I bought my epi goth model a year ago, and i had a love hate relationship with it. I hated the pickups at first, but when i plugged into a cab, it sounded great. All the midrange i needed plus the thunder bass sound. I love the look of the thunderbird, It's attack as well sleek. I swapped the controls out for a simple kill switch = more output, less fuss.
Also, i never knew how great those stock pickups sounded til i recorded with my band. Unprofessionally with a cassette radio, still turned out great. I love this bass, even if its not my main axe (which is a precision bass copy
) but to each there own. I kinda like the pro's for the neck through construction and it's different sounding, active vs passive epi birds or gibson. But you can get a closer sound to a gibson, IMO with a pro than the std birds, But if you go for the classic pro, well you'll get gibson at fair price. xD
