ok. speaking of nerding out....tripp, dan, any other gear folk out there, can you figure out when, where this epiphone bass was made and if $129 is as good of a deal as i think it is? went pawn shop window shopping and came across this. played it for a few minutes and it actually sounded pretty good (really all that matters, right?) through a shitty ibanez practice amp, just wanting some more specifics on the actual model...
Pat, I think that's a chinese made epiphone bass (the SJ in the serial number is for SaeJung, a chinese factory), a cheapo version of a Gibson EB-0, but with a bolt on neck instead of a glued set neck. See here:
http://www.epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductID=107&CollectionID=12Personally, it doesn't float my boat, I would rather spend a bit more and get something better.