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And don't forget the Kawai Aures 2 series where you get the same as the ATX-4 plus the option to hear your piano or whatever connected via Bluetooth to it through the very soundboard of the piano itself thanks to transducers exciting the said soundboard. The sound is quite impressive.

Unlined with the dots on the side at correct place (where the note would be).

Unlined with the dots on the side at correct place (where the note would be).

You know what, I'm really fed up by this forum where people post without reading and start getting aggressive when you simply make them noticing it.

The OP already owns a double bass @Stub Mandrel. 😉

Same question here: Any chance to see a fretless version coming soon?

Any chance to see a fretless version coming soon ?

How would you play the reversed fretless part ? Using a pedal?

Lovely tune, and superb fretless tone. ❤️

5 months ago, I was like you, but I managed to find a rare BassLab L-Bow V, that I, of course, bought. I would have preferred the fretless version, but it's even rarer. The two other fretted basses in the house belong to my wife and I absolutely don't play them. That said, if I put aside that dire Maya EB-2 "bass", which was my first bass, that I sold to get drunk after my studies, alongside a pristine Korg MS-20 (yep the real one that nobody wanted anymore back then). I then really started playing fretless and almost only fretless during the next 38 years, firstly, on a defretted Aria Diamond Violin bass, my second bass and first real one as the crappy Maya doesn't count to me, fitted with EMG "Steinberger" pickups and also a piezo under the bridge (painted in pearly yellow and modified by my friend Christophe Leduc). It really sounded amazing, but ended up as a deco (and then binned) after it was accidentally broken by a family member... That said, I had a pretty good load of fretted basses, but always ended up selling them very quickly, except a very few ones for some reasons. I'm like @Linus27 or certainly @Rosie C and @Beedster and feel at home on fretless basses.

It's a Takamine TB-10. 😉

There's one pictured after it's been fretted, I need to put the correct photo and name all of them...

I'm definitely a fretless player, wanna proof? Check this... And a lot are missing...

In fact, the Marcus Miller and the Geddy Lee were introduced in ... 1998, not before, but it's a common mistake to date them to 1985 because of the A serial number and the Made In Japan that was used only for these two models, as the other models of the period were bearing the Crafted In Japan inscription. Nice confusion leading to some serious mistakes.

You mean there was something going out of it, right? 🤔🤪😉

No need to change the strings, just clean them, have the bass checked by a luthier as he may need to relocate the sound post as well as the bridge correctly, but it's a minor adjustment. At this price tag, if it's playable as it is without rattling noises, you can't be wrong. Storing a classical instrument for that long is quite common.

US means made in USA, which is supposed to be of higher standard, but that's certainly not true at all, especially with Japanese models being way better built with more overall consistency. That said a US model will always resell easier at a higher price tag as most people don't buy trusting their ears, that's why early JV (Japan Vintage) models are so sought after.

He is starting to play, so certainly air bass... 😉

It was in fact signed by Francis Rocco Prestia, and what you can't read is Kyda, meaning Keep Your Dreams Alive. Yes, Pino's son is named Rocco after Francis Rocco Prestia, who was the idol of Pino Palladino, ... small world when you think he also was Jaco Pastorius' idol too.

And here is the preamp diagram/wiring:

Check here for the wiring of the preamp inside the battery compartment: https://my.hohner.de/t/hohner-b2a-spare-parts/1060 And here some photos of the XLR preamp wiring:

I hope you bought a non Chinese one this time, they are more expensive, for sure, but way better in terms of quality. French ones, like Aubert or Despiau are excellent. 😉

@Stub Mandrel, my post was meant to set the record straight, because people were claiming false assertions about this signature model...

First of all, the Icon (relic) Pino Palladino model was made in 15 copies, not 10! Second, his original model had a non correct value treble pot of 500 kOhms reversed log instead of a 1 megohms reversed log, giving less treble and a tad bit more mids, hence his slightly different tone. Third, the bass comes in a premium G&G case with a black shell and gold fur lining. Fourth, the body is poplar, not ash (or alder, which was rare in pre Ernie Ball models), like many of the 1979 models. Fifth, there's no information about the opamp used in the preamp, which should be an LM 4250 CN, and nothing else to recreate the original tone, alongside tantalum capacitors. Sixth, good luck to find a 1979 fretless Stingray these days (mine was found by a friend who knew I was wishing to have one and at a silly price). https://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/pino-palladino-icon-series That said, if I was looking for another fretless Stingray, I would buy the Pino Palladino Artist model as the price tag is decent for what it is, just check the price of the Artist Jaco Pastorius and you'll understand. https://www.music-man.com/instruments/basses/pino-palladino

Big Pino Palladino fretless player fan here, and for those who are astonished by the use of poplar as body wood, CLF who were building the Music Man instruments up to very late 1979 (November), when Leo Fender left (CLF), have been using poplar intensively back then, just like they were finishing the instruments in nitrocellulose, polyester and polyurethane finish upon what was available... So a quite ugly multi pieces unmatched poplar body was the norm and Pino's signature model has it ... sadly.