Tacoma Thunderchief, natural finish, made in USA 2001. This is a pretty remarkable thing, I was super impressed. In the early 1990s, Korean piano makers Young Chang spent big money buying and tooling up a timber mill in Washington State, USA, and the mill manager talked the company boss into setting up a guitar factory close by: Tacoma was born. The guitars debuted at NAMM in 1997, and their cult-favourite acoustic bass, the Thunderchief, launched in 1999. It's all solid, very lightly braced, finished in super thin satin, sports an offset 'paisley' soundhole and an  innovative bolt-on neck. All those design elements had one primary aim: make that top resonate, and I'm pleased to report that it really, really does. This is the loudest acoustic bass I've ever played by some margin. The low-end response is also very impressive: it's round, fat and weight, with a very strong fundamental note. This easily keeps up with loud acoustic guitars like dreadnoughts and jumbos. To be honest, I'm generally not a fan of acoustic bass as a genre: they usually hard to play, too quiet, anemic in tone and pretty much useless unless you plug them in, and that kinda defeats the purpose. This one though: dang it, it really broke all my assumptions, it's very impressive indeed. All hail the Chief.

Model: Tacoma Thunderchief CB10
Made: USA, 2001, Tacoma Washington factory
Serial: C1965150
Finish: natural, satin poly
Body: solid sitka spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, 124mm deep, jumbo size
Neck: mahogany, 
Weight: 2.565kg
Mods: none
Pickups: Fishman Prefix Plus piezo and preamp
Accessories: basic gig bag

Cosmetic condition notes: minor finish wear. The headstock has scuffs on the end. The neck is clean and smooth in the hands, dimples and rub wear on the back only. The back has minor rub wear in the middle of the body and elbow area. The sides have dimples around the neck join, elbow area, back edge and bottom bout. The front has some small dents neat the back edge and bottom corner, rub wear along the  elbow area and some play wear on and around the guard.
Overall: very good condition (8/10)

Playing condition notes: Action is low, neck is straight, intonation is good, truss rod works. All electronics tested and working properly. Wearing fresh 45/105 Moonshiners strings.
Fret life: 9/10, minor wear only