#GIBSON THUNDERBIRD HEADSTOCK PRO#

#GIBSON THUNDERBIRD HEADSTOCK PRO#

It was done excellently by what must have been a pro luthier. The headstock appears to have been reworked.

He said he hadn't played it in 10 years and assumed it all worked like the last time he played it. It could be a bad connection to the board or it good be corroding coils (this has happened occasionally with these things. It worked long enough for me to ascertain that the moog board was doing all it is supposed to do. There was a problem with the neck pickup cutting out. I saw the RD live at the guy's house last evening. In which case, they maybe had a name for the other bass too. Unless of course Gibson were using the term RD already, which I'm assuming he is saying. Seeing as the RD didn't exist at that stage, you might say that the former conclusion was more logical. Unless you knew otherwise, you would assume they were actually Bicentenial Tbirds with a slightly curved body, rather than RDs with a tbird headstock. Only mahogany, only tbird headstock, or only prototype period. He saw them like that in '76 - wonder what he means 'only one made'. (the only one they made, I paid $250.00) The RD was chosen to be the new production model' I also bought a prototype RD bass that was all mahogany with a single pickup and a thunderbird neck width and headstock. 'During this time another model was being developed that resembled the Firebird/Thunderbird models from the 60's. (We need an unofficial name for that by the way) Well that corresponds with the description given by the original bass you just won.

Gibson thunderbird headstock