LeftyJ

Every time I see a pic of that bass I look at the bridge and think "That can't be intonated right... But it must be an old pick from during the build, he must have adjusted that by now" but now I'm not so sure anymore Bridge looks to be setup for a righty, and untouched aside from adjusting the action. Needs fettling with

Soundguy (yelling): "Turn it down!" Me: "I can't!" Soundguy: "Why not?" Me: "I can't reach the knob..." There's a matching guitar amp too! Meet the Crate BV600H:

That's great! I could ship my whole collection in that

Common lefty issue. Sounds like it may have a linear volume pot and a logarithmic tone pot, which could be wired in reverse to accommodate us lefties... neglecting the fact that you'd then need a reverse log pot.

Still no lefty Mustang I would get one in a heartbeat!

A mod will be in shortly with the Ban Hammer

I'm not so sure, couldn't that be an optical illusion caused by the Basic having 24 frets rather than 22 on the Cali? I'm sure the neck will be different and more Fender-like on the California Central, but otherwise it looks like more of the same.

Cool bass, but other than looks it doesn't seem to add a whole lot that they didn't already offer in their Basic model?

No musical train wreck as such, but it could have ended up as one: we played a youth center once, but their guy who had organised the gig had taken time off for a couple of weeks because he was moving house. And he had neglected to hand over his tasks to another coworker or volunteer... Like renting a PA system, and booking a sound guy. There was none. Just an empty stage. Our keyboardist's father in law had a small PA rental company, we were able to get him to deliver a small PA set capable of amplifying the vocals and keys. Naturally we billed the venue for this. The drums went unmicced, and we ran guitars and bass just through our own amps. It turned out the electrical system of the venue was way underpowered, and operating on the verge of crapping out... We feared for the safety of our equipment, but didn't want to call it off for all the people and the other band or the evening who braved the worst snow we had seen in years to come see us. The other band had travelled all the way cross-country through terrible snow, and it turned out they didn't even get paid for the gig. What's worse was the venue didn't even offer them dinner. They just got everyone French fries and snacks, but not the other band. We decided to pay for their food from our pay, because it didn't sit right with us. It was probably the gig we hated the most of all the ones we played, but we still made the best of it and tried not to let it show.

Sorry for the late reply, I kinda overlooked this part of the forum for some time. I still have mine, and I must admit I haven't played it in a while because the Koch Classic SE6 took its place in the spotlights, and more recently the Mini Colossal stole what was left of its limelight. Your post just had me give it another go, and I have to admit I've been too harsh with my criticism. In fact, I'm grinning from ear to ear playing my Strat through the TSA5 right now. It's not going anywhere anytime soon It still is the most fun I've ever had for €100 I guess!

ESP also makes the Lakland Shoreline series (Japanese market only, sits inbetween the Chicago-made basses and the now Indonesian-made Skyline series).

No need to. The recent GPS have satin lacquer finishes on the body and the back of the neck and are fairly maintenance-free. They don't wax them anymore. Looks lovely, and the black hardware was a great upgrade! Edit: nevermind, I was repeating myself. Hadn't noticed the thread resurrection and didn't read the other posts 😆

I've not been able to try a multiscale bass yet, as I've yet to come across a lefty model. I know Ibanez makes the EHB1505MS lefty, and Dingwall has the NG and the Combustion. I'm really not inclined to pay what Dingwall asks for a Chinese-made bass though. It would be the most I've ever spent on ANY instrument, and that includes (used) handmade custom basses, a brand new USA-made Rickenbacker and two (used) Status S2 Classics. The Ibanez is a more sensible option, but I'm keeping my eyes open for a used one I can see the advantages of fanned frets, and every demo I've ever seen of a Dingwall sounded great. I'd love to try one.

Ah, then you probably have one of the Bachbirds. If so, they're actually Czech, not Slovakian. A Dutch bass player (and now also luthier) I know helped create that model IIRC. He was their Dutch distributor for a while, and is a real Gibson nut. He stood at the origin of several other Gibson-inspired models, like an EB-2 semi-hollowbody (which they accidentally turned into a longscale model) and a John Entwistle Fenderbird copy. Edit: he might just be a member here too. Paging @Basvarken

Alphonso Johnson had a signature model, the AJ-10. Just a few were made, and he doesn't own his anymore because he hated the playability of the fretless part. Due to the frets, he couldn't get the action low enough for comfortable fretless playing from the 12th fret up.

I thought of a fretless P when I read the title

Maruszczyk still uses compression truss rods I think.

That's properly silly money It is a rare finish for a lefty I suppose (most lefties I've seen were white), and it's the earliest version with the old style tuners without bushings. But that's crazy! I remember all too well when a fellow lefty I know owned three (!!!) Musicmasters and one Mustang, and sold two of his Musicmasters for between €650 and €900. The cheaper one was a '73 that was (poorly) routed for a Wide Range humbucker, and it took him a while to sell. This was around 2015-2016!

Yes, that price is crazy. I paid €1300 for my S2 Classic 4 in 2017, and I traded a Stingray 5 + €100 for my S2 Classic 5 a few months later. They're a lot more plain than this one (both solid finishes, bolt-on and headless) but still I think the price of that Matrix Series II is quite steep. It is a Matrix Series I, and that pickup configuration appears to be unusual as most that turn up on Google have PJ pickups.

Ha, I had to Google it but found it explained in an old review that's on Statii: apparently the designation "Matrix" was used for the headed bases. There were a Matrix Series I (which includes @LouieM's bass, which is a rare JJ version when most had PJ pickups). Then there's a Matrix Series II, which is essentially a headed version of the Series II, and a Matrix Empathy which is like the Series II but with matching facings on the back of the body and overall more luxurious. The one above is currently for sale at Bass Connection in the Netherlands: https://reverb.com/item/13590017-status-matrix-series-ii-bubinga

Seems accurate enough. The Matrix had a through-neck like this, and the stacked treble/bass control checks out too. There were both PJ and JJ versions.

Fair enough. The Burning Earth Lakland was originally equipped with 6 Chi-Sonic singlecoils, oddly enough with just 5 (hidden) on/off switches. In the picture above it appears to have Bartolini J's, and I can only see one miniswitch. No idea what it does and how the pickups are controlled!

Not quite any power supply. Only one with truly isolated outputs, or you'll just end up shorting the circuit and likely frying the unit.

Yes, that Ernie Ball will do what you want. It's plenty powerful for all three pedals on your board. Since it's powered by an external AC adapter, it probably won't have fully separate outputs. But that won't be a problem with the type of pedals you have, especially if they're all in front of an amp.

My first bass was a MIJ Condor Jazz Bass. It was heavy, 3-tone sunburst, with a maple fingerboard and black block inlays. It was actually very decent, and I wish I never sold it. A few years after selling it I started developing seller's remorse and tried to persuade the guy I sold it to to sell it back to me, but he loved it and used it as his regular gigging bass. I was able to source another one, but it turned out to have a slightly warped neck that was impossible to set up right. I quickly sold it again. I managed to cure my seller's remorse by buying a Fender MIJ 1975 Jazz Bass reissue, that I'll never sell.