GIBSON THUNDERBIRD ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR - EBONYOwn the low end in thunderous style When the Gibson Thunderbird Bass was first introduced in 1963, the world had never seen another bass quite like it. Designed by automotive coach designer Ray Dietrich, who also designed the Gibson Firebird, its new, curvaceous, and asymmetrical body design was radical and groundbreaking at the time, and still looks fresh and contemporary even today. The earliest Thunderbirds had a 9 ply neck through body with