Product Description

The Thunderbird IV debuted in 1963 with the original Firebird guitar series. The most highly respected of all Gibson basses, the Thunderbird was reissued in 1987 with original reverse body styling and new, special-design pickups.

Technical Description

Body
Body Species: Mahogany wings

NECK
Species: Nine-ply Mahogany and Walnut neck-through-body

Profile: Rounded bass

Peghead Pitch: 10 degrees

Thickness at 1st Fret: 0.790 in.

Thickness at 12th Fret: 0.930 in.

Fingerboard
Species: Rosewood

Scale Length: 34 in.

Number of Frets: 20

Nut Width: 1-1/2 in.

Width at 12th Fret: 2.080 in.

Inlays: Pearloid Dot

Hardware
Plating Finish: Black Chrome

Tailpiece: 3-way adjustable

Knobs: Black Top Hat with Inserts

Tuners: Schaller

Electronics
Pickups: 2 new design TB Plus ceramic magnet humbuckers

Controls: 2 volume, 1 tone

Case
Case Interior: Charcoal Plush with Charcoal Shroud

Case Exterior: Black Hardshell

Case Silkscreen: Silver 'Gibson USA' logo

Other
Strings: .045 / .105 gauge

Catalog Description

Just the right mix of attack and low end@Through-body, 9-ply mahogany/walnut neck with mahogany body wings@Dual ceramic magnet humbuckers@Individual volume and master tone controls@Includes case

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