Japan vintage greco TB Thunderbird 1990

Up for sale, a 1990 Greco TB-700 "Thunderbird" bass in very good condition and in perfect working order with a original custom color Alpine White finish and rare black hardware. This bass was produced in Japan at the Fujigen factory, known for concurrently producing Gibson's line of Orville instruments.

As its name would suggest, this bass thunders and growls in equal measure producing incredible low end thump and power from the pair of humbuckers. Extremely faithful to the Gibson Thunderbird IV of the early '60s, this bass easily bests any modern Gibson reissue and can truly stand toe-to-toe with the originals in terms of feel and tonal range

The neck has a medium C profile carve with just enough roundness in the shoulders to feel both substantial and fast, measuring .830" deep at the 1st fret and .925" at the 12th. The dark rosewood fretboard retains the original medium jumbo frets which play cleanly up the 34" scale length. The nut measures just shy of a full 1 11/16" in width, and the headstock retains the original black clover button tuning machines. The face of the headstock is reminiscent of the classic Gibson shape, with a carved, three-dimensional appearance with the lowest tier matching the color of the body, and the upper tier finished in black with the "blank" truss rod cover.

All of the electronics work as they should, with individual Volume controls for each pickup and a Master Tone control. The pickups are incredibly faithful to the original Gibson design (not to be confused with Gibson's overwound modern reissues), and these pickups have balanced output that pushes an amp just hard enough while retaining clarity and a sweet, dynamic character.

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