, it didn’t disappoint. The Thunderbird has been used by famous bassists such as Nikki Sixx, Pet Way from UFO, Krist Novoselic, Roger Glover, John Entwistle, Leon Wilkeson, Martin Turner, Chris Squire, and many others. The Thunderbird Classic-IV Pro is a 4-string rock classic that has returned with the Gibson TB-Plus Humbuckers, incorporating ceramic magnets.Īs everyone knows… well, I think at least everyone… the Thunderbird bass is a monumental rock classic.
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