That's interesting, my Model T has a fairly glossy neck on it. I wonder if that's a more recent change?
Funny thing is, I'll be sanding off the gloss right away, I hate gloss.
The thing I really really like about the Model T is the placement of the P-pickup, it gives the E and A strings a really great sounding mid cut, great for punk or rock stuff.
I think the Diamond P with a new set of P pickups, and maybe different pickup entirely at the bridge would be better, that may be too much work for that kind of bass though.
velalv wrote:
I agree with this assessment. The Diamond P is loud and heavy as all get out. I also thought the tone had no character. The Model T tone is a bit more P-Bass like, but not exactly since the P pickup is about an inch closer to the bridge than a regular P. I thought the Model T I played was heavy as well. The one thing that disappointed me about the Model T was that the neck had a very light satin finish, I like a bit of gloss on the back of my necks.
bigevilrobot wrote:
Had one, didn't like it as much as I thought I would, sold it.
The model T is a much nicer instrument to my tastes. Better sounding pickups (Duncans vs. Schecter) I couldn't get the pickups on the Diamond P to resemble any sort of tone, they are plenty loud, but generally have no other character to them. The diamond P is also unbelievably heavy.