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Awesome! I wasn't aware of lefty Washburn Status basses out there. Never seen one before! That Spector is gorgeous too.

Don't forget Fodera NYC if you're looking way up there.

Rammstein immediately comes to mind. They've raised it to an art form!

My Streamer LX5 is from 2003, and I bought it used and unseen. It has the proper baseball bat neck, with an almost flat rear. It almost feels square when moving higher up the neck, but still feels comfortable to my big hands. It scared the hell out of me when it came out of the shipping carton with a broken Just-a-nut II and an action of nearly half an inch at the 12th fret! But after a good cleaning and a set of new Elixirs I must say I was very impressed with the adjustability of the bass and with how quickly it settled after the setup! The neck is not as stable as some of my other basses, but other than a small tweak of the truss rod twice a year it has served me well and has been a reliable gigging bass in the 3 years that I used it extensively. It's a great bass!

I'll have a lefty Wattplower please, in green. Shortscale, set neck, P-pickup and Hipshot hardware. Looks awesome, like a blend between a Gibson EB-3 and an old school Yamaha BB.

S8***** serial numbers were used as late as 1983. I suspect Fender produced a large run of lefty necks in 78 and just kept them on the shelf to be paired with a body later. The same thing is common with Strats, you can find a ton of 1978 models.

FTFY. The Max Guitarstore is 15 minutes from where I live 🙂 The one with the soapbars looks interesting. I like the plain look without a control plate.

When I read the thread title, for a moment I thought you meant the guy who makes these 😆

These were never an export model IIRC. I have never seen a 1972 model before. A proper 72 RI would have a 4-bolt neck joint I suppose, so this is an interesting mixup. Now I wonder what's in the neck pocket of mine 😄 Mine is a JB75-90US as far as I know, with USA-made 1975 RI pickups.

Jackson did signature models of their Rhoads, which was a signature model for Randy Rhoads originally. There's a Christian Andreu Rhoads, the Oli Herbert Rhoads, and there were once the Kevin Bond Rhoads and Matt Tuck Rhoads. Basswise, Lakland once made an Adam Clayton edition of their Darryl Jones model in natural ash with a maple fingerboard with black blocks and bindings.

I was going to say ATK as well. I'm surprised by the 18 mm spacing though. My 1998 ATK305 has 16,5 mm spacing.

Interestingly, the Reddit post has been deleted, and the user account too.

Status S2 Classic. I bought my first one on the internet untested because I loved the looks (bright white, black phenolic fingerboard and white epoxy Roman numeral inlays) and it blew me away in terms of playability, versatility and tonal quality. I was expecting a quirky 80s relic with ditto sounds, but I couldn't have been more wrong. I have since gotten another one too, a 5-string in a black metallic finish that belonged to Bonin-in-the-boneyard of this forum, and it has quickly become my main player.

I like her a lot, as long as she sings in French. Her label made her release (part of?) her debut album in English too for worldwide release, and it sounds really weird that way.

Awesome, and funny!

https://shop.fender.com/en-NL/electric-basses/precision-bass/player-precision-bass-left-handed/0149822506.html#start=1 There you go. Choice of 3-tone sunburst and white with a pau ferro fingerboard, or black and tidepool with a maple fingerboard.

I wanted to play guitar ever since I started listening to metal. I can't think of a specific song, but when I picked up the album "Mandylion" by The Gathering the urge became irresistable. I picked up my first bass a few years later, and it quickly became my main instrument. Iron Maiden may have a little something to do with that, with Steve Harris' clear and bright attack always very present in the mix. It might also be due to The Gathering's album "How To Measure A Planet". The soloed, overdriven bass riff to "Probably Built in the 50s" always sounded awesome to me (and still does) and it was impossible to reproduce with a regular guitar. And I definitely blame Rage Against The Machine's debut album for a large part!

Wow, sold with only 3 bids for 640 GBP.

Looks like this beautiful Roscoe fretless 6-string is going away cheap on eBay! Seller is Deezbar of this board. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Left-handed-Roscoe-SKB-6-String-fretless-Bass/253657500840?hash=item3b0f2a4ca8:g:wnsAAOSwiHZbDnnP

As a beer enthousiast, I was referring to IdrinkHeineken

Somewhere in June, and no. I read it on leftybassist.com, it was posted by a member who works in a music store and got a mailing from Fender. Supposedly they're replacing the MIM Standard series, same way the American Professional replaced the American Standard.

Awesome! I'm looking at getting one for my Jazz. I love the varitone in my old righty Ibanez ST924, and kinda liked the one in my Aria SB-1000 too. Would be a great solution.

That's not a username to be proud of Nice find, cool bass! Those old USA Peaveys are very underappreciated IMO.