OK thank you all for all the excellent replies. So the consensus on these is, "nice bass, doesn't sound like a "real" one, easy enough to mod. Oh, and thin neck, which I hate...
So do I start a new thread about other hollow basses, or schmutz this one up?
I've been looking for another hollow bass, I sold a bunch of my music crap and I have a little $ to get something (preferrably not a project, unless that's the only way)
I used to have THIS
(Hofner 500/4) and really dug it, I got broke and had to sell it.
Ibanez ASB-140 it felt and played so nice, but sounded "meh", I got broke and had to sell it before I could even think about modding it. So I really like hollow basses but can't justify spending 4-digit prices for something. Right now Ibanez is selling THESE
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ibanez-ASB180-4-String-Electric-Bass-Brown-Sunburst-/191607035104?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c9cab54e0which I'm ASSUMING are like my old one, except 2-pups (I've searched everywhere and nobody's selling a 140 like my old one)
There's also THESE
http://www.rondomusic.com/spb11002ts.html which looks pretty much JUST like my old IBanez, other than the headstock (which I don't care about)
So if nothing is really gonna sound like an EB-2, which I can't afford anyway, what would you experts all say of these options I see would be a good choice? (I know, opinions are like navels or whatever,) It just seems like any bass I stumble across, someone on here has had one.
Thank you guys!