So I went and bought the bass today before work. My wife is gonna kill me when she sees the CC bill, but I figure it's better to ask forgiveness, than permission...
Plus I didn't want to feel like I missed it, and not be able to find another one, or something... I traded my Austin P for it. I got all of $60 for the Austin
but since I only paid $45, plus the $1 for the EMG pickup I put in it, I shouldn't complain...
Comparatively, the Giannini has a MUCH nicer neck-it's all maple (Austin had a rosewood-ish board) the nut width is 1-3/4" (Austin was 1.6") I prefer bigger necks, and always thought the neck on the Austin was too narrow, plus the depth wasn't real big either. the frets on the G are noticably smaller, though. No actual fret wear, though. I thought the AUstin sounded better, but that's because I changed it to what I like (EMG Selects, like my other bass). Maybe I'll change the G, but it's fine for now. I played an old P bass with the single coil pup like this, that had a "Quarter Pounder" in it, that I liked, so maybe when I save up the $ for one (that I'm sure will cost more than this whole bass did
) I can change that out. THis bass has the dime-size pots, and the volume is a little scratchy, but otherwise there's nothing actually WRONG with it, I just haven't soldered anything lately, and am getting a little itchy. The bridges on both these looked identical. The body on the G is slightly thicker, but overall it weighs less than the Austin. Again, I bought another black Fender copy. I wanted something different, but this one plays and feels REAL nice, I shouldn't complain. Especially for $80 out the door...
I looked up the Turser basses Pilgrim said, and mine looks the same. Other than the butt-ugly headstock mine has.
So is there a big difference between the sound of these single coil P's and the split ones? And when I googled "Tele bass" those all seemed to have the big chrome humbuckers. Do we like those around here? Not that I'm planning on getting one any time soon, I just realized I don't think I've seen one of those (HB Tele bass) in person ever.