Few bass players come close to reaching the fame of Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, whose tone techniques are nothing short of inspiring. Get big rock bass tone, with Gibson's Nikki Sixx Thunderbird solidbody electric bass. This truly is a rare find as Gibson will never make this one again!Ģ012 Gibson Nikki Sixx Signature Thunderbird Bass ! Ships in a snakeskin patterned hard shell case that's in Excellent condition (there are a few little paint chips as can be seen in the pictures) I thought about putting a new set on but not everyone prefers my brand. I have to finally grow up and start selling my collection. Why am I selling it? As I get older, I will not be on stage performing again. This bass has probably been played on stage about 5 times total.not used very much as can be appreciated by the lack of scuffs and scratches and dents.It is in great condition.I hesitate to say "Like New".but it kinda is.
As a second bass, I have a white Epiphone Thunderbird that played wonderfully. Mainly, I used my Blackbird on stage.that one was my favorite. Through the years I have been in several bands and have played them all on stage. I have had two Gibson Blackbird basses (one with the kill switch and the current one with a volume knob), as well as this Gibson Signature bass (I had this one shipped from Germany as that was the only one I could find for sale in the world at that time). I still own the handmade 1986 B.C.Rich Warlock, I used to own the striped Hamer FBIV (I regret selling that one). Since the 80s I have tried to collect Nikki Sixx basses. A gem that appears to have red burning-embers inside the gem is the finest available material.Īs WORLD supplies dwindle of the Uruguay material prices will likely rise dramatically in price.This is my Gibson Nikki Sixx signature bass. Known In The Trade as, “Siberian Quality.” Only Uruguay is producing this red-flash quality untreated by heat, or radiation currently. MOST DESIRABLE - Deep Purple, Slight Blue Hue, Flawless Clarity, Rare Red Flash. It sells for much less amd is commercial grade. But when we find natural top material can be very nice.īrazil except for the rare, vivid, saturated purple with no secondary hues/tones is not as desirable as Uruguayan material. Some of the new African Material is very dark purple, sometimes too dark or muddy, and frequently is treated with heat or radiation. We bought the best of the best several years ago but now have to buy it gem by gem, as it appears.Ĥ-Peaks mine (Arizona) was mined out due to over-mining by China and is primarily a museum now. Uruguayan material is disappearing like the Siberian material from Russia. Top -quality Uruguay Amethyst which is deep purple, usually flawless, has the underlying blue hue and sparks in red like the finest Siberian Amethysts is expensive and getting scarce. Most Brazilian Amethyst material does not contain the blue hue, nor the red flash and is lighter than Siberian Quality material. Unfortunately, this material has been mined out.īrazil will occasionally produce a rare super saturated bright purple with no secondary hues but only rarely. It was prized by royalty and was deep purple with a slight blue hue and sparks of red would appear randomly. Some of the finest Amethyst used to come from Siberia, Russia.
Amethysts that have the color of weak, grape kool-aid are inexpensive, and not very attractive. The main factor to take into account when valuing an Amethyst is color.
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