I have a buddy who owns like 25 basses, mostly PJ variants. He recently went off the deep end for Dingwalls and has a couple really nice ones. I used to have a Dingwall Super J with a PJ config and it was a darn fine bass. At any rate, I told him about my recent obsession with T Birds and immediately, he said, “You should get a D Bird!” I tried to explain that it wasn’t just the styling of T Birds that gets me (though I love the looks), it’s THE SOUND. D Birds, aside from being super expensive with a long waiting list, don’t really sound like T Birds. They sound fantastic, but they don’t sound like T Birds. This got me to thinking about one of the things I love about natural finish ‘Birds, or just the basic colors of White, black, red or burst. They maintain that sort of ‘brutish’ thing I love about the way they sound. The looks match the sound. I was somewhat proud of my little theory until I stumbled upon...
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I’d rock that in a heartbeat!