Damn... having contours was going to be my justification for spending twice as much in order to import a compstang bass from Japan. I love the competition OTM like yours... but it would be half as much dineros for me to buy a local one in the white or fiesta red.
Has anybody ever A/B'd the pickups on a reissue versus a vintage Mustang bass? The Japanese ones have a "duncan designed" pickup, but I don't understand what SD actually designed, since their own website says that it's a recreation of the OG pickup. I've never played a vintage one, but the reissues I've tried sounded spectacular.
I've owned/played both over the years, but never did a side by side comparison. It's kind of hard to judge bass pickups given differences in string guages, playing technique and condition of the strings. All in all though I would say they're comparable, at least I've never noticed any huge differences.
