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Never thought I would be saying this...Goodbye darlin

#23
godofthunder59 said:
The Epiphone Vintage Pro Thunderbird gets my vote! Fantastic sounding bass and excellent quality. I have been playing Thunderbirds since 1976 and the VP is more than a match for 60's Thunderbirds. I loved my first one so much I bought another! I see more in the future. View attachment 3287294 View attachment 3287294
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I love those chrome pickups, don't know why Gibson doesn't put chrome pickups on their T-bird.
 
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Guild Starfire II's looks like nice basses and can be had sometimes around 1000.00 Gretsch makes a nice hollow body bass too, about the same price I think maybe even a little cheaper. I have an EB-2 but if I didn't have that I'd probably look at those two basses.
 
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For a good time call.
About $400.00 Semi-hollowbody.
Strikes down daemons at 30 paces.
 
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shababy32 said:
Greetings and salutations everyone. Or as we say down here in God’s country(Missisippi), how y’all doin? Well I must admit for a minute I’ve been down in the dumps. I had to sell my 2015 Fender American Standard P Bass. It hurt. It was the bass that I had been striving to get for years and years. Then I started thinking. It’s really only a bass guitar. A damn fine one, but it didn’t make my bed, my exwife actually paid for it and being that she was spawned from Lucifer himself, the damn thing could have easily been possessed and who knows. The bass might have even spontaneously emmiting massive electrical currents and possibly fried me...Like I really need something to do that to me. I successfully did that to myself during the 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s, and well, satans daughter gave me the best gift ever. My son! So when it is either keep what I consider the Holy Grail or Santa for my boy, it’s a no freakin brainer!
Anyway, here’s my question. I have a Jazz bass already, and I’ve been really interested in goin a different rout. Like the semi hollow body, or hollow body, or just something different. Fender Starcaster, Gretsch, or even the epi jack Cassidy or Allen Woody bass. Not lookin to spend over 800. Any suggestions?
Thank y’all!
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You should've kept it! lol
 
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shababy32 said:
Being that I have never owned a semi or hollow body bass, are they durable? For some reason I think of them as being fragile. Is this true?
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I had a jack casady epiphone bass and sold it..I didnt like the large oversized cluncky body over time..even though I played one before I bought it..I have always felt that hollow bodies were more fragile than solids..but I guess it depends on exactly what degree of use you are talking about..everybody has a different perception of how rough an instrument might be treated..if you dont play out much and home use is the main usage..it shouldnt be a problem..but if its like Stevie Ray Vaughn's Tin Pan Alley............."alley is the roughest place I've ever been"..then it may get "busted up"..now..that Jack Casady had a really beautiful straight / fast neck..and a really nice tone..I just couldnt get comfortable playing the big body..the D'Angelico..I dont know..I have never played one..have just seen the ads..and it looks pretty nice..but the actual feel "in the hand"..and the sound..I just dont know..I suggested it because it was in your price bracket..overall..I have always played and owned solid bodies..I was just never the one to reach for the hollowbodies..so..it all goes back to personal preference..you just gotta pick one up and give it a whirl..
 
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Weight (and scarcity) aside, the Dillion is a fine option, as @B-Mac points out, but it does present some of the same ergonomic challenges as the JC. Bump the budget up to $900 and you can get a Gretsch 5440, an eminently light and ergonomic bass, as well as being the despair of limerists the world over.

A Gretsch bass finished in orange . . .
 
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GretschWretch said:
Weight (and scarcity) aside, the Dillion is a fine option, as @B-Mac points out, but it does present some of the same ergonomic challenges as the JC. Bump the budget up to $900 and you can get a Gretsch 5440, an eminently light and ergonomic bass, as well as being the despair of limerists the world over.

A Gretsch bass finished in orange . . .
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They had these in black when they first came out, didn't they?
 

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