Well....You're kidding, right? I owned a Greco for a coupla weeks before I sold it to Dave Mustaine's tech, Willie Gee. I played it with the bridge pickup turned off. Sounded good. But trying to compare a Greco to a real vintage thunderbird??? LOL!!! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! I just fell off of my chair laughing!!!!! Just kidding. But seriously...nothing compares to this bass. It's very weird...I compared it to my blue one...and it...it ..uh KILLS!!!!!!!!!!! It F@#$%ng KILLS!!!!!!! Never heard a bird like this...Ok, I have a Hiwatt DR@)! but...I never...never in my wildest dreams thought I could get my tone...And now i have it!!!!