Nikki Sixx Blackbird

If you love your music louder than Hell, Epiphone's Nikki Sixx Blackbird electric bass guitar is the axe for you. Together with our Epiphone’s design team Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx re-imagined the 1963 classic from a rock and roll stand-by into a dark bird of the future.

Like all of our instruments, the Nikki Sixx Blackbird comes with our Limited Lifetime Warranty and Gibson 24/7/365 customer service. Visit your Authorized Epiphone Dealer today and soar with a Nikki Sixx Blackbird from our bass collection.

Motley Hardware

The Nikki Sixx Blackbird features all-metal black hardware, black premium die-cast 17:1 machine heads, and an Epiphone classic 3 point adjustable tailpiece, the very same that Nikki plays on stage.

Soaring Blackbird

The Blackbird’s foundation-shaking tone comes from 2 DeepSixx humbucker pickups which give the bass a thunderous output, especially since they are wired direct and have an on/off toggle as their only control. There's no volume knob! This Blackbird is either full on or turned off. Another innovative feature is the Opti-Grab™ device, which lets you solidly anchor your hand while picking at the bridge to get that hard drive. The pickguard also features a unique cross over-lay with a classic Thunderbird logo.

Classic Styling with A Sixx Twist

The Blackbird features a mahogany body and a 34” scale bolt-on hard maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard with pearloid Iron Cross inlays and a 1.50” nut radius. The body is finished in fabulous Pitch Black (PB) satin.