LeftyJ

F Bass just posted this on Facebook a couple of hours ago: It's Janek's new custom neck-through VF5 and I think it's stunning!

Black on black with maple is such a classic combo! I love both, but to me the black one stands out. Enjoy!

You could get away with an ESP / LTD Forest or Surveyor, those are probably a LOT easier to find. With the end of Maverick guitars, Dave's endorsement was fairly shortlived I think. I can't remember what he used to play back when he was with Anathema.

Good call. I wonder if they use the same pickup as on the Gold Foil Jazzmaster and Telecaster guitars, but in a different casing (so it doesn't need a mounting ring):

I wonder if that's the one @wombatboter now owns. Who is in fact Belgian, not German. Though I have no doubt he can put on a convincing German accent when pushed

A lovely Modulus Quantum 5 with a natural quilted maple top and (fairly unusual on one of these) 19 mm string spacing at the bridge. I think it was @whynot who was selling it. I've come to love graphite necks, and I love the looks of the Quantum model. It had a Buy It Now price of 700 GBP, which was more than fair - cheap even. Someone else figured the same, because it resurfaced on eBay just days later for more than double. That one hurt!

They look like the ABM bridges that Status used briefly in the 90s, before they switched to the current, more rounded, ABM model.

I sold my Ibanez ATK305 not long ago, and sold my Carvin LB75 last week. I found myself eyeing the Thomann site soon after Nothing happened. YET.

Yep, your name pops up a lot in the marketplace I still kick myself for not buying that Modulus Quantum 5 you once had. At least I think that was you? That popped up just several days later for double the money

No, I never owned it. I just complimented its looks, it's a stunner.

I remember that one fondly, very pretty! I'll keep an eye out.

One man's thrash is another man's thrasher

Could you elaborate a bit more? After about 15 years of daily use, the battery of my iPod Classic 80GB barely charges anymore. I use mine in my car exclusively these days, where it's been hooked up to the stereo of my Mondeo by USB for the last 2 years. Previously, in my Volvo V50, I had it hooked up to a Parrot MKi9200 carkit permanently for 9.5 years. It's getting 5V through that connection at all times when my contact is on. Lately it won't power up sometimes. It's working fine when hooked up to iTunes. Today I kept it connected to a USB charger all day, but when I just disconnected it it was still empty. If I could revive it with a new battery, I would be more than happy! It's served me very well for far longer than I would have expected already, but I would love to keep using it. Did you replace the battery, and if so, how much did you spend on it?

I'm still hoping for lefty shortscales. A Mustang Bass would be cool, even if it was just a Squier.

Good call! I think you're spot-on. When I googled "Dimension Bass V" I could even pinpoint the exact picture (of a Squier Dimension V):

Somewhere in West Newton?

It was interesting to read in the interview that all the luthiers (who make wooden necks exclusively) noticed a difference except Joe Zon - who attributes that to the stiffness of his composite necks. He adds that on a wooden neck the size and angle of the headstock have a much more profound effect. With my Status basses (both bolt-on, headless S2 Classics) I have no similar headed instrument to compare them with. I do notice they have an incredibly fast attack but I couldn't tell if that's the graphite / phenolic or the lack of a headstock. I owned a solid maple neck-through Hohner B2A headless that shared many of the characteristics of my Status basses though: fast attack, tight sound, and very clear highs. Oddly, the Hohner produced less overtones through my amps and had more emphasis on the fundamental.

Maybe not the appropriate place to share, so if this violates any rules please feel free to moderate, but there's a wonderful Masterpiece 6 fretless for sale in the Netherlands: Leduc Masterpiece MP 628 SF https://link.marktplaats.nl/m1928276532 I think this is one of @Hellzero's from page 1?

As a vintage Ibanez fan it pains me a bit to see one irreversibly modded (and a fairly rare one at that) and even removing the logo and serial, but I have to admit the result is stunning! That's a beautiful piece of ash and the grain comes out a lot nicer after the refin. By the way, not a Roadstar but a Roadster RS721.

I was always more into rock and metal, but I was surprised to find out Faithless are an actual band with real performing musicians. Changed my opinion on them a lot when I saw them live at Rock Werchter 2007. They've released some solid anthems throughout their career, and Maxi Jazz's soothing voice and words were always at the core. I've come to love them, and didn't see this coming. Shame

Try finding them in lefty. Cheapest is the Ibanez EHB1005, which is less than half of a new Dingwall Combustion but still not a cheap bass.

I can't comment on the use of actual medium scale basses, but I have a medium scale set on my shortscale Atelier Z Baby Z-4J, which has a string-through-body option. I have DR Sunbeams on it, 045-105. They feel and sound surprisingly tight on that bass, with plenty of zing.

Oh! I love that! Great colour, and I love the simplicity of it.

I'm a bit of a hoarder. With any interest I start getting into, I can never stick to keeping things simple. When I got into birdwatching, I needed a nice pair of binoculars and a spotting scope. I gave myself a budget, and like I always do, ended up spending double that because I found something nicer. I got a pair of military surplus binoculars, loved them, and got another pair just like it - for no real reason. I now have two Leica Swiss army 8x30's and a Hensoldt (Zeiss) German army FERO D16 8x30. Do I use any of them anymore? Sure, the Hensoldt lives in my work van in case I get to some place nice that deserves a closer look. Other than that, I moved on to the next fling. I'm similar with my basses and guitars. Find one I like? Then I need another just like it "as backup", even when I'm not gigging it. Being a lefty makes matters worse, because I have difficulty parting with instruments - as they're all incredibly rare, being lefty instruments. What if I get hit with seller's remorse? How will I find one like it again? I've certainly experienced this and have a couple of guitars that still cross my mind regularly even though they've been gone for over a decade. It's what made me hold on to several basses for long periods of time without ever laying a finger on them - and how I ended up with 3 Ibanez ATK's, 3 Ibanez MC924's, 2 MIJ Squier Strats, 2 Status Graphite S2 Classics (well, one's a 5-string so technically it's a different instrument...) and several others that have come and gone. Which, to be fair, I haven't missed at all. And then there's the basses that I hold on to for sentimental reasons. I've been in two recording and gigging bands where I had a very clear 5-string "main axe" that I used on most gigs, but don't really play anymore. But I could never bring myself to selling them! In fact, I bought the 4-string equivalent to match... (Warwick Streamer LX) I'm at 20 guitars and basses combined at the moment, and have thought of selling a few so I can try something new (I've been aching to try fanned frets) but I can't bring myself to sell any of the instruments I currently own - except for my Carvin LB75, which is for sale but won't get me anywhere near Dingwall money.