This catalogue saw the (re-)introduction of the late sixties Gibson Les Paul Custom and Les Paul Standard (see page 69) and the short-lived Hofner Club 70. Selmer were the exclusive United Kingdom distributors of Hofner and Gibson at the time, and this catalogue contains a total of 18 electric guitars, 7 bass guitars, 37 acoustics, and 2 Hawaiian guitars - all produced outside the UK and imported by Selmer, with UK prices included in guineas. I sold it to a kid.Scan of 1968/1969 Selmer guitar catalogue (printed July 1968), showing the entire range of electric and acoustic guitars distributed by the company: guitars by Hofner, Gibson, Selmer and Giannini. I thought they just added another pickup? They're not the same. Mike Watt I had a non-reverse IV and I liked the II better. I actually think there is better tone with the two-piece.įlyGuitars Some people think the non-reverse Thunderbird II also sounded better than the two pickup IV. The other difference in the Thunderbirds, the non-reverses were two piece (neck & body) and the reverse was three pieces (neck and two body wings). The old EB-3s were one-piece bodies, the non-reverse Thunderbirds, too. Mike Watt One time I was playing in Kalamazoo, they closed the factory. Mike Watt Yeah man, those are fucking great pickups.įlyGuitars Gibson did not keep records on anything. The closest I have come to them, for a few years, Chandler was making them, they sounded pretty close.įlyGuitars The 60's ones are great pickups I don't like the plastic new ones, you know they are too tepid, too dampened. There is something about, man I love them old nickel-plated Thunderbird pickups. Mike Watt I had them add a Bartolini preamp, with a bypass switch. I brought a few basses and that's the one they liked (Non Reverse II), the sound & stuff.įlyGuitars What are the extra switches on this bass? Kelly Clarkson, from a producer, an old friend I knew. I got asked to do a funny session back in November, with a pop singer that won that game show, ahhhh. I used that bass for the entire Contemplating The Engine Room. The bridge was put up too close so I had them move it up a bit. I added some mahogany & fiberglass on that thing. Gibson used that angled headstock for string tension, but, made the guy's weak. That big long headstock came off in my hands, it was all bondo. That was the good thing about touring back then, you could find basses for cheap. Boon (playing on the upper neck), but with the non-reverses it's all open for you. With the reverse, the horns are too much in the way of the higher frets. Headstock repaired and whole neck painted black.įlyGuitars Before you got into EB3s again, you were using a non-reverse Gibson Thunderbird II - what do you like about it, and what do you think about Thunderbirds in general? Output jack put on side and replaced with neutrik locking 1/4" jack. Chandler Thunderbird re-issue pickup (no longer made? check this out). Bartolini preamp with bass-mid-treb equaliser mini-switch for 200/400/800hz mid frequency.
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