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Ive never tried one. Wonder if they made lefties. Found a photo of Jaco playing a Guild Pilot fretless but couldnt upload it.

I have two '94 Fender Jazz MIJ basses and they have very notable differences with the same strings. I put this down to body wood, neck and string setup etc. One is definitely brighter sounding and other has better sustain. I am inclined to keep roundwounds on one and fit flatwounds on the other to make best of each bass characteristics.

EB2 auction has been ended early. Hmm....

There is an interesting lefty EB2 lookalike on ebay at the moment. Seller says its from China. Anyone know anything about the quality of these imports?

I saw The Police in 1982 then again in 2008. I saw Sting solo in 1986 and again in 2012. I would have to say that The Police gigs were far superior in terms of quality of songs and band sound but at last year's Sting show I had pretty much a close-up view of his effortless playing style and with Vinnie C on drums, it made an impressive backline.

Def my fave band of all time and the reason i picked bass. Soon as i heard Walking On The Moon, my brother's bass essentially became my bass.

I use a tiny Ashdown Tourbus 10. It is excellent for using headphones and has mini jack aux in for plugging in an ipod, whatever. I highly recommend it. Otherwise you could look out for a 2nd-hand Line 6 110. It is a 12" cube with a few amp models to choose from and loud enough for a quite band practice if drummer uses brushsticks. In fact there's one on ebay right now.

What about a vegemite option?

I put a r/h gold anodised pickguard on my '57 lefty p bass. Flipped it over as no bevel edge. Never seen an anodized jazz guard to compare.

Pity about that but thanks for letting us know.

I might be advertising my '94 Fender Jazz 62' RI MIJ in sunburst on here soon but going to try it first on leftybass to see what kind of feedback there is. Took plenty of photos.

I would like an anodised pickguard for my lefty jazz. Might be time to contact the Doc.

I remember seeing his gold jazz bass advertised for sale for just under £7k. I wonder if anyone bought it?

I set up my brother's medium scale Yamaha fretless as BEAD using light gauge string set and didnt have to change the nut.

The newly found 'Bass of Doom', which was put back together by a luthier after being smashed by Jaco and the body veneered, looks nothing like it did originally and actually ive seen a few Squier lined fretless tribute jazzes that have a very similar finish to what it looks like now. You often see them on ebay starting around £100.

I recently picked up a micro Ampeg VR rig on here. 200w ultra light head and a 2x10 cab. Looks like a toy but really nice to play with my Fender P. I have also wondered what the portaflex stuff sounds like in comparison.

My 2005 CIJ P bass is the best I have played but I think the replacement pup is a big part of that. Over the years I used to borrow P basses or use in-house studio P basses when recording and the quality and weight etc varied drastically. I love the look of some old 60's ones but would def try before parting with a bucketload of cash. There is a '63 on ebay for just over £2k if expense no problem.

My Fender CIJ Precision is a 2005 '57 RI and is fitted with a Kent Armstrong pup. It has a fantastic tonal response from muddy lows, great for that motown or dub feel through to bright and sparkling highs for slap or an attacking plectrum approach.

If it had an all black body and pickguard with that maple 51 P neck I would be happyto try it.

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1364667559' post='2029516'] Jimi use to play righty guitars upside down but string them as a lefty. [/quote] I knew that but sometimes it gets complicated trying to explain the upside down thing. Actually, on the cover of one of this month's guitar magazines is Hendrix playing a Fender Jazz bass upside down, including the strings. Never saw this photo before. Jimmy Haslip of the Yellowjackets plays the same way I do, playing lefty but strung right-handed. Makes complete sense to me anyway. I sometimes string a bass properly as inspiration to come up with new lines etc.

Im still waiting for someone at Fender to give the green light on a lefty Mustang model.