Item Reviews for: Epiphone Thunderbird IV Electric Bass Guitar  -  EPI EBTBBH LIST
Epiphone Thunderbird IV Electric Bass Guitar
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Beautiful

By: Pearl Murphy      Submitted: 1/29/2024

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Product Rating Product Review I am more than happy with this guitar. The only complaint that I have is that it came to me without being tuned. I’ve ordered from other companies that tune my guitar for me, but they didn’t. otherwise, I’m more than pleased with this fits me like a glove.
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Great bass!

By: Phlip C.      Submitted: 1/23/2024

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Product Review Very happy with this bass.It looks good, plays good and sounds great.High output Humbuckers, really put out the volume. Shipping was fast and just a little tuning was all it needed, right out of the box, no string height adjustment needed. Intonation is almost perfect, but I'll tweak it soon.
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Doesn't like drop tuning

By: Andrew      Submitted: 7/28/2023

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Product Review Very well made bass. Beautiful finish. Plays well. I just have an issue with a lot of fret buzz when I try to down tune it anything lower than a drop d. Idk why. But it sucks
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Love this bass

By: Tony      Submitted: 7/4/2023

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Was looking for something different. Never played a bass with pickups like these. Fell in love with it on the first use.
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One of the best basses I've ever used

By: Zakk      Submitted: 4/25/2023

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I love this bass. The feel. The sound. Everything. It's perfect for everything I do music wise.
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My dream bass

By: Dubbsy      Submitted: 2/6/2023

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I might be slightly biased— I’ve had my sights on a Thunderbird for some time. I’m pleased to declare that this bass doesn’t disappoint! The quality of the material, the electronics durability, the sound and feel, is all amazing! The delivery time was really quick too! Now, That all said, you can’t just fit this in any old gig bag. I had no clue the length of this instrument was so much more than others of its category. I had to find a special size, which can also be found here on AMS!
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Love this bass! This is the first Epiphone I have owned and it doesn't disappoint.

By: Eric R.      Submitted: 12/5/2022

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Love this bass! This is the first Epiphone I have owned and it doesn't disappoint. Definitely recommended!
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THIS IS A VERY GOOD BASS

By: Doode2000      Submitted: 5/13/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review The finish is superb, it looks great! The tuning keys are much better than I expected as well as the rest of the hardware. I actually bought this as a modding platform, but after taking it through the runs, there's no reason at all to change a thing IMHO. The pickups were the unexpected joy you can a pull wide variety of tonality out this bass for realz. At this price it's a great deal, gig ready and stands shoulder to shoulder with my MIM P Bass.
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Quality bass at a great price!

By: Peter M      Submitted: 1/8/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I ordered this bass looking for a quality fretted bass for gigs. It has a great feel to it. It's not a heavy bass so it doesn't start to hurt your back and shoulders during a long set. The neck is not a fat neck which is nice for my purposes. It gets a rounded bass tone, perfect for everything from a blues bass sound to hard rock/metal sound. I highly recommend for anyone that wants the thunderbird without putting up the money for the Gibson.
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Terrible finish

By: Tjsb03      Submitted: 12/28/2020

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Bass was basically painted black except the area by the pickups, nothing like the photos show. The back of it has clear coat bubles
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Great bass

By: Mark      Submitted: 4/11/2020

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Love playing this bass. Buying from American musical easy hassle free. Would Definitely recommend
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Vintage Sunburst

By: Alex      Submitted: 2/10/2020

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Vintage Sunburst is a WOW! Much better in person!
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Most comfortable bass I've ever played

By: spspin77      Submitted: 1/7/2020

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17 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Set up was awesome right out of the box. Extremely comfortable to play and the finish is beautiful!
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Great tone that cuts through the band perfectly!

By: Cody The Bassman      Submitted: 10/6/2019

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3 people found this review helpful.

Product Review This bass is a true beast for any bassist! Great tone , great sustaine,and great build quality! I highly recommend this bass for any bassist beginner or pro! I've owned many bass guitars over the years I I've gotta say that the epiphone Thunderbird will most like cause my American custom build basses to collect dust for a while.
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I love it!

By: Joe Perez      Submitted: 5/12/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is my first bass after playing guitar for years. I got it as just another toy to mess with. I gotta say, it sounds great! I think it sounds better than the bass my friend uses in my band. It has a great tone, long sustain, and a very nice finish. I recommend this for anyone who is thinking about getting one.
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Not Bad - Just Awkward

By: smith1279 from Whetstone, AZ      Submitted: 5/30/2011

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The Thunderbird is very well made and sturdy. The best feature is its appearance. The volume is very adjustable; however, I found I need an equalizer stompbox to get any sustain out of it. It simply doesn't have any sustain without it. I don't think the pups are hot enough. Maybe I'll replace them or see about removing the covers to expose the pups and get more response. This bass is a beast! It is one of the heaviest basses I've ever owned. The neck is thicker than I'm used to, but it's solid. My biggest problem is that it doesn't feel balanced - it has neck dip that makes it uncomfortable to play. I've done everything recommended except move the strap pin, and that' next on my list to do to improve balance - possibly to replace one of the plate screws with a longer screw that will acoommodate a Schaller. I thought about moving the strap pin to the neck, but that requires drilling a hole, thus voiding my warranty. It has as many tonal variations as you could ever want. Finish is wonderful. I did remove the funky white pickguard because it just looks out of place on a beautifully finished wood. I don't use a pick, so what's the use of a pickguard anyway? Action is close to the neck. I had fret buzz on the E string after tuning up, but that was a minor bridge adjustment. After replacing the factory strings with Rotosounds, it was perfect with perfect intonation.
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Like playing a baseball bat!

By: Hayseed from Butler, PA      Submitted: 12/27/2010

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Well made. Heavy . Sturdy. The looks make this instrument great. It sounded OK. very full. The neck was like a Louisville Slugger sliced in half. Not comfortable to play at all. Heavy to play while standing. Made my hands cramp. Dark and smooth. Not meant for slapping and popping. Great rock n roll bass. This bass has a beautiful finish. Very cool looking instrument. Terrible action out of the box(which was nearly destroyed when i recieved it).
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Amazing

By: Josh Pinard from Pittsfield, MA, USA      Submitted: 11/9/2009

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Very well, very durable. I love everything on this bass, the only thing i would change is I would put the cable jack on the bottom instead of near the volume knobs. The tone is amazing, sounds so good. You can have a nice thick deep tone, or pretty much whatever tone you're looking for. The feel is great, I play some fast stuff and I had no problem getting around on the neck. The tone is just great, you can pretty much get whatever you want out of this. The paint job looked amazing, it's a great looking bass. The action out of the box was perfect, played amazingly right from the start.
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Unbelievable Value - Thunderbird

By: jonny Z from Minneapolis      Submitted: 7/7/2009

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Great attention to detail and fit-and-finish. I like the bolt-on neck. I'm a Fender guy. The controls and tuners feel good. Hard to believe for the price. 1st and foremost is the LOOK. This bass looks great! Another great feature is the highly adjustable bridge. The truss rod is adjusted from the headstock. These are great features if you do your own work. The pickups-wood combination give this bass a warm yet aggressive sound. It has a full, rounded sound from dark to bright. Versatile. No hum or buzz. I never thought I could like humbuckers but this bass sounds great. I mentioned I am a Fender guy. This bass feels and plays really nice. I has a good, solid feel - sort of a 'slender' feel. It fingers really nice and has plenty of thumbrests with the dual humbuckers. Neck dive? yes. A wide strap helps quite a bit. I moved the strap pin. It has great bottom and highs. Play with pickup volume mix and you can make it growl like a Fender Jazz bass. Boom, dank and everywhere in between. The burst has a really nice fade and the finish is perfect! Smooth - no flaws! Hard to believe for the price. This bass shipped with really nice action.
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No Regrets!

By: Jim from Perryville,KY      Submitted: 5/26/2009

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My T-bird is very solid, very well built. If Icould change anything I would prefer to have it like the Gibson neck through set up. for a bolt on neck it still has very good sustain. I can't think of anything this bird is lacking. It's a work-horse of a bass, always ready to rock and/or laydown some thick blues Wonderful! I've got a 7 ban E.Q. on my amp combo and the sound shapeing is off the charts A little heavy and prone to neck diving (but who plays without holding on to the neck?) The neck is a bit thick but that's compared to a j bass. It feels good and solid and is actually comfortable Thick and smooth like a Wendys' frosty until I switch channels and mess with the E.Q. and it gets quite a bit brighter and thunderous..ooh yeah! Perfect, flawless and the pictures don't do it justice. Very good I've never changed a thing since I pulled it out of the box.
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Great bass guitar for a nice price!

By: Pauly from Westland, MI USA      Submitted: 5/12/2009

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This bass is made well and is very dependable when it comes to performance. The bass is not super heavy like the one I used to own. It's just right. It's tone is super. No real fret buzzing and easy to play. It feels fast and the neck is a perfect fit for my hand, not too big that I can't play fast. I mainly use a pick because I'm really a guitar player but picking the strings is effortless. The pickups are great and the tone is easily adjustable for the type of sound I need. The stain looks awesome. This bass looks and feels like a much more expensive bass than it is. You can't go wrong with its value? Out of the box, the action was excellent.
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wooooooow!!!

By: Jose Deanda from Los angeles      Submitted: 9/30/2008

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great bang for your buck. this is one of the best basses by epiphone, really worth far more than the asking price. a cheap alternative to other high end basses. If you play rock, punk or metal, or anything heavy you must buy this one. why play with a jazz bass? Your general opinion of this product. again great. it is neck heavy, no big issue there. I find it great for picking and finger picking because the strings seem to be a little spaced apart over the body. the other thing I love is that theres a nice space between the body and the strings, I use mostly a pick so it makes it easier for me to use without worries of scratching the body. neck is slim and fast. thick and heavy. again great for rock and other styles, but it isn't the most versatile out there. awsome, grainy wood. mine had a small flaw where the neck overlapse the body. the clear coat was flacking a bit but no big issue. it looks way better than does pictures do. was pretty much set up right out the box. they did a good job. I didn't really have to mess with it, it played nice, action was low, absolutey no buzz.
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The Thunderbird Rocks!

By: Shake      Submitted: 7/19/2008

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I have been playing bass for over 18 years, and like most musicians, have had a little bit of everything over the years. I had a Gibson Thunderbird back in the day and wound up selling it and some other stuff when times got lean. I have always regretted getting rid of that Bass. When I saw this, I was skeptical at first because of the price I mean how good can a $300 dollar bass be? WellI openly admit my skeptical nature was proven wrong! This thing plays as good, if not better than I remember my ol' Thunderbird did! Don't pass this up if your looking for a quality deal. This is it! I am very Pleased. Your general opinion of this product. If you didn't look really close at this, you'd swear it was a Gibson. I am pleased! Like they say about fake breasts...It sure feels like the real thing; and fun to play with too! tons of bottom end and smooth tone better than the picture, mine arrived with a nice warm natural finish with hints of maroon and red. It's a beauty! It was set up right out of the box! Intonation was perfect, bridge was set up nice; after a minor tune up it was awesome! I look forward to gigging and recording with it!
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Pwnage

By: Neumanator from Glens Falls, Ny, USA      Submitted: 5/19/2008

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amazingly amazing Your general opinion of this product. best epiphone bass easy to adjust while playing perfect thin pickups perfect
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After some minor surgery, it is amazing.

By: AMS Customer from USA      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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1 person found this review helpful.

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I bought this as I, like most "Starving Musicians", couldn't afford it's Gibson counterpart. While the sound was incredible, I was not impressed with the quality of the neck. I'm used to Fender Jazz basses, and this is a lot fatter, and less buttery than I prefer. I took it and one of my old Jazz Basses to a local guitar tech, had it routered out, and replaced the neck with the Fender neck. It is now my main bass. I have lovingly renamed it my Epifender Thunderjazz. It sounds like a demon in heat through my Ampeg V4BH all-tube head & SVT 410/115 stack.
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Awesome Bass & for $299 U cant go wrong

By: BassHowLowCanUgo from Union, NJ      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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QUALITY:
Well constructed. Nothing is wasted beautiful Pellum Blue finish.

FEATURES:
2 humbucking pickups a warm, fat, punchy sound. Great string spacing what more can you ask for, a good Amp. If U got the right amp it would a pawnshop guitar sound good.

EASE OF USE:
Took a couple minutes, to setup and added NPS strings. This thing is like melted butter, smooth.

VALUE:
$299 you can't go wrong for a professional instrument that would take you from studio to stage.

SOUND:
like I said warm, fat and punchy. The only effect I use a Dunlap bass wah and ampeg and Fender amplification.
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Best Overall Value for the Blues

By: Big George from Medford, NY USA      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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QUALITY:
5-An amazing quality poproduct for the price.

FEATURES:
4-The best feature of this Bas is the sound quality to price Value. It has a great sound for the Blues at an amazing price, although I would add a second tone control for better sound adjustment

EASE OF USE:
4- I had to make a slight adjustment to the bridge (The E buzzed on the F,F# and G) and I re-strung it with my strings

VALUE:
5-This Bass was definately worth what I paid, and more

SOUND:
4-Overall sound quality is very good, especially for the price, the low end is amazing
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Great product Great value

By: D. Opdycke from Battleground      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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4 people found this review helpful.

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QUALITY:
Very well made, and very dependable. Perfect in craftsmenship and quality. This should last fora very very long time without any problems.

FEATURES:
Excellent neck and fretboard. Great pickups and accessories.

EASE OF USE:
Very easy to use. Never played a bass this smooth

VALUE:
Way worth the price. Great value.

SOUND:
10 for sound and playability.