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They haven't binned the Thunderbird, it's under the "Inspired by Gibson" section - https://www.epiphone.com/Guitars/Collection/Original-Bass/Epiphone

Split it into two branches - "Inspired by Gibson" and "Original" (and one bass under Kramer).

They do seem to have binned the bolt on Thunderbird and the Classic Pro (can hear bigredx cheering from here ;) ) and are only doing the Vintage Pro.

I think it's a bit daft - the Jack Casady Signature is hardly an Epiphone original - it's heavily derived from the Gibson Les Paul Signature bass, so technically it should be in the same "Inspired by Gibson" bit as the Thunderbird, no?

Maybe they're cooking up new stuff (like a more authentic EB-3 like the Elitist models from a while back)...

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11 hours ago, Grahambythesea said:

Curious to keep the “Viola” when it was never a Gibbo or Epi model. Also the Kramer D1 is listed as an Epi? So the Embassy hasn’t  lasted, shame as it seemed a quite good option as an entry model. Should have made it with the batwing headstock.

BRING BACK THE RIVIERA

It's supposedly derived from the Gibson EB-1 although it looks more like a Hofner with the horrible rectangular control plate.

1970-gibson-eb-1-walnut.jpg?maxwidth=500

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18 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

It's supposedly derived from the Gibson EB-1 although it looks more like a Hofner with the horrible rectangular control plate.

1970-gibson-eb-1-walnut.jpg?maxwidth=500

It's not really very much like either design, but does have more in common with the Hofner, which is rather disingenuous IMO.

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31 minutes ago, Jus Lukin said:

Gibson or Epiphone, I'd like to see a non-reverse 'bird (Thunderbird II, even!) and EB-2/Rivoli. I do have a cherry Rivoli, as it happens, but with an EB-2d or Rivoli II I might be able to get away with using one in more situations.
My tastes sometimes don't jive with what would actually sell well though!

I'd love to see a reissue of the Rivoli.

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