White Cloud

Oh yes, just received my Sire V7 today from Thomann - exactly the same as yours! Mine was perfect straight out of the box ... fit and finish is immaculate in every respect and the set-up was spot on. It even arrived from Germany still in tune! The neck is a gorgeous hard rock maple with hints of flame AND birdseye figuiring. Result! It is incredibly resonant unplugged and on a par with my Shuker. Overall, my Initial impressions are that I am ASTOUNDED at the quality of this instrument at this price point. I would not only say that it is better than my Mexicano Fender P bass ... but compares very favourably with my 1976 Fender jazz. Even if I had paid £1000 for it I'd still be happy. Agree about the preamp - I love it.

In that case Doug Wilkes is your man - great luthier!

Fair point. I'm honestly not losing sleep over it...live and let live!

You make a really good point, but I'm not really that guy (unless it's something major!) I know, I know...

Fellow basschatters, is ignorance bliss when it comes to private PM's between members? Allow me to clarify; another member recently offered up a bass for sale on this forum and invited trades for 5 & 6 string basses. On a complete whim ( you know how it is) I fancied a flutter, so PM'ed said member. After a day or so he replied in a very succinct way, and requested that I provide pictures of my suggested trade. I took some, and posted them back to him in a reply...and heard nothing again. A few weeks later his bass sold, which is completely fair enough. After a day or so I obviously deduced that it was a "thanks but no thanks" scenario anyway - and that is absolutely the right of the seller - but I would have at least liked a polite response to that affect just out of common courtesy. Now, don't get me wrong, I am not getting out of my pram about it, and am not struggling to sleep at night - but this is not the first time this sort of thing has happened to me on this forum. Is it just me and my naive expectation of respectfully interacting privately with other members with good manners...or is ignorance in this context bliss? Peace, out...

I replaced my Wal 30 yrs ago with everything on the market, and nothing hit the mark until I bought my Shuker at the turn of the year. So, from experience I personally recommend you try out a shuker

Sweet bass, those old foundations are excellent.

Just for some context a brand new Wal at that point retailed for £500. The Steinbergers were (are) brilliant instruments - I loved the tone and portability...not to mention the obvious fashionable ergonomics. It was the 80's after all!

Lovely bass...super looking instrument!

Beautiful bass, love peaveys

I prefer Alder or Ash! In all seriousness I am of the opinion that the neck, and in particular the fingerboard wood makes the biggest overall contribution to the dynamic of the instrument.

I've got to admit I've always loved the look of Carl Thompson basses. I've never had the chance to play one though.

Amazing concept and seemingly well executed. I'm impressed...but it'll never catch on

The real question here is why, when you love your Jazzes and Stingrays so much do you think you must get on with a Precision when you obviously just don't? Some things are just not meant to be for whatever reason.

....well...actually, ...I know that it's not the same thing, but it kind of is. I have an old MIM Fender deluxe PJ from 1996, and despite being constantly told that it can't be good because it's a MIM, it really is a great bass in every way. If that bass is doing it for you then then why buy an expensive imitation?