dub_junkie

owen's right,they do indeed

these look great imo

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='632521' date='Oct 21 2009, 04:29 PM']To sing and play those lines is beyond belief.[/quote] +1 how he can do that is beyond me

what a great looking bass! I'm keen on trying out an SB14 myself after seeing Ed Friedlands video afaik they are shipped to California for final set up/inspection but not at the ebmm factory but at Praxis Music in Orange County

Stingray 5s had alnico pickups way back in the beginning,then changed to ceramic up till the Sterling 5 came out then changed back to alnico. mines has ceramic and I love the tone - smooth yet growly is how I'd describe it. I've got a Bongo 5HH too and wouldnt have sold my SR5 to get it but I'm glad I have that too. It does a lot more than the SR5 but cant do the thing the SR5 does

I (amongst others) owned CK's natural NS5CRFM for 18 months. Superior to the other Euro 5 I owned and the LX's I auditioned at length. That bass was warmer sounding and had some mids built in even though the preamp didnt. I can only imagine it sounds awesome now with the mods. Materials,fit and finish were on par with a 90's Warwick SS1 I used to have many moons ago. Shame they dont do woods like that on the current ones.

never seen a wunkay without the control plate. looks great like that imo

my only experience with Bartlonis is their MMC musicman replacement. I swapped it out for a Basslines one and the Duncan sounded much more like the musicman tone. The term "polite" mentioned a couple of times in this thread is spot on when describing their MM pickup. It wasnt a bad sound at all,it sounded polished and warm but just not what I was after.

one day we'll have a Sabre re-issue (hopefully)

and so's the radiance red Bongo 5HH... stunning! too many nice basses in this thread. going to stop looking here or I'll just start dreaming of/hatching plans for another Sterling

that autumn redburst SR5 two posts up must be fairly rare. beautiful! :wub:

I remember that SB-2 from a couple of months back LeftyJ. wrong way round but lovely all the same SB-2 is indeed a great bass. my one has a 3 way pickup switch and a tone control.Most players will use the P and blend in the single coil as a tone control but I've gone the other way & ramped the bridge single coil up (and lowered the split P)to match the output of both p/ups. Its the best passive bridge p/up sound I've ever had on any bass ever - cuts through anything. which is just as well as the split P is huge sounding. I love the bridge pickup solo'd and I'm glad I have it even if its not being used the way it was designed/intended. My L-2000 can do many things and is a great bass for loads of different tones but it cant get near what the SB-2 does. I've A/B'd them a number of times and in passive mode the SB-2 sounds bigger and to my ears better than the L2K. emerald blue with birdeye maple neck & ebony board

JB owners on talkbass have said the same pups sound different on the new bass. The new JB sells for $1100/1200 new which is the same as a MIA Std Jazz. imo G&L should do well with their bass given the vast options,lineage and superior build of their bass. Haven't seen any used,they're that new any JB-2s I've seen seem to go for $700-900 used. SB-2's about the same I've only seen a few SB-2s and neither of the JB's in the UK. I'm still torn between either a JB (20 fret/4 bolt) or a JB-2 (21 fret/6 bolt) I love this colour on the JB hope you find the bass you're after! and if theres two give me a shout cheers Keir

sad news indeed. my thoughts go out to his family Keir

theres been some discussion on the JB bass at TB [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=545008"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=545008[/url] [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7821999"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7821999[/url] [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=564905"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=564905[/url] I'm after either the JB or a JB-2 for my next bass purchase. The chances of finding either in the UK seem pretty slim though so I'm keeping an eye out for a used one in the States that the owner will be happy to ship to me. What about the SB-2? fantastic bass those. great P/J sounds,jazz neck,I sold both my fender Jazz and Precision because the SB-2 sounded better than both imo cheers Keir

Bongo 5 - sapphire black with moonstone guard - I got this from bigwan in a trade for my Bongo 4 same colour/config. came with the Japanese market MM logo'd C&G case and kanda shokai receipt.

got it from Si (geddys nose) in June. It has the #8 Jazz neck option and is really rather splendid imo. this and the Bongo 5 string I got from bigwan have killed my GAS the last couple of months which is a good thing