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https://reverb.com/item/49057606-aria-sb-600-left-handed-1984-paduak-red A very pretty one too. But as someone on Leftybassist.com pointed out, the pickup appears to be replaced. It's not the usual, radiused Aria Pro II pickup. It looks like a standard EMG DC style soapbar casing. The ad doesn't mention it.

Very pretty (but pretty expensive) Fender MIJ 1975 Jazz Bass reissue in Burnley, Lancashire.

The Energy was available both with a wooden headed neck with graphite rods and with a full carbon headed or headless neck. There's also an Energy Artist with fancy top woods. They came in three different shapes, depending on the year (but don't ask me when they changed them): The "classic" S2 shape A slightly curvier shape with longer upper horn (the S1 shape) And finally a more rounded shape, up to the mid 2000's

You and me both. They made a batch of lefties a couple months ago and I'm really lusting for one.

I had one too and loved it, but I much preferred the active tone. Mine sounded dark and dull when switched to passive. It had the regular Hohner-labelled Select by EMG pickups.

Thx! I posted my question to a Dutch forum as well, and someone asked for a picture of the Board 303 for comparison. I thought I'd post it here as well, so here it is: Most notable differences to me are the trimpot for the preamp gain, and the common ground for both pickups rather than soldering them to separate ground tabs. Could the latter be of influence?

I own two Status S2 Classics, one older model with the Board 300 preamp and Hyperactive soapbars and one newer model with the Board 303 preamp and unlabelled soapbar pickups (current spec). My old one with the Board 300 has an issue where the pickups soloed sound really bright and open (and loud!), but when I blend both pickups they sound muffled, dark and only half as loud. The newer one with the Board 303 (a newer and improved version of the same preamp circuit) does not have this issue. I've had both for a couple of years now and it has always bothered me, but I could never find a solution except for always keeping the pan pot off-center. I'm thinking there must be some impedance issue causing this, or maybe a wrong spec panpot where the center indent is not both pickups at 100% but actually both pickups with the volume cut to 50%. Or could it be the classic case of lefty basses with the pots wired backwards? Does this issue sound familiar to other Status players who have the Board 300 in their bass, and does anyone have any clue on how to resolve this? What seems weird to me is that the bass uses a 200kOhm pot, whereas other basses with active pickups I've owned always had 25k pots. The pot is PCB-mounted, so I can't easily try another one and see what it does. It's the bottom right one, and the print on the board says "200k log / 200k rev log".

I'm guessing Custom Shop 1966RI? Lovely basses, all of them!

That LP Jr looks lovely, and the white finish looks great! Someone on a Dutch forum that I visit frequently added a chrome pickup cover with pickup ring à la old Thunderbird. I thought that was a lovely touch too! The mounting ring is fixed to the pickguard with double sided tape rather than screwed, to make it reversible. There's foil on the inside of the pickup cover, because the pickup stopped working when all the pole pieces touched the metal.

I don't think they sold any under the Squier brand, only Fender-labelled. The Jazz Bass Special comes to mind, a P with a Jazz neck and PJ pickups, but those were made well before the Silver Series.

If you mean the Octabass by EBS, it's really nice but also very, very clean and polite. I have one of the old, Swedish-made, Black Label ones and although I like it, I wish it sounded just slightly dirtier to make it jump out more. The newer Blue Label pedals have an added tone knob, that might just do the trick but I haven't been able to try one yet. The first one I'd look at would be the EHX POG! It's what Wingbass offers built-in too.

Saw your video on Reddit. Sounds rather excellent!

Can't stand it.

I had a USA SB-2, and it was indeed very sleek and comfortable but much heavier than its compact size and slim, narrow neck would have you expect!

That's brilliant! I kept my B2A in a rack, where it sat awkwardly with the body on just one of the lower tubes and resting on its tuning machines. I hated it! I sold it just over a year ago, or I would have gotten one of these stands. Looks great!

I'm a big guy at 1,96 m (6'5") but I too really enjoy a smaller body and an overall more compact instrument. I really enjoy the small body of my Warwick Streamers, they're essentially based on the Spector NS shape that's been around since 1977 and the curves and compact size really are a treat.

Very nice! I have also owned my share of pointy goodness, including two lovely Ibanez RG550's from 1990 and 1991 that I stupidly sold (one in the very rare Candy Red finish, very unusual on a lefty) and two Jackson DK2's of which I still own one (Fender-era, made in Japan and unbelievable value for money: a Japanese-made guitar with real Seymour Duncan pickups and a decent locking trem for just over €500 new! I bought mine used for the value of those pickups alone). Have to admit that in the end, they're not really for me though. I'm not comfortable with such thin necks and large frets, and keep going back to my 80s MIJ Squier Strats! Many great axes have come and gone but it's my 84-87 Squier E-series Strat that has stuck with me. I've even sold a Music Man Silhouette Special and two USA G&L's. The only one I kinda wish I still had was a lovely ESP "c*ck stock" Horizon. Lovely superstrat with a slightly more Strat-like neck profile, bolt-on neck, carved top and all black save for the natural faux-binding. Beautiful thing!

...how? That's not just broken, but properly shattered. Doesn't seem normal for a piece of maple to break like that? What are these made of, terra cotta?

The rarity may have something to do with it And it's still cheaper than a real Status!

And this:

I'd like to bring up the Gyrock revolving pickup system by Wild Custom. This stuff is weird and interesting!

I'm weird when it comes to this. With my electric guitars, I've always had a strong urge to tinker and make modifications and upgrades, like better tuners, graphite nuts, different pickups, additional switching options, better electronics. With my basses though, I'm somehow more inclined to take certain imperfections for granted and leave them as-is. The only exception is my Fender Jazz, on which I've replaced the bridge, tuners and pots.

Probably my least favourite ACG body shape, but it does look beautifully made and I love the woods! Interesting pickup placement too, very widely spaced with a big humbucker close to the neck.