LeftyJ

Here's my lovely '03 Streamer LX5. Ever since I got this, about two years ago, it's the only bass I gig with. I play in a modern metal band and the tone is absolutely perfect with almost no EQ. It's got deep bottom, a slight midscoop and bright and articulate highs. Works great with a little tube growl from my Ampeg preamps, and also takes overdrive and distortion very well when I want to (Fulltone Bassdrive and EBS Metaldrive). Love this bass! I have replaced the gold hardware with black in the mean time since taking these pics.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1405088692' post='2498763'] "The LOUDEST guitar shaped ACOUSTIC BASS"....its an oxymoron, the qualities you ask for don't go hand in hand unless, as it has been said, you go to Double Bass size. [/quote] [size=8]Que?[/size] [size=4]Those can even be had fairly cheap if you can find one. But that's the hard part, unless you're in Mexico...[/size] But they're a monster to play, and fretless. And I believe those are nylon strings.

Ah, I see what you mean now. If you look in the menu in the column to the left, you won't find a JAB/LH under "left-handed models" but if you go to the page with left-handed models it does show up. However, it says in red numbers and Japanese writing: [color=#FF0000]2012 生産終了品 [/color] which apparently translates to "2012 production ended". They've been cancelling all cool lefty models lately No more '75 Jazz Bass reissue, no more Jaguar Bass, no more Jaguar guitars, no more Jazzmaster guitars, no more Mustang guitars

Where did you get that link? The lefty version of the Fender Japan Jaguar Bass is out of production, it's no longer available in the menu of the website, so I'm surprised the page is still up!

I don't like the tort, it's much too red to my liking. Would probably prefer it clean, or with a black 3-ply. I always think that little white line adds some class . I love it on my '75 RI, very luxurious (especially with the B&B neck).

The fingerboard inlays on the guitar neck look different, there's none on the 24th fret and the double dots on the 12th fret are positioned differently. So I doubt it's the same one. It appears to have evolved (pickup covers) and it's been butchered too (that pickguard )

I googled it because I'd never seen one before, and stumbled on an ad right here on this forum from 2007 where one was offered for 1400 Pounds at first, but eventually dropped to 1100. It appears to have received quite some interest, but I can't tell from the thread if it actually sold at all. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/3382-warwick-vampyre-ltd-l1100-or-best-offer-soundclips-added/

Kinda reminds me of Wishbass somehow...

Thomann A bit cheaper than Warwick's own webshop, and they give free shipping over 100 euros. Well, unless you don't need anything else of course.

Can't remember what it was listed for initially, but it has been on eBay for months, in Germany. Final listing was 820 euros, and it appears someone made an even lower offer and got it: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clover-Avenger-4-Lefthand-Linkshander-Left-hand-Lefty-RARE-/310895398683?pt=Gitarren&hash=item4862cf4f1b"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clover-Avenger-4-Lefthand-Linkshander-Left-hand-Lefty-RARE-/310895398683?pt=Gitarren&hash=item4862cf4f1b[/url]

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1398705961' post='2436792'] My Clover Avenger 4 [/quote] Love it! Is that the one that was on eBay until recently?

[quote name='Mark Dyer' timestamp='1397514426' post='2424795'] May as well take Spector off that list, the 2014 Euro price no longer has LH models apparently. [/quote] Nope. And I don't think they've ever made a lefty US instrument, only Asian and Czech models.

Wow, just in time then! There's no lefty option anymore in the 2014 price list... Awesome basses, would love a Euro 5 LX at some point.

[quote name='Emanew' timestamp='1397217885' post='2421883'] Really cool all black. Bravewood can do splendid relic instruments. Mojo inside A Inca Silver Fender Japan JB65B (dots & binding) [/quote] Needs lollipop tuners! VERY pretty. I love dots & bindings

Yes, I always thought that was odd too! And useless too, I never liked putting my thumb there. The perfect position for a thumb rest to me is between the pickups, aligned with the top of the pickups.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1397143380' post='2421132'] Check out Carvin's new Vanquish bass I personally love a Musicman bass. Classic Stingray/Stingray/Sterling/Big Al and even the Bongo.....(yes the Bongo looks amazing in a bright colour). [/quote] That Vanquish looks awful IMO. What's up with those horns? It looks so out of proportion I love Music Man too, and they've had some amazing finishes throughout the years, especially on their limited editions and awesome sparkle finishes. Sequoia Gold, Autumn Redburst, Autumn Redrise, Copperhead Bronze, the Dargie Delight versions...

This: A Condor Jazz Bass copy, made in Japan, with a plywood body and actually a pretty nice neck. Was a decent bass but I sold it immediately after I bought my first 'proper' bass, a Yamaha TRB5II that I loved. Years later I bought another Condor, looking to recapture that magic of my first ever bass, but it was awful. I sold it again within a week and never looked back. No sentiments whatsoever. My first real instrument was a guitar, and that one [i]does[/i] have great emotional value and will never be sold . It's a Squier Affinity Strat (made in China) that I modded the hell out of. Levinson pickups, graphite nut, Gotoh tuners, custom switching (Tele-style 3-way with a second 3-way to add the middle pickup to any combination in either series or parallel).

[quote name='DorsetBlue' timestamp='1397038630' post='2419926'] Mmmm, interesting alternative to a Starbass etc and available leftie special order apparently: [url="http://www.peerlessguitars.eu/#/retromatic-bass/4579674922"]http://www.peerlessg...bass/4579674922[/url] [/quote] Looks an awful lot like this: The shape of the headstock, the pickguard, even that staired ridge on the pickguard.

Never seen it before - but if we knew who that bass player in the picture is, maybe we could Google it?

There are two of mine in the Reviews-section: Fender MIJ JB75-US/LH: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/81956-fender-mij-jb75-uslh/ Ibanez MC924, 1981 vs 1983: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/81957-ibanez-musician-mc924/ And mcarp555 posted a review on his Gaskell Thunderbass, which is lefty-only! Gaskell only builds left handed instruments. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/233189-gaskell-thunderbass/

Ellio Martina Forza: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/user/de_slager/media/Basses/Ellio%20Martina%20Forza/IMG_625335.jpg.html"][/url] Warwick Streamer LX5: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/user/de_slager/media/Basses/Warwick%20Streamer%20LX5/P9290149.jpg.html"][/url] Hardware replaced with black in the meantime, but I don't have any more recent pics except for action shots: Ernie Ball Stingray 5 in awesome Autumn Redburst Sparkle finish: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/user/de_slager/media/Basses/Music%20Man%20Stingray%205/DSC03327small.jpg.html"][/url] Fender Japan JB75US: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/user/de_slager/media/Basses/Fender%20MIJ%2075%20Jazz/DSC02791.jpg.html"][/url] Hardware replaced with Hipshot tuners (including X-tender), Badass II bridge. Electronics replaced with MEC pots and a De Gier / VanderKley FatBoost. My pair of Ibanez MC924's: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/user/de_slager/media/Basses/Ibanez%20MC924L/both/DSC03302small.jpg.html"][/url] Ibanez RS924: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/user/de_slager/media/Basses/Ibanez%20RS924/P9080129.jpg.html"][/url] My matching pair of Ibanez ATK300 and ATK305: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/user/de_slager/media/Basses/Ibanez%20ATK/ATK5.jpg.html"][/url] Cort NTL-B fretless acoustic-electric: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/user/de_slager/media/Basses/Cort%20NTL-B%20fretless/3c8e_1.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/user/de_slager/media/Basses/Cort%20NTL-B%20fretless/3f44_1.jpg.html"][/url]

[quote name='DiMarco' timestamp='1396604717' post='2415553'] NOBD. Red Streamer proms edition. Happy face. [/quote] Cool! Is that Joey's old Streamer MM?