Luckily I'll be using this in a 70's/80's rock cover-band. So I think the tone should work for me, luckily I won't need a huge change in tone with our songs.
I was given the greatest compliment by our 51 year old drummer who's been around the block (he's played with Bruce Kulick from KISS) the other day. We were recording and I brough my Thunderbird and he said: "That's the best bass tone I've ever heard, I love that bass." I asked if he was joking and he replied: "No I'm serious, we hired you because of your tone. You have the best tone I've ever heard from a bassist." So I was a bit humbled and asked the keyboard player for a second opinion (he's a band teacher at the local high school) and he said: "Yeah, besides the fact that you were on time for the audition, you have an amazing tone. It was a major factor in hiring you."
Needless to say, I love my Gibsons!