The Last Bass Outpost

Thank you all so much for those helpful replies! This forum here was recommended to me by someone from 'talkbass.com' as it is a forum full of Gibson experts, and well it definitely is! That's awesome! Now all my doubts regarding the authenticity of that bass are eliminated! Special thanks to Uwe for providing me so much detailed aspects about this bass! And yes, I'm pretty unsatisfied with that sound in the moment, as this bass looks like kicking ass, but it actually doesn't. I compared it with my Fender Jazz, I was blown away, the Fender completely stamped the Gibson into the ground and destroyed it! No chance to compete in any way. And now I know why, because of the midscale construction, the wood and the PU's! All in all a doubtful construction that supplies a poor sound. Well, the advice with that aggressive strings is nice, maybe hooking up the axe to a pure tube amp like SVT or something comparable could make the bass kick ass maybe!
However, I don't play tube amps, so I think I will sell the piece to someone who definitely digs the shape and the design more than me! I think it looks cool, but I need basses most of the time for recording, so this piece doesn't actually fit my needs! If would play more live situations, I would think about selling this bass more carefully!
I didn't know that Gibson has introduced a reissue of that EX-Bass! I will give this a try for sure! Hope this time they did better :-)

Thanks again for those cool replies!

Cheers,

Ulf