LeftyJ

I'm afraid so. This measure is mostly aimed at Aliexpress and the likes, with their low pricing and Chinese state-subsidised shipping.

LOL, my first thought too. "What are you talking about? That's better than the real thing!"

Same here, plus I don't have the cash at the moment. I would have to pay import duties and European VAT too I suppose.

Affordable '77 Fender Musicmaster, because of some mods, partially undone again: https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/left-handed-1977-fender-musicmaster-bass/1404337879 Has had an extra pickup at some point, but the hole has been refilled and the bass has been crudely refinished in spraycan-black. The original Strat pickup was replaced with a vintage SCPB / Telecaster Bass pickup. Looks like a fun player, after some work! For starters, I would order a new pickguard and fix the alignment of that pickup, which is considerably wider than the original Strat pickup and doesn't line up well below the E-string.

Cool, 300 GBP is a great price for one of those! Congrats, enjoy

That's not Thomann, and NOT a post-Brexit thing either. Warwick's webshop has very high shipping costs. I ordered a pickup and a pan pot from them in January and they made me pay €21,80 in shipping with DHL Express. And I'm in the Netherlands, so still in the EU and right nextdoor to Germany!

Wow, that looks incredibly clean! Are there any hidden controls, or is it just the pickup straight to the jack?

Cool, i look forward to pics of the process! Is the Grooveline neck finished? If so, don't sand it. The Ibanez Prestige thing is very much in the neck treatment!

Japanese bass = metric keys, always.

How is this fella not in here yet?

Probably this. There's no way all the pots can be broken at once. Here is a parts list of all the various Ibanez preamps, and they're all pre-wired with pots and everything: https://www.meinlshop.de/en/ibanez/spare-parts/e-basses/equalizer?p=1

EBMM really do the most awesome sparkle finishes around! There have been numerous throughout the years, and most have been incredible. I owned a 2003 (I think) SR5 in Autumn Redburst sparkle and it really was a thing of beauty. I traded it for @Bonin-in-the boneyard's Status S2 Classic 5-string. No regrets, but the anthracite finish on that isn't quite as nice...

Nice. Did you upgrade the pickups to real Barts yourself, or did it come like this? I believe these had the Bartolini-licensed Mk1's originally?

Seems very weird to me why it would have a lefty bridge! Seems impossible to get the intonation right with that in place. That's a fairly rare bridge because not many lefties were made, but it's also damaged (it's bent at the low E side).

I'm usually fine with sharing my cabinet (but I do check with the other bassists if their amp output power and impedance match), but generally don't like sharing my amp. Like @thodrik, I do expect the other bass players / bands to ask in advance.

Unsurprising this came from a company that normally makes family cars roughly similar in size

Makes me think of the insane Ashdown rig John Entwistle used in his last years with The Who. Ashdown designed and built some huge 18" horns for him! Note the stack of power amplifiers in that rack:

This one can imitate a shortscale with digital modelling.

I tried a few (far more affordable!) Dugain picks for guitar and own two myself, and they're WEIRD. I think they're aimed mostly at gipsy jazz guitarists. I have one in Acetate (tortoise style plastic) and one in buffalo horn. For starters, they are THICK. Second, they force you to hold them in a specific way with their shape. There's a hollowed-out area where your thumb goes, and a small channel on the other side where the side of your index finger falls. This way of holding a pick doesn't suit my (lack of) technique at all, so I've always felt very uncomfortable using them. And because they're so thick and immensely hard, there's a lot of very bright pick attack added to your tone.

I've tried something similar, the Fred Kelly Bumblebee thumbpicks. They're fun, but didn't work for me: I have fairly big thumbs, and they wouldn't fit me comfortably. The thumb clips come in regular and large size, and the picks come in light, medium, heavy and extra heavy. And because the thumbclip is not symmetrical, they even do a lefty version (which I have). I ordered one of each gauge in the large size, but they're not for me. They also required me to change my pick technique (I like a pick that slightly bends along when I hit the strings, the thumbpick forced me to adjust my angle of attack in both up- and downstrokes). My favourite pick for bass is the Dunlop Nylon series, in 0.88 mm and 1 mm. They're not too hard and rigid, still have some flex to them, and they offer excellent grip.

Try putting one of these in a lefty Stingray.

Lovely! I was eyeing this one up as well, but already have two Status S2 Classics so it would be overkill. One was for sale on this site almost 2 years ago at the same asking price, and gone in a flash:

I was going to say Warwick Corvette Taranis (or Vampyre Dark Lord, if the body style is your thing) and Yamaha TRB-series too, pleased to see people were ahead of me

Be aware that most active Warwicks are not switchable to passive. Most have active pickups (the gold label MECs) which require 9V at all times. There's only a switchable EQ bypass, but they're never fully passive unless they have silver label MECs.

Fun exception: djent without guitars, with two bass players.