It's a very powerful midrange-forward sound. Even with 200+ cleanish watts on tap, the Major is not a low-end monster, but the brash growl that it does possess is like nothing else. Old Ampegs are punchier and deeper sounding, and vintage Fender is warm and pillowly. The Major is closest to a Hiwatt but with less headrooom. Majors and Gibson basses have a love/hate relationship because a big mudbucker will send an unstable output section into literal fireworks, but that's only on one that is in bad shape to begin with. A healthy Major is sonically smack in the middle of a Hiwatt and the more common Marshalls like the Superbass or JTM45. They also sound glorious when overdriven- think "Space Truckin'."