Indeed...and I long for those bygone days wistfully. What seemed like endless color options - solids, metallics, bursts, naturals, etc., matching headlocks, choice of fingerboard, pickup configuration options, pick guard options, etc. And at far more affordable prices. If the old configurator was still around, I'd be tempted to order one per year, every year (maybe more). When they were selling more basses than guitars (supposedly), I guess that model made business sense for them, but it doesn't seem like we'll ever get that back (since they now seem to be selling more guitars than basses and seem to have forgotten that the Sterling model exists).
To quote A Christmas Story, those new colors are "a pink nightmare"...a child's Easter basket come to life in bass guitar form...no thanks.
