I was not planning on buying a bass (*), cos I just ordered the Vintera II Competition Orange Mustang Bass. But I bought a Inverness Green Non Reverse Thunderbird by accident.
Some weeks ago Gibson Europe (based in The Netherlands) had their artist sale. I went there the first couple of times and the first time they had many years old demo basses going for cheap. In hindsight I should've bought more, but hey.. I was glad I scored an SG Bass (I sold mine year before and I regretted that) for a very low price. I'm happy to have that back and it has a nice worn burst. Now they only sell basses and guitars of the last year and it's like the dealer price and a discount. Cheaper but no real steels.
I went there and I thought: if they have a DC Jr, Bass for cheap, I might grab one. But all they had were three nonrev Tbirds. Two in Inverness Green and a Pelham Blue. I liked the Inverness Green the most and I bought the best one. I never seen and played one in real life and I just fell in love.
Pros and cons:
Cons: Not a lot. Well, one thing: the case is just too big and heavy. Oh, and we all know it's not a complete accurate reissue of an old one, but it still is a great looker!
Pros: the smell, the looks, the baby pic of the bass in the factory. I really like the neck. I love my very narrow '76 Bicentennial neck, this one is much beefier, but it just plays nice. The sound is awesome and I can really get all the tones I like out of the two pickups. I still have the factory strings on, which seem to be okay. Last couple of years I hardly play any long scale basses. Only for reviews. I mostly play my Höfners, the SG Bass, Mustangs. But this big bass is so easy to play, I keep grabbing it!
(*) So exactly this happened:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/thchJBHRS1I
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