LeftyJ

The $$ ("double buck") indicates a version with two humbuckers. As far as hierarchy goes, there's: - Custom Shop (I think they refer to them as Masterbuilt now). Crazy prices, crazy cool instruments too; - (German) Pro Series. Production instruments from the German factory. Also referred to as Teambuilt; - Rockbass. Asian instruments, with the same hardware and electronics as their German counterparts. There was a Chinese pro series for a while too, but everything imported is now called Rockbass.

Mine arrived yesterday, and I just scanned through it a bit. Looks great! I can't imagine paying the price that's on the back of the cover for it though. Seriously? 75 dollars?

Wow, that is a thing of beauty! Congrats!

I got roughly the same email this morning.

I was just thinking about this thread the other day. Looking forward to your pics when it's here!

LOL. Seriously though, they're great. Keep an eye on their sale page, it updates regularly. Up until last thursday they had a buy one, get one free offer with free worldwide shipping. https://www.italiastraps.com/pages/on-sale-now

Dakota Red?

NAMM news I liked most (although most is useless to me because there will be no lefties) were the Ibanez SR Mezzo medium scale series, the Dingwall D-bird 5, the new EBS MicroBass 3 and the Gibson Les Paul Jr bass. Looks great!

I'm a huge fan of Italia Leather from California, I have several. Fair pricing, made to order, thick leather, and choice of a smooth glove leather back or a rough suede back that will stick to your shoulder. I love them. They have loads of special deals for repeat customers too, by email almost on a weekly basis.

This Status S2 Classic that has been advertised twice on here now appears to be for sale again, this time for 1600 euros! It's on Arni's site. Same seller is also offering a lush 5-string headless. http://leftybass.com/secondhand_offer_65.htm

I just found out they're doing a lefty Jazzmaster guitar too! That's seriously tempting 😯

I really like that lefty CV 70s RI Jazz!

I'd give Rob Green of Status Graphite a call. I would love a headless lefty Chris Wolstenholme 5. The full woven graphite facings on a regular series 2 design look stunning, much better than the Stealth IMO, and I like the idea of moving the pickups slightly closer to the neck and adding a knob for boost/cut level on the EQ section.

Not here yet 🙄 Anyone else still waiting?

And rightly so, it looks beautiful. I'm still loving your previous 5-string, I play it a lot!

@BassAgentneeds this in his life, even if he doesn't know it yet.

I had a Horizon guitar (with that same headstock, the so-called "c*ck stock") and loved it. I still kinda regret selling that one. The neck was terrific, and the fretwork just impeccable. Enjoy! Looks fantastic.

Men could, though 😅 But I agree, and there are definitely some names missing here. Yolanda Charles (Paul Weller ao), D'arcy Wretzky (Smashing Pumpkins), Paz Lenchantin (A Perfect Circle, Pixies), Nik West, Ida Nielsen, Divinity Roxx and so many more.

I liked the NG3 and the Peavey best in the clean samples, although I found the NG3 a bit flat and dull. The Thumb really shines with distortion, and keeps a lot of definition and clarity with all the notes still clearly defined, and the NG3 is a close second for me, sounding like a beefed-up version of the Warwick. The Lefay sounds fantastic too, but a bit metallic. The Stingray stood out in a mess of undiscernable rumble with a painfully harsh top end and no midrange, and probably needs some EQing to sound good. I think all basses on display are great in their own right, but some need their own EQ settings to work well.

I'm going to keep an eye on this, I'm really curious to see if I can keep this up. Coincidentally, I've been telling my girlfriend how happy I am with my current gear so I bet she's expecting me to 😅

Same here. I bought a new lefty 4003 at Guitar Guitar in 2009 and it just wasn't for me. Worst ergonomics of all the basses I've owned. Wide, square neck with a totally flat back, uncomfortable angular body, that bridge pickup surround with nowhere to comfortably anchor my thumb. And that bridge design with a loose, wobbly bridge that just rests on two small screws on the tailpiece and would rock back and forth when tuning, rendering any attempt at properly adjusting the intonation useless. I really wanted to like that bass. It was a thing of beauty, and I had lusted after one for years. I sold it at a profit to buy a new car and haven't missed it one bit.

Just ordered it through Amazon UK too. Considerably cheaper than here in the Netherlands.

Now now, what would the Nickelback museum need Geddy's basses for? 😉

Humcancelling would be a great match with a splitcoil, as it is wired in series and therefore humcancelling too. Blending a singlecoil with a splitcoil often results in hum when both pickups are on (and when you're playing the bridge pickup solo, of course). Any stacked-coil or side-by-side splitcoil will mix nicely. Nordstrand has some lovely splitcoils in a J-style casing. Nordstrand does not normally make a 5-string version of the NJ4SE, but it sounds like this would be a great match. Might be worth emailing them for a custom quote, as they seem to be open to this. https://nordstrandaudio.com/collections/4-string-jazz-bass-pickups/products/nj4se-hum-cancelling

Owned a Stingray 5, and loved it. It had no shortage on the low end, and especially in serial mode it packed quite a mid punch too! I don't think they're overrated, just a bit overpriced (new) outside the US for a fairly basic instrument.