jd56hawk

By the way, only 4 Venetian Gold Thunderguns available. Two in the UK...one on Reverb. Other than that, the background wasn't exactly the problem It was lighting. Sure, a darker grey would've worked better, but...

I've owned both. No real difference other than the Mercalli bolted-on neck vs the set neck and raised center section on the Thundergun.

Transparent Cherry, Metallic Silver Freeze, Venetian Gold

One of those basses very few know about. Sometimes I forget how good it is.

I know what you mean. Had to sell a few basses recently due to moving to another state...money issues. Other than that, I almost always buy from Reverb because they have basses you just can't find in any music shops.

If you're thinking about getting rid of it, it isn't very special, is it? If you simply want another bass, is there something special about the three you're considering? Have you tried them? Are they better than your Fender? Can you simply keep the Fender and buy the Thunderbird?

Sad but true.

So, a new Fender tjat isn't even a relabeled Squier Classic Vibe, merely an Affinty bass with the cheaper ceramic pickups instead of the alnico pickups in the CVs. I'm guessing cheaper pots, tuners, etc. Hats off to Fender for charging $600 for a bass that's worth half that, though. Great marketing strategy, right up there with Jackson for duping people into buying the Concert X bass.

Levy's reversible...orange and blue.

Even though I'm on the other side of the Atlantic and I've never found these in stores, I have to buy 36-bar boxes of them from Amazon, there's nothing quite like them!

Orange O bass.

In that case, used Squier 40th Anniversary bass, satin-smooth neck is a joy to play, or the Classic Vibe with the beautiful walnut finish.

I like this HB for £110, not your typical ho-hum P bass in Vintage Burst or whatever, but I'd have to go with the Squier Sonic Precision instead. Came as a big surprise when I tried one out the other day. Couldn't stop playing it, and I'm not a P bass guy.

Yes, that's a semi-hollow bass, as opposed to a true hollow-body bass or an acoustic bass. It has a center block for more sustain and better feedback resistance. Hollow-body and acoustic basses don't have a center block.

My L2000 is anything but weak in passive mode. I cant count how many people ask about taming the MFD pickups because they're too hot.

I've owned quite a few good, cheap basses, I recommend them all the time, but I'd be lying if I said any of them were in the same league as either of these.

Active with a passive switch. No need to say anything else.

Exactly! I won't even grab a bass and plug it in if it doesn't catch my eye. Why should I?

Are the Contemporary Active basses still having issues with the active electronics?

Japan rules when it comes to special G&L basses, Fender, too. Not to mention Bacchus, Atelier Z, etc, etc, etc. Must be exhausting trying to choose just one bass during a Japanese shopping trip.

I've seen quite a few Antigua basses/guitars in real life. Some look grey, some look khaki.

That one looks pretty good as it has a definite gray cast to it. I don't like the brownish ones.

Yes, that's why I said there's really nothing innovative about it.

Yes, exactly, that's why I said nothing really innovative about it.