LeftyJ

There used to be many basses I didn't get along with (mostly vintage designs with very characteristic (muddy and mellow) tones and little tonal variety) but as I'm getting older I've come to appreciate them and see their purpose. I didn't like slab bodies without contours, but nowadays I can see their charm. I used to think shortscale basses were for short people and beginners, but I've come to love them as they're so much fun to play. I used to dislike flatwound strings but now that I own a shortscale P (Sandberg Lionel) they suddenly make sense to me. I wouldn't say there are any designs I "hate". What I still don't like are pointy metal basses and poorly balancing basses. Basically anything that puts form over function.

I used to have a Korg DT-10 that was great: accurate, rugged (built like a tank) and easy to read. I sold it because of its size, and replaced it with a TC Polytune Nano in black and I haven't looked back: it's supercompact, has a great display (and several display modes) and very accurate. I also have two TC Unitune Clips that I use at home all the time. The Polytune sits on my board and only comes out for rehearsals and gigs.

When I just got my Lionel there were Pyramid flatwounds on it. It sounded very unbalanced on the bass. I liked the A, D and G but the E-string was overly boomy and considerably louder than the other 3 strings. I blame that on a poorly calibrated string set, not on the bass. I have the stock Sandberg roundwound strings on it for now and it's much more balanced, but I don't like the feel and the low tension. I may try a set of LaBella's on it, I hadn't expected to like them but when I played the Gibson LP Jr DC Tribute and Sire U5 of the previous owner I quite liked that thumpy tone and the feel of the strings - and on a P they just make sense to me!

Dual 7-strings and it's probably still lighter than any of my single 4-strings

Mike Watt wants to know your location.

The GSS Baby Sumo is pretty compact, but maybe not exactly pedalboard-sized. Comes in different versions and power ratings too.

Blasphemy on this forum, I know, but I can't wait until they add guitars to the configurator! I won't be ordering as the pricing is out of my league, but I've always had a thing for their guitars.

For me it's my basses straight into an EBS NeoDrome 12, or (rarely these days) my basses straight into a small 12-band Yamaha mixing desk with built-in USB audio interface and my KRK V4 Series II active studio monitors for practice where I need to play along with tracks. I'm usually too lazy to put a preamp or DI inbetween, as the direct sound is good enough for practice. I bought my SWR Grand Prix for that goal, but never use it. My PC is ancient and needs replacement, so most of the time it's oldschool through my EBS amp nowadays, without using my PC.

Yep! It's a 1966 reissue minus the lollipop tuners. Looks great.

Looks great, I see his stuff on Facebook a lot - but every time it makes me think of the Serek Sacramento model as they look very similar.

Ended up ordering a Souldier strap in purple, with the plain option (without decorative garments over their standard seatbelt material). They offer choice of 23 different seatbelt colours and 21 different colours for the leather end tabs (or 15 shades of vinyl if you want it to be vegan). I went with purple leather end tabs. I'm really happy with it, it matches the colour of my guitar pretty well and I think it looks great!

Every time I see this thread when opening Accessories and Misc I think of extra long body bags

1983 Ibanez MC924. Not because it is from my year of birth, but because I've always been attracted to the Musician Series and just happened to settle on a 1983 model. I had been looking for a lefty for years, and when I finally found one (1981) a second one popped up just two months later. So naturally I did the sensible thing and bought both! (and it got worse, I had three at one point) I turned out to like the 1983 better than the 1981, as they're very different beasts: The Musician series was updated several times between 1978 and 1987. The 1983 model has different contouring, a slimmer neck and narrower nut width, a different pickup and electronics package (PJ pickups in soapbar casings) and it's MUCH lighter in weight because of the contoured light ash body wings rather than solid mahogany with ash facings. I much prefer the tone of the 1983 too. I sold one 1981 model and traded the other for a cool shortscale a few years ago, but the 1983 won't be going anywhere anytime soon. The YOB thing does add to the sentimental value, but most of all it's just a terrific bass! The one on the right is now gone, the one on the left is still here:

The Stingray neck-through was shortlived, it disappeared when the Stingray Specials were introduced: StingRay 5 Through Neck | Basses | Ernie Ball Music Man (music-man.com)

Some cool options there that weren't previously available to lefties, like the slimmer and narrower SLO Special neck profile on 4-strings, and twin pickups (previously only available through the Vault in very limited quantities), and the SR5 was unavailable to lefties ever since the regular Stingray was replaced by the Stingray Special. So I'm glad we get those back. But the prices are wild! As much as I love Music Man's quality and attention to detail, I'm not willing or able to pay that much for one. I had a Stingray 5 that I really liked (but that tone just isn't for me) and I own a rather lovely Silhouette Special guitar (and owned another one previously) that I absolutely adore but would never pay $3000 for.

The bass in your example is a Stingray Shortscale though

Good call, I wasn't aware of that but 42mm might indeed be hefty for an 8 year old!

An older, used Squier Vista Musicmaster would be a perfect match. They don't come up often though, and they're going up in price. They were made in China, whereas the rest of the Vista Series were made in Japan, but they're great.

Are they though? When the first generation came out, they were priced around €800-900. It's only now that Thomann are dumping them that other retailers follow suit and the prices have come down so much.

Compared to a Fender P's pickup positioning, are the coils just reversed but in the same general position or is the treble coil in the Fender position and did they move the bass coil closer to the bridge? I do like a reverse P + J, combined they give such a classic rock and metal tone! Back in the 80s and early 90s when many rock bassists were playing Spector, Kramer, Charvel and other PJ's (or a Fender Jazz Special for that matter, like Duff) the bass tones were so fat! I love that Spector tone on Operation:Mindcrime by Queensryche for example, if only the mix wasn't so bright and thin.

"What's up" by the 4 Non-Blondes I was in a covers band for 2 years and we rehearsed weekly. Every rehearsal would start with that song, and every week the guitarist would mess up the intro lead. Now every time I hear that song I hear him playing along in my head.

I had a 2000 US Tele with a full maple neck that had this too. The neck finish had cracks and in places the finish had delaminated from the skunk stripe and the fingerboard dots, which are lacquered over on the maple necks. It would gradually spread from there. Luckily I bought it used at a VERY good price (€500) so I couldn't really complain. Played it a LOT for about a year, then sold it on because it made me hanker back to my old G&L ASAT Special.

Funny, I was just looking at that the other day because I wondered if they made lefty versions of their new Julietta guitar model. Odd why they would call it medium scale at 30.5"!

Far from complete, lacks a G&L! Lovely set though!