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Funny you should mention the money bass. I've been eye-ballin' those. I'm glad to hear you have one! It's tough to find information about them. Folks here on TB seem to love them even though the neck is "too big" (that is my favorite problem to hear people complain about)! Would it be ok for me to ask a few questions via PM?
I finally found my thick necked Firebird (or it found me), and I'm not letting' it go. They're way to hard to find!
I appreciate your advice, and your taking the time to share it with me. It's kinda like I have a big brother watching out for me. My monetary situation demands that I take my time. I don't have a choice. But, I want to be ready when the time comes. No need to take any longer than necessary when the time actually comes. Anytime somebody suggests a brand or model, I dig in & start researching it to see if it might work out for me. It's proving to be much harder than I expected, and I'm starting to think I may have to look somewhere other than Gibson to satisfy my need
. I guess what I'm trying to say is... I am being patient, but I am searching aggressively, trying to formulate my plan for when the time comes. I am a true gear hound, but just cuz I get excited about something doesn't mean I'm gonna rush right out & get it. I understand how my excited manor of posting, and my exclamations like "I GOTTA have it!" could lead you to believe that I'm being an impulsive twit, but usually it just means I really dig whatever it is that we're talking about at the time, would like to have one, and may pursue one in the future at some point.
I am looking forward to taking a trip down to Chicago to stomp around some of the music stores down there. I suspect that will teach me a lot about which directions I should be looking.
I'm also aware that opinions are subjective. "Chunky" to you, probably doesn't mean "chunky" to me. Though it's been a while... I've fought this war for a lotta years with guitar (it was considerably easier to find guitars that were comfortable, than basses for some reason). When somebody suggests something, or if I spot something myself... it just gives me something to research... not necessarily something to buy.
I don't want a 5 string, but the time I spent with that Sqwar Jazz 5 told me enough to know that it's a option I may need to consider.
I genuinely appreciate your concern, and your willingness to express that to me, and you can rest assured that I will be discussing my thoughts, ideas, and decisions with you guys before I actually go out & drop any real coin on something.
I will savor this comment...
How about "Thunderbird hoarding nurses are in a class of their own". That way it covers whatever Tbirds Michael ends up with down the road
Well that certainly is an interesting idea! I'd joked about that before... but I'd never thought about actually doing it. I'll dig around online for neck specs on that 5 string & see if that would be practical...Good to know...
I was worried my reply would come out wrong, but I'm glad you read it right as I intended.
The suggestion about the 5 strings was merely meant as an option for modification: You could take an Epi Pro-V and ditch the 5th tuner (the one for the G-string) and give it a new 4 string nut and 4 string bridge - This could be done for fairly cheap and wouldn't require a whole lot of modding.
