TB-70VS Deluxe Series : What a monster!

It's pretty clear that even after changing the initial design of this bass guitar its main idea was to replicate the looks and the sound of a Gibson Thunderbird.

Of course, what got me attracted to this instrument at the very beginning were the features that you get for less than 150 EUR: mahogany body, set-neck, active pickups and the legendary design that rocked the 70's and the 80's.

This thing is really massive and heavy - it has nothing to do with the basses I used to play before buying it. Probably not for people with weaker shoulders, but I seem to dig it as it is. Furthermore, if it ain't heavy, it ain't metal!

For a guitar with such structure, the neck dive is unavoidable - a heads up for the singing bass players that might feel tempted to attempt doing something else with their left hand (ha-ha!).

And finally - the sound! The bridge pickup is as bright as a hammer hitting an anvil and the neck is roaring like a thunder. As you might expect, BT-70VS delivers an unbelievable sustain, even if you use the push-pull feature of the volume knob and switch it to passive mode.

I took one star from the quality section because some additional setup is clearly required, even though the thing was playable right out of the box. It needs some final touches to get even closer to perfection.

Anyway - it's a bass that sounds even better than the simple sum of its parts and I would totally recommend it to people that are not afraid of weighty instruments.