LeftyJ

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My pick would be the Streamer too, I'm not a fan of the Corvette / FNA bodyshape. I play a 2003 Streamer LX5 with a hefty piece of ovangkol for a neck, and despite being rather fat and almost square in places, it's really comfortable to play. I love the punch and growl too! I would like to add a Jazzman 5 at some point, if I can find an affordable used lefty.

I own an Ellio Martina Forza 5-string with Ellio's handwound large singlecoils and with an Aguilar OBP3 added. It has been my go-to bass ever since I bought it used in 2007. The neck is super comfortable, and the range of tones it produces reaches from classic Jazz Bass to modern boutique basses. It does look a bit dull and understated, with its natural ash body and maple/purpleheart neck with maple fingerboard. Visually, there's not much going on. But the tone and playability are just perfect! Service is great too. I've visited Ellio a couple of times at his home workshop for adjustments and some work on another bass of mine and he's a great guy, friendly and knowledgeable.

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1508238576' post='3390694'] Here's a very entertaining YouTube track that features an ATK quite strongly (no idea about the model): https://youtu.be/tJzlHBN3BT4 Extraordinary musicianship throughout that band. [/quote] Looks like an F-Bass VF4 to me.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1507616592' post='3386724'] I have a soft spot for these. The design and build is top-notch but for one thing; a distinct lack of rosewood board availability. There never seemed to be any in black with a dark board. [/quote] I beg to differ. Meet the Indonesian-made ATK310: [IMG]http://www.californiamusic.fr/images_produits/2452_grand.jpg[/IMG]

[quote name='sblueplanet' timestamp='1507472770' post='3385679'] Fender Jazz MIM bargain https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/322813983940 [/quote] Your link leads to a righty Squier Precision that is no longer available.

I'm open to offers ;-) I only have the 5-string from my avatar left though, I've sold both my ATK300's.

Cool find, I love ATK's!

[quote name='Urban Bassman' timestamp='1507118629' post='3383412'] Beat me to it! Behold The Wal triple neck. Lock the thread... [/quote] Well... Not mine, but I once got to play this beast. Take a notoriously heavy instrument, and make it double... It's ridiculous!

My Aria SB-1000 is ridiculously heavy, but never left the house. I did gig my Ibanez MC924 a couple of times, that comes pretty close to the SB (the early model 924 with the mahogany wings with ash top and back). Have never weighed any of my instruments though.

I once installed an Audere in my Jazz, and I liked the tones I was getting, but somehow I found myself gradually stop bringing it to gigs and rehearsals. I think I even stopped playing it at home at some point, even though it used to be one of my favourites. I just wasn't getting along with it anymore, and disliked all the control options and unnecessary bells and whistles. Now I have it restored to passive again, with a regular passive tone control but with a rotary switch where the jack used to be that activates a subtle 6 dB bass boost, and it's all I need really. I can get all the classic Jazz Bass tones and that nice active sizzly Marcus Miller tone with the boost engaged, and I couldn't be happier! That being said, I also have basses with active EQ's I do like and use, subtly. On my Stingray 5 I used it a lot to make adjustments inbetween songs, and I have a bass with an OBP3 that I use a lot too. Usually I only boost some lows and cut highs when I use the onboard EQ. I don't really know what it was about the Audere that I didn't like. But I'm glad I changed it back! Sure beats fiddling with the amp controls inbetween songs.

I saw them too. The maple one is a bit overpriced, and the rosewood one isn't stock. They were never produced with rosewood fingerboard. I thought the frets looked rather high and wide too, and the double dot on the 24th position looks different from the rest. So I guess the entire fingerboard has been replaced at some point. I have one in sunburst and it's a lovely instrument with a wide and chunky neck, but still quite comfortable. Interestingly, mine doesn't have the covered quadralock neck bolts but a regular Fender-style neckplate with four big woodscrews.

Crap, now I need to start saving!

Wow, a bargain indeed. Mine was originally advertised for 500 as well! Not nearly what I bought it for. And not nearly as nice as this one! Here's mine (though contrary to the description, it is indeed an SB-1000 but with two additional pickups and modified electronics): https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/aria-pro-ii-left-handed-bass-1980-customised-sb-900-or-sb1000/1167014274

Awesome, and in great condition! These are incredibly rare. I'm selling one too, but it is not nearly as nice as this one. Mine is a factory fretless that has been fretted, had its side dots moved from the fretlines to inbetween the frets, had two extra pickups installed identical to the original one, and the preamp isn't working. I bought it with the intention of fixing it up or maybe even restoring it to its former glory, but I don't know where to start and I have too many basses already (especially 4-strings, being mainly a 5-string guy). I'm curious to see where the bidding is going!

[quote name='sblueplanet' timestamp='1500836466' post='3340524'] Ibanez Musician [url="https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/left-handed-ibanez-musician-mc924-bass-rare/1254961151"]https://www.gumtree....rare/1254961151[/url] [/quote] Lovely, but that price is ridiculous. I have two, and got them for 400 euros each a few years ago.

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1420652716' post='2651774'] Is this the end for the Fender MM bass? Interesting, also have seen that Stu Hamm has now switched to Warwick from Washburn. [/quote] No, it's the other way round I spy with my little eye - either just a mirrorred photo, "because it looked cool in the layout of the website", or they're doing a lefty version too. Can't share the damn photo though, because the whole page is one big bloody JPEG Also some other weird photoshop quirks: above the "lefty" is a picture of a sunburst V7 with the bridge reversed, but above that is a picture of the very same bass with the bridge photoshopped on properly.

That Ibanez is out there, I've seen several and actually know a lefty who owns one. I've played it, and it's really nice but the pickups were replaced with SD Quarter Pounders and I'm really not a fan of those... A lefty T40 would be awesome indeed.

Awesome stuff! I've never played one (no lefties available) but I did get to play the twin pickup version once (the RS920) and it was an amazing instrument. I love my RS924 and my MC924's, I hope I'll never have to sell them