Any idea if this is worth anything?

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:29 am

Somebody wants 450 euros for this:

Too much if you ask me for a "20 yrs old Epiphone Reverse Thunderbird", case included.
Not digging the P/J pup configuration, since I'd much rather go with humbuckers.
It's ugly, but still... I'm kinda drawn to it.

Of course I could hunt down maybe some Tokai T-bird humbuckers and route that shit out etc. BUT I'm too afraid I would just f*#k it up.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:35 am

it's cool, but the price seems high

Post by **Doog** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:59 am

And the P bass pickup/s is upside down..

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:08 pm

i'm thinking that's like a thaaaaang.

i remember mark hoppus talking about switching the configuration of the pickups on his jazz bass (the sig one, with the pbass pups) so that the higher strings have more response/clarity and tonalolity.

George · Post by **George** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:05 pm

Fuck Mark Hoppus.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:36 pm

alright then.

samuelcotterall · Post by **samuelcotterall** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:50 pm

GeorgeF wrote:Fuck Mark Hoppus.

Iâ€™m not a massive fan or anything, but I like the Blink-182 guys. Mark Hoppus is big into the Bass VI, which makes him cool in my book.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:55 pm

Mark Hoppus is okay . Love his bass .

Too much money for that bass . However if the Euro keeps tanking it just might evolve into a decent deal.....

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:12 pm

Set neck or bolt on?

If it's a bolt on your answer is no. If it's a set neck I'd pay â‚¬350.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:37 pm

I have been interested in playing one of the newer mark hoppus sig basses with the reversed p bass pup to see if it does make much of a difference. I have a quarter pound p bass pup in my MIM jazz in the normal p bass config and I love the way it sounds, and I don't see too much of a reason to reverse it, but it would be cool to hear how it sounds.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:06 pm

i didn't a/b them, but i owned one of the original ones and that pickup sounded really nice, but i played a new one (reversed pups, missing a string) at the musicians friend warehouse before they closed down, and there was a noticeable difference. granted, it'd been a few years since i'd had mine, but it sounded a lot nicer.

i played it (oddly enough) through the same 3x10 kustom 1000w combo i have owned for several years. i would definitely consider getting another if it wasn't for the neck. i just can't get on with p-bass necks for whatever reason. i want to convert my sx shortscale jazz bass to a shortscale hoppus.