Thunderbird or jazz?

have you played em both? whihc did you prefer?
in my opinion the thunderbird looks better but that is probabaly just cos i am a little biased against fenders. jazz bass plays nicely though, and never played a thunderbird

 

JAZZ! T Birds are butt ugly, IMO!

 

they are NOT butt ugly!!! would you rather have bass that looks the same as a thousand others or do you want somehting with a little bit of character to it?
but i guess some poeple cant just see further than their own damn P bass

 

You could always do what I'm doing--build an Explorer with a Jazz neck.

 

For the price of a Thunderbird or a little bit more you could get a Fender Standard Jazz Bass, which to me would be a step up from the Epiphone and big step up from the Squier.

 

bassmonkee that sounds very sweet!!!

 

Gotta justify it somehow--"But, honey, I don't HAVE a hybrid Jazz/Explorer yet."

 

I almost bought Epiphone T-bird 5. It had cool rock'n'roll-type of sound(and awesome looks!), but then again it was pretty one tone monster.. and it's B sucked big time

I'd buy one if I'd stuble across cheap one someday, but for main bass I don't think T-bird is your thing, except for perhaps if you play only rock, heavy or punk. Or if the only other option would be Squier Jazz.

 

what do ya mean mokeeeybouy, is it still in the works or did you lose your hammer and nails? and glue, and stick backed plastic? and yoghurt pots??

 

It's all subjective of course, but I'd agree with Bassmonkee about getting a MIM Jazz. Of course, if you have to choose between the T-Bird and the Squier...

I've only played a Gibson T-Bird, so I'm not really sure about how an Epi would compare to a Squier, but IMO Epiphones are generally better than the budget Fenders. In general though, it depends on whether you like the T-Bird sound - if not, get the Jazz.

 

Having played a t-bird, my only complaint about it was its neck-dive problem. Very head-heavy bass.

But which did you prefer?

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