[Brian Casey]

Thanks, Arnold.

I've been leaning toward your advice about spending a little extra to get what comes closest to the sound and feel I'm after, and your input has helped validate that.

To clarify, your statement that it sounds cheap indicates that you feel the price is a good one, right? (As opposed to something along the lines of the bass is cheaply made and not at the level of the asking price...)

I'll play each of the three basses I'm looking at again in the next week or two, hopefully in the same room. I just want to verify my initial responses to all these instruments before dropping that much cash.

Thanks again for your comments. whatever I end up buying, I'll post in the appropriate section here to get as much information as I can about my new bass...

brian