Gibson Thunderbird Electric Bass - Tobacco Burst Perimeter Single Reeds double-braced construction

double-braced construction

each with its own footswitchable memory

Voiced for drum overheads

These relationships define a sound's "sound"

Gibson Thunderbird Electric Bass - Tobacco Burst Perimeter Single Reeds double-braced constructionWhen the Gibson Thunderbird Bass was first introduced in 1963, the world had never seen another bass quite like it. Designed by automotive coach designer Ray Dietrich, who also designed the Gibson Firebird, its new, curvaceous, and asymmetrical body design was radical and groundbreaking at the time, and still looks fresh and contemporary even today. The earliest Thunderbirds had a 9 ply neck through body with mahogany wings, and were the first Gibson