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After a few days of playing this, I've decided to pull the trigger. I'm not handing it back It's a brilliant little bass, it's a fair bit heavier than I would have expected from such a compact shortscale bass but it's very comfortable to play and it sounds huge! Nice agressive mids and lots of attack from the stock pickup. I only have a few gripes with it: 1: the stock gigbag is flimsy, and most importantly: it doesn't fit all too well. It's not shortscale-specific, and the velcro strap to secure the neck in place sits somewhere halfway along the headstock 2: the body is very thin where the tummycut and the forearm contour meet. This gets uncomfortable over time when resting my arm on the body while playing seated. That couldn't deter me from absolutely loving this little beast though!

Gotoh GB-1 tuners and barrel saddles are a match, and likely pinpoint it as a PB62-53. The very red tort doesn't look out of place on an older MIJ. The body on the PB62-53 will typically be basswood.

Beautiful! Is that the protective film still on the pickups, or are they secretly Mustang pickups in P-bass cases?

It is a Pangton! Not unlike this one: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/320723-le-fay-pangton-6-headless-%C2%B489/

I like having both I play in a doom metal band where I absolutely need the extended range of a 5-string, tuned down to A. At home I mostly play 4-string, and often a shortscale at that. A 4-string makes me play differently, I dig in harder and deeper on my 4's than I do on my 5 for some reason and I enjoy it a lot.

Those are Gotoh GB1 tuners, and they are perfectly fine Fender has been using them on their entry-level Japanese bass models since the 1980s and they work great. The more expensive models generally have vintage reissue tuners with larger backplates. Same goes for their use of basswood, the more expensive models have ash or alder - and bridges with threaded saddles.

According to the block diagram in the manual (PDF), the headphone out is all the way at the end of the signal chain, with only the power amp and speaker outputs left to go - so it's likely a failing class D power amp or the internal switching power supply towards the power amp. The power amp has short circuit and high temperature protection and will switch itself off when either of these is triggered. Might be wise emailing EBS for a solution, although the answer will likely be "Go to one of our dealerships". There's a contact form on their website, and an email address: [email protected]

The Streamer is definitely the rarer AND the nicer of the two. I love the flamed neck and the laminated body (you can just tell a little black veneer inbetween layers in OP's pics, like on the Streamer LX Jazzman)

Hey, it's that guy @lozkerr boycotts! Boooo!

I took a screenshot from the ad, because the website won't let me download any of the pics. The label is only on the site, not on the bass

Tomorrow I'm picking up a lovely looking lefty Lionel to borrow for a bit, and I'm really looking forward to it! It's being offered for sale local to me, and the seller kindly offered me to try it out for a little while - while he borrows my Fender MIJ 1975 Jazz Bass reissue that I LOVE but don't really use.

Edit: sorry, double post due to my impatience

Oh, that would actually make perfect sense! Hadn't thought of that.

This has always boggled my mind: I don't understand the benefit of, for example, that weird extended low B that some Fodera's have. People will also claim a reversed headstock alters the tone of a guitar or bass - but I just don't understand. Just to make things clear: I don't claim it's a hoax. I just don't understand

Saw this one on Reddit. Beautiful!

That looks brilliant, good score! JHS currently produces reissues (actually more like modern interpretations) of these that look cool too, including lefties of the guitar version, but unfortunately they haven't introduced lefty basses yet. They're not quite as cool as the originals though! Rapier Guitars & Basses (jhs.co.uk)

As are the Mono's: Mono Cases Misc. Computer Accessories ᐅ Buy now from Thomann – Thomann UK Not as well organized as the D'Addario though, IMO.

That looks brilliant, but also ginormous! Looks like they have a smaller version too though: Backline Gear Transport Pack Solo | D'Addario Accessories (daddario.com)

I have both the Guitar Sleeve and the M80, both in the guitar version. I use the Sleeve for my electric guitars, and the M80 for my headless Status basses and love both of them. The M80 does not have the top opening feature, but is more like a regular softcase. That said, it opens up far enough that I can pull the zipper down to just over halfway and pull my Status out with ease. I like it a lot, the padding is great and the other storage pockets are very functional too. I prefer it over the Sleeve as the Sleeve does not have walled sides and is rather rigid, so your guitar or bass is squeezed quite tightly between the front and back, putting some strain on the tuners and knobs.

FTFY. When they were first released, they were in the Cort Artisan series (A4/5/6 and B4/5/6). Cort produces them in-house and it wasn't until years later when Ibanez first used them in some of their Cort-built models. Cort is also behind the Hipshot-licensed hardware and Select by EMG pickups, which can be found in many Korean-made Hohners and used to be in the Spirit by Steinberger guitars and basses and several Cort basses in the 1990s

They are in line, but you'd expect straight string pull on a 4-in-line headstock and at this price point, and it isn't there. There's a slight sideways break angle at the nut mostly in the E and A.

I once owned a lovely metallic purple Music Man Silhouette Special, that I unfortunately had to sell when money was short after my car needed replacing. It was a lovely workhorse with a fantastic neck and a huge range of sounds thanks to some interesting wiring on the 5-way switch, but at the time I often favoured my (much cheaper) Squier MIJ E-series Strat so it made sense to let it go. It was shipped off to Finland, never to be seen again. But a certain level of seller's remorse always lingered... 10 years went by, and then suddenly a whole collection of high end guitars appeared for sale at the same time from a single seller: PRS, Gibson, Fender, Taylor, Godin, and several Music Man guitars - including a metallic purple Silhouette Special. The asking price was quite high, so I didn't bother inquiring but I did follow the ad. All the guitars gradually got sold, except for that Silhouette Special and a modded Fender USA Strat... I have been following that ad for 1.5 years, and it remained unsold for all this time! Finally, last week, I couldn't bear it anymore and sent an inquiry. I got chatting to the seller, asked for some better pics (which showed a pretty concave neck) and made an offer - under the condition that the neck would adjust well at the turning of the truss rod - and the seller accepted. So to cut a long story short: Turned out the seller was a widow, selling off her deceased husband's collection. She'd had many lowball offers, and was happy to finally see it go to someone who appreciated it and she loved my story of The One That Got Away. It's a late 90s model, just like my old one, with the only differences being the rosewood fingerboard and hardtail bridge (my previous one had birdseye maple and a trem). The neck responded well to my adjustments (almost a full turn of the truss rod) and plays like a dream. I hope this one will be a keeper for a much longer time than the previous one!

At a custom shop price point they might as well have aligned those tuners properly. What a mess, and what poor taste.

Before Squier was bought by Fender (in 1965) they only made strings. So I do hope this was an attempt at joking Squier has only been making guitars and basses since 1982.

Great score! I loved the TRB5II's I owned, they felt incredibly solid and well-built. They were the regular bolt-on neck model without piezo's, but still a very flexible and versatile workhorse.