I've always had a weak spot for the Fire-/Thunderbird and now there finally is a (very!) affordable type for us lefties. And all I can say is; it's just ridiculously good. I don't really have Gib/Epi reference (only 'righties'), but for this price it's a fantastic bass overall. There are no apparent concessions at all, I expected the Okoumé body to be plywood but luckily it isn't, and to have active electronics is really neat. In active mode, the sound overall is very good and the low-end is crazy, but I usually play passive and in there the sound is fantastic as well. Being used to Fender-types, this is a completely different box of frogs (also sound-wise) and it's fully 'T-bird weird' and 'T-bird lovely'. Playability is excellent; it has been manually checked by Thomann and it needed no adjustments at all. Just like other T-birds it neckdives SO bad that I'm going to relocate the neckside strap-pin, seated the balance is a delight but standing, any playing is near impossible. That's the only real drawback it has and it can be fixed. This is the 4th Harley Benton lefty I just had to get just because it's too cheap not to, the 2nd with Roswell pu's, and it's again too good to be true. It's just as good as my high-end brand basses. Not a huge fan of sunburst finishes, but this 3TS is done really well. If there will be a cherry finish, I'll just get that too.
