Overview
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Product:
- bass guitars
Series name:
Dates of manufacture:
1987 to 1989
GIBSON produced the GIBSON IV BASS between 1987 and 1989. It had a mahogany body and neck with an ebony fingerboard, The pickups were two Thunderbird units. Gibson also released a 5 string bass with the same specs at the same time (the Gibson V Bass). The Gibson IV is a forgotten gem often overlooked in discussions about Gibson basses. It's essentially a late 80s Thunderbird that is shaped like a Precision, with two extra frets. The neck dimensions are closer to a Precision than a Thunderbird's, add in Cold War vintage Shaller M4 tuners and a Schaller 3D bridge, and you have one truly amazing instrument !
Specifications (20)
Controls
Tone controls | 1 tone control |
Volume controls | 2 volume controls |
Electronics
Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups |
General
Finish colors | black finish, natural finish, red finish, white finish |
Made in | USA |
Number of strings | 4 strings |
Scale length | 34 inches scale-length |
Body
Body material | mahogany body |
Body shape features | double cutaway |
Hardware
Bridge | Schaller roller bridge, fixed bridge |
Hardware color | black hardware |
Tuners | Schaller tuners |
Fretboard
Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
Fingerboard material | ebony fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | offset dot fingerboard position markers |
Neck
Neck joint | set neck |
Neck material | mahogany neck |
Number of frets | 22 fret |
Peghead (headstock) | black face headstock |
Tuner layout | two-each-side |