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Vintera has smaller fretboard radius (7.25" vs 9.5" on Player) so it feels bit different to play than the more modern flatter radius. Vintera also looks to have the vintage truss rod adjustment where you need to remove the neck to adjust. For me these two are absolute no go but depends on what you prefer.

I bought an Atelier Z bass from Nick. He was very helpful and quick in communication and shipping. Bass was well packaged and as described. Thank you!

Mono bass sleeve is my favorite. It's light and has good padding + the big pocket is nice.

Not necessarily cheapest the best but in general I don't think the price directly contributes to the sound anymore after, let's say 500-600£ price range. And sometimes the cheap ones sound just great

Bought Mike Lull T4 from Cameron. He was very helpful throughout with quick communication. The bass was very well packaged and Cameron was very helpful in arranging the shipping. Highly recommended! Thank you!

Bought a Music Man Sterling from Mikkel. Great, quick and friendly communication with him. Bass was as described at the forum and very well packed for shipping. Thanks Mikkel!

I like flatter fingerboards, could be due to my guitar background. I've never understood how rounder would be easier to play. I also like action as low as possible and it's easier to get with flatter fingerboards. Especially on Jazz bass something like 7.25" is really round. I would like to see flatter radius available on standard lines for P and J basses. Now you always need to get some custom or otherwise expensive models to get bigger radius.

Tried swapping the neck between my J and P basses and was surprised that I felt it really changed how the bass sounds. I've always thought that it's just nonsense and wouldn't have any effect. The difference in size in this case was fairly large as my P has the wide C neck and J is standard US. It wasn't necessarily worse but different anyway, maybe like a bit tighter sounding. Maybe there's a reason why many of those Custom Shop Postmodern P basses have that 60s chunkier U neck? Interesting topic. Still haven't figured out what would be the best solution as the C neck just feels a bit too wide. Technically possible to play no problem but the J neck just feels so easy in comparison. Maybe I'll look for those B necks and see how they are.

Mono bags are my favorite! Never again any cheap bags that will fall apart after a month.

Never really been a fan of Stingray sound but I've been listening to Chic and Bernie Edwards a lot lately. Now I want one, *sigh*. Build quality of every Music Man instrument I've tried has always been outstanding. Feels like you can really count on what you get even without testing the particular instrument first. One thing that wasn't discussed here is the neck radius which is different on Classic vs 'current' model (7.5" and 11" I think). That's something what makes the decision for me (the flatter the better...) but of course a matter of taste and might not matter at all for some people.