I was finally able to play this thing in a band setting now with the Alchemy strings as I was auditioning with a "Dark Wave" (think New Model Army, Joy Division, New Order, Cure, but they do their own songs) band yesterday. Didn't have my own rig, but used a Hartke amp imstead with a Peavey 2x12 (10?) + horn, which sounded surprisingly good without me having to touch anything. Anyway, the Korinabird has more sparkle and less blurry mids than a reg maho TBird which would sound raunchier, but less focused. Mids are there, but they are of "tidy" nature whereas on a maho TBird things tend to overspill a bit more in the low mid department. Enjoyed playing it and band liked its sound (the other bass I had with me was my Grabber II, which sounded raunchier, but again not as focused). I don't think any of them realized what I was playing, but the guitarist said after our session: "One can tell from your sound that these are not 300 Euro basses ...".
