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Fender made a lefty Hot Rodded American Standard Precision around 1999-2001 with PJ pickups, all passive.

Wouldn't an LX have a flamed maple body? My 5-string does.

I can highly recommend the Koch Classic SE. There's a 6 watt version and a slightly larger 12 watt version, with the same circuitry but different power tube. I have the 6, and I love it. It's a no-frills design, single channel, no reverb, and just a tone control rather than a 3-band EQ, but the range of tones is huge and it sounds brilliant and responsive. I love mine.

And now it's probably wickedly expensive rubbish and still out there 😅

Pretty cool! Somewhere between a Wal and a Gibson.

Yes, with a headstock like that, it has to be one of those two.

Just get an EBS amp with phantom power 😛 Both the input jack and the FX return are 9V powered, and will power your bass or the last pedal in your chain through a stereo jack cable.

I played a lefty Thumb doubleneck once, and I've never laid hands on any instrument heavier than that. Just crazy! Really cool though. It had a fretted 6-string neck and a fretless 5-string neck, both strung reverse. http://www.leftybass.com/h_h_thumb.jpg

Great price! And an old one (1996 according to the serial) with a wenge neck. Nice!

I have an Ampeg SVP-PRO, SVP-CL, SWR Grand Prix and an EBS Microbass II. The SVP-PRO is my favourite, with a host of classic Ampeg tube tones, a versatile EQ and plenty of drive at the turn of a knob if I want it. It's basically the preamp section of the SVT2PRO in a single rack space. The SVP-CL is the preamp section of the SVT Classic and maybe even better than the PRO, with less bells and whistles and the ability to produce a fairly flat and uncoloured tone too, but I just really enjoy the drive of the SVP-PRO.

The lighting was poor, but here's a try. There's a LOT going on in there, so I hope this helps. Mine's a lefty, so everything is backwards but the soldering shouldn't be. If you need to see anything in more detail, drop me a PM. Most of the wiring from the active/passive switch is heading to the narrowest of the two connectors and to the output jack, but it's difficult to see.

OK, I'll take a look at mine!

Supercool! That fingerboard hasn't seen oil for quite some time it seems. Could probably use some TLC 🙂

Edited after I got home and checked my other MIJ Strat. Strangely, one does have the shim and the other doesn't. Not very helpful then 😅