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I saw this. It's not far from me......

The necks on the player P bass are 42mm at the nut - same as a Standard P bass and a Musicman etc. They are definitely not Jazz necks. I loved the neck on my Squier PJ bass - but I’m getting used to wider necks again with my Stingray and my Spector 😉

How do you feel about someone who is totally right handed playing guitar left handed? The ONLY thing I do left handed is play guitar....... 👀

Nice. I like the black with maple neck.

The Tidepool is much more like the photo I posted above than the photos you see online. I quite liked it. The reason I didn’t buy is that I wasn’t sure on the day and by the time I had decided, they were sold out. I think when they are back I might just have to get one although I have bought a Spector since 😉

I've had the Washburn from new. I've never seen another lefty so I guess it is quite rare.

I had a Sire. I traded it to get the Stingray. The tuners were replaced within six months but the replacements were just as bad. Other than that, it was a good guitar.

I still want a Fender Precision, a Fender Jazz and a custom Overwater to complete my collection. How are you getting on with the Sire?

My collection as it currently stands: 2013 Spector Euro4 LX TW 1989 Washburn Status 1989 Hohner B2A 2017 Musicman Stingray

Yes Merchant City was the shop I was referring to in my original post. Haven't made it in to see them yet. Maybe this weekend....

They have become really expensive. I have a 2017 Stingray which was around £1700 which was comparable to an American Fender at the time. Now at around £2k, it seems expensive.

Give it 6 months before really deciding. I was like you at first too. Don’t get me wrong, they are really good value but mine at least didn’t stand the rigours of regular use. Hopefully they have improved things and if they have I would certainly consider one as an alternative to a Mexican Fender.

I had a lefty Sire V7 4-string for a while. For the money it was good but I only paid about £300 because I had some euros on a pre paid card that I’d loaded years ago! The tuners were frankly rubbish - two were chewed up within 3 months. Thomann sent replacements that were exactly the same so I put Hipshots on it. Sound was proper jazz in the passive mode and the active pre-amp is very powerful. Neck felt ok but I didn’t get on with the lacquered finish. So, upgrade the tuners and it’ll be a good giggable bass.

I understand some of the comments about Scott’s YouTube stuff and social media clickbait - it has become a bit tedious. However, the SBL Academy contains a massive amount of really useful material and information for all levels of bass players and crucially, its not just delivered by Scott. It’s definitely worth investing some time in the 14 day free trial. Then you can decide for yourself whether to spend money on it.

I like them but I can’t help thinking they will look dated in a few years time. I look at my Washburn Status now and think it looks so 1980s. I can’t imagine playing it in front of people. :-0

Yes - it looks lighter in the photos I’ve seen. I think I’ll get a black one first and then maybe down the line I’ll get a white one. 😉

I could've done with reading this before my gig tonight! I got bad cramp in my fretting hand and it locked up completely in the middle of a song near the end of our 3 hour gig. I had to resort to fretting with my thumb for half the song. It freed up after some stretching but I need to warm up and possibly alter my posture to avoid this. It's never happened before - I'm starting to feel my age now!

Anyone played one of the Reverend basses - now available in lefty. I like the colour and many of the features but I wish it was a more traditional shape. There’s one in a shop not far from me. I might go and have a look sometime.

I’m kinda set on a maple neck and they don’t do the lefty P bass in white with maple sadly. How does the Pau Fero board look in real life?

Popped over to my local shop recently and tried out three new lefty Fenders they had in: Player series Precision Player series Jazz Custom Shop Pino Palladio Precision They were all really well put together and sounded like they should do. With the exception of the Palladio which is ridiculously expensive, I’d happily buy any of them but the player series Precision was my personal favourite overall. The maple necks are lovely. Hardware seemed much better than the Sire V7 I used to own. Sadly they didn’t have the colour I want so I have to order and wait......