jd56hawk

Thumb ramp?

Love to have these two hanging on the wall.

No active/passive switch but two nice finish options...I think they look a bit classier than the typical Talmans. Cosmic Blue Starburst iced Americano Burst $399.99.

Yes, my Thundergun is 7.5 lbs, around the same weight. Korina...most are fairly lightweight.

Neon White...they just don't inspire me.

Another cool Reverend bass...retro looks put in a different league than so many typical FSO basses. (I'm replacing the DR strings on my Thundergun with GHS black tapewounds, had them on a Thundergun years ago...perfect match.)

I really like this one, but it looks like whoever designed the other one started to do it right but then came up blank when he tried to finish it, so he just decided to cut it short...that straight bottom just doesn't look right.

You don't see the Thundergun hanging up in every shop, bought mine online, but I think it's one of the best-kept secrets in the bass world.

I actually like that "click on the color, not the word" exercise. I'll post it occasionally on Facebook. Maybe, but neck dive is such an easily-solved solution I haven't considered it a problem since my first Thunderbird. As for the price? I'd pay $600 for one before I'd pay $900 for one of those humdrum Fender Player Precisions. Plenty of unusual pickguards out there. I've always wondered why Fender went with this half-assed one. I really like the art deco Kay pickguard, though.

$629...under £500. (Looks good with the purple Orange amp.)

Nice photo for sure...it's all about lighting and the proper angle. I already have the Dakota Red version or I'd buy it. Of course, if I walked into Guitar Center or Sam Ash tomorrow and saw it hanging up, I'd buy it regardless.

A bit of sunshine on an overcast, snowy day. (Not mine, but...)

Unless you need to buy a bargain bass because of your budget, so many better short-scale basses out there than the Junior Jet. Other than that, one's a $300 bass, the other is a $900 bass. Are they the only two available?

My brother's first bass.

Exactly. All anyone needs to do is look here, on Talkbass and any of the countless bass boards on Facebook...post after post after post where people show off their new basses and people reply "Wow, that looks great!" I have twelve basses and every, single one I own, I bought because it looked good. I can't remember ever seeing anyone saying "Hey, my bass is as ugly as sin, but it sure sounds good!" When I walk into a music store and something catches my eye, I pick it up, plug it in, and take it from there, and when I see something special hanging up amid a bunch of humdrum Fender Player basses, no way I'm even giving the Fenders more than a cursory glance.

Does that mean Squier is going to start making them again at the end of the year?

Maybe not, but people are buying them for $600 on this side of the Atlantic.

Seriously cool look. If I see one this nice at Guitar Center or Sam Ash, I'm jumping on it!

Still at Guitar Center here for $389.99, but sellers are listing them for $599.99 on Reverb.

Fender hasn't had any in stock for a month or so, unless they had a return. They 40th-Anniversary basses are out of production.

In stock within 1 to 2 weeks? Are they expecting a return from a dissatisfied customer?

Wasn't sure about using them on a through-body bridge, but they seem fine. Wasn't sure about the case, either...didn't actually weigh it, but thanks for letting me know.

It only weighs 11 pounds! Seriously, though, if it leaves the house, it will be in my Gruvgear Gigblade gig bag. The Peavey case isn't exactly light!