LeftyJ

This is new to me, and totally not what I was expecting but I like it a lot! Thanks for posting

What @naxos10says, but I'd like to add there are both long scale (30") strings and medium scale (32") scales. Both might work, depending on how far the tuning posts are from the nut, whether your bass is strung through body or through bridge, and if the bass has a separate bridge and tailpiece or a one-piece bridge. These two basses both have a 30" scale, but this Gretsch: ...will have very different string requirements than this Mustang: The Gretsch will happily accommodate long scale strings, but the Mustang likely will not.

I thought this picture looked familiar. Hey there, ch willie! Jeroen here

In either direction

I'm not quite going to be able to top @binky_bass's purchase, especially in the necks or strings department, but here is mine (well, technically this is not mine but one just like it): It's a Longbow Bass and it's been sitting idly behind my rack of basses and guitars for the last few years. It's a surprisingly fun and good sounding instrument, but an ergonomical nightmare. It's tuned E-A, strung through-body (if you can call it a body), it's got a stacked humbucker for each string that sits roughly in the P position, and its recommended way of travel is the most American thing you can imagine: in a rifle bag (which I also bought for it, but it never leaves the house so I've yet to explain to an officer what I'm doing walking around with a rifle bag). I may consider selling it at some point, but for now it's sitting fine.

"It needs new strings too." "Which one?" "Yes."

I have so many questions 😆

Good call! The AB40 doesn't have the florentine cutaway and better matches the shape in the video. I think you're right.

Can't get a clear view, but since the body is fairly thin and I don’t see a soundhole I'm leaning towards a Washburn AB10. They were immensely popular in the 1990s and can be seen in numerous MTV Unplugged shows. Edit: nope, cutaway and headstock don't match. Edit 2: kinda arguing with myself here, but on second thought it does appear to be a Washburn. The bass player is James "Hutch" Hutchinson, and he can be seen playing it here: What's funny is that he has a signature Kala U-bass too that mimics the Washburn's slotted soundhole:

Interesting pickup switching options, and it also really surprises me which one stands out to me: in nearly all of these samples, I preferred the tone of the middle pickup stand-alone . After reading through the list of settings, my first thought was "I wish it had a Bridge + Neck option and an option to use the Neck pickup alone" but that faded after listening to your samples. I was also surprised by the similarities in tone to a Stingray, in some way. I've never played one or heard one in the flesh, and have yet to encounter a lefty I can try out (they do lefty Combustion 4 and 5-strings and lefty NG2's and NG3's), but now I'm aching to try one

The new basses (and especially the new finishes!) look impressive. I've been intrigued by the SWB basses ever since first seeing one. Congrats on the big step up, and all the best!

Perfectly reasonable argument to me. I hadn't thought of it, but it should be on my list too. Along with matching headstocks on necks with maple fingerboards.

Sharp, angular body edges (i.e. Rickenbacker, semi-hollowbodies, 1951 style P-basses, Sire V9 and up); Neck dive; Filter-based preamps (Wal, Alembic, ACG). I want my basses to have a neutral setting with a center click (or everything wide open on passive basses) that I can go back to at any time; Too many knobs in general. I'll just keep fidgeting with knobs but I'm never quite "done" when a bass has too many tonal options. I don't hate active basses at all, but just looking at an Alembic Series II or a Status Paramatrix makes me feel lost!

Lovely, congrats! Probably the best finish available on these, I love it. The "new" shape after the D-bird copyright issues has grown on me quite a bit by now, it looks fantastic! Here's the before / after, for those who missed it:

Some interesting German basses that I've been seeing on eBay for a while now: Human Base JBX 5-string with an unusual type of bolt-on neck joint. It's a shame that finish is so dark you can barely see the flamed maple top anymore. Note the bit of masking tape on the bass side of the fingerboard, with fret markers and side dots drawn on with sharpie... Very early Esh bass. I love the body shape, but I hate the 3+1 headstock (and the way that G-string is strung!). 2008 Warwick Corvette Standard 5 in the UK.

...in its current state, or in its March 1979 state?

Quit teasing already! I like that decal!

I see in the source code that his info form links to [email protected] I would try at [email protected] Those addresses might be linked to one another, but I'm not sure. Ellio is a great and very helpful guy, but he can be a bit absentminded, especially since a biking accident he suffered years back. If that doesn't work, he is active on Facebook regularly. His page is very quiet (last post was January 15th), but his personal profile most certainly is not. And if that still doesn't work, I suggest you contact the Bass Connection store I linked to above. The store owner Edwin van Huik is a friend of his.

My old band (female-fronted metal) had a singer that always had a tendency to sing at a very high pitch, but we really wanted to get away from the classic gothic metal flow and adopt a more poppy and modern approach, so we wanted her to sing an octave lower. It turned out not to match her range very well in standard tuning. One of our guitarists already played a 7-string, and both the previous bass player and me played a 5-string bass, and playing at a lower pitch really helped getting the whole band to sound more like we had in mind. It wasn't long before our other guitarist also bought his first 7-string, and it worked wonders for our sound as a whole.

These are made by Ellio Martina, a Dutch luthier of Italian origin. I have a bass of his that's great. He is notoriously hard to reach, but I think the Bass Connection (a bass store here in the Netherlands) is more or less his distributor. www.connectionbult.com

Mustn't... make... darkroom... pun... Seriously though, that looks great and they match the colour of the body really well!

These, and the Marcus Miller Jazz, appear to be THE signature basses out there that appeal to a wide host of bass players whether they're fans of the artists or not. Really cool basses!

Yes, you can drop in any other Jazz-style control plate. Keep in mind a traditional Jazz Bass setup has 3 knobs and a plate-mounted jack, so when going passive VVT you'd have one hole too many because of the sidejack on the Sires. I've tried an Audere JZ3D in my Jazz Bass (not a Sire) once. They offer various configurations, but mine had volume, 3-way impedance switch, stacked pickup pan / mids, stacked bass / treble and a passive tone knob. I liked the versatility, but couldn't stop fidgeting with it and eventually switched mine back to passive, but with a rotary bass boost switch in the 4th position.

If you like the Stingray tone and the looks, MM also has the Sterling and the SLO Special. The Sterling is basically a slimmed-down Ray with a ceramic pickup instead of alnico and a J-style neck profile. The SLO Special is your regular Stingray, but with a Sterling neck.

Generally it is said a power supply doesn't have fully isolated outputs if the power supply has an external adaptor instead of a mains lead. The types with an external adaptor will often still have a common ground.