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    If my instruments have any signature wear, it's from standing in my rack for too long in neglect... I'm not even kidding. Some of my guitars and basses have a light spot on the back of the neck where my rack blocks the sun. I have too many and only have a few in active rotation Currently it's my Sandberg Lionel, my Status S2 Classic 5-string and my Music Man Silhouette Special that get all the playtime.
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    I use shortscale strings (currently LaBella flats) on my Sandberg Lionel which is top loading, and medium scale (DR Sunbeams) on my Atelier Z Baby Z-4J which can go either way, but I chose to string it through-body.
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    And the fact Atelier Z don't build these themselves. I think they're made by Fujigen. Any Atelier Z with the KTS titanium rods in the neck is not made by them.
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    I love the look of these! I love my Baby Z, but it lacks the contouring of the ZPO (it's a slab body, there's no tummycut or forearm contour) and mine has a slight tendency to neckdive whereas the ZPO looks like it might balance a lot better. If all else is the same (neck, electronics, pickup positions) the ZPO Jr might be a real winner!
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    Aye, same - but it was a long journey for me to come to that epiphany. I've spent years looking for ultimate versatility in a single instrument before coming to terms with that. Now I just need to convince my girlfriend that I really DO need all these different instruments with their unique characters and that yes, in fact, the audience will hear it too
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    Is this a triple-coil like the original ATK pickups, or is it just disguised as one with the three rails? Because the original ATK300 wiring is very functional too, and maybe worth investigating. It uses the center coil as a phantom coil for hum cancelling in the single coil positions, and rather than offering series/parallel/single it gives you parallel/single/single with treble cut. The latter gives very useful P-like tones despite the pickup being closer to the bridge on the ATK's than it is on your Jaguar. Having owned both a couple of ATK's and a "proper" Stingray 5, I would say the series/parallel option on the SR5 was the more useful switching option to have - but I would have loved to have the treble cut of the ATK in the singlecoil setting on the SR5.
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    Is... Is that a Boss delay in a huge box with a tap tempo switch added? Lovely setup, and beautiful basses!
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    If you mean this, it's a Peavey T-40:
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    Thanks for the reminder, I need to check that Gator one out! My Atelier Z Baby Z came with a similar gigbag as Fender Japan used to include with their guitars and basses, and it gets the job done but it's low quality and nearly all zippers have had their tab broken off. And my Sandberg Lionel came with a flimsy Sandberg longscale bass gigbag where the little fastening loop for the neck ends up somehere between the A and D tuners. So I could really use something better...
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    Never saw this thread before (as a lefty I have very little business in this part of the forum) but WOW! This thing has absolutely no right to look as cool as it does but I love it! I think this is the first time I've ever said anything positive about a Bongo.
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    I've got one of these as a lefty but in natural and love it. I would love a PJ too, and I think it looks great in that white finish with competition stripes, matching headstock and rosewood fingerboard! Classic looks but a very modern bass (as is the JJ - the titanium reinforced neck is very rigid and the pickups and 2-band boost-only EQ are quite powerful and modern-sounding).
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    Graphite-reinforced quartersawn maple neck, ebony board, 10-14" compound radius, Luminlay side dots, new noiseless pickups, redesigned preamp with 3-band EQ, switchable mid frequency and a passive tone control, and the S-1 switch is back for choice between active and passive. Wow! I guess you could call it pretty cutting-edge... FOR A FENDER. What really got me though was the bit about "unparalleled access to the upper register". Yes, if you exclude anything out there with 24 frets and deeper cutaways. Which is a LOT of other basses. American Ultra II Jazz Bass® | Electric Basses (fender.com)
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    Was this a fretless bass that later had frets installed? The lack of position markers on the front might be an indication too. If they were installed at a later moment, whoever did it did a beautiful job keeping the fret tangs hidden from the side, as to not interfere with the side dots.
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    And a black one with maple board AND a lefty too! Schecter still is one of the most lefty-friendly manufacturers out there. They already had the Doug Pinnick signature 12-string DP12, also in lefty (the man himself is left-handed). I can't think of any other factory lefty 12-string basses
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    Sweet! The Zon Sonus is way up there on my GAS list. So many major metal bassists of my youth played them! I love graphite and composite necks and they look great.
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    Early (1990s) versions of the Fame Baphomet and the Mayones Be4 and Be5 it was based on actually did have the 2-piece Warwick bridge!
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    Killer V7

    LeftyJ replied to Rayman's topic in Bass Guitars

    Wow, quite surprising how fast the colour has faded! This was my favourite finish for the V7, I've always thought it looked great - but it's almost a metallic silver now! Still looks great though
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    Agreed!
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    I think their latest line of Tonemaster guitar amps was pretty innovative: a digital modeling amp that captures just one classic amp. They have digital versions of several classics, like the Champ, Princeton, Deluxe Reverb, Twin Reverb and tweed Bassman which capture all the characteristics of just that one amp, in a package that looks like the classic amp it's emulating and with a similar speaker configuration and power level. They're priced close to their Mexican-made actual tube amps, and I see many pop up used, so I'm not so sure about their success, but I kinda like the concept - even though it completely defeats the purpose of digital modeling amps to have the tones of ALL the classic amps at the tap of a switch
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    Pre-Fender, methinks . On later versions the control panel was moved to the front. Great score! There's a few pics of its guts here, and a PDF of the schematic in the 5th post from the top. Maybe this helps. There are Fender logo's in the PDF, but I don't think they changed a whole lot.
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    Maybe this helps What D-tuner is fitted to Sandberg California II TM4 Ida Nielsen ? - Repairs and Technical - Basschat
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    This! Especially fuzz pedals, like the MXR Bass Deluxe Fuzz mentioned by OP, are very sensitive to signal impedance. On my EBS rig I also have to keep a close eye on my treble and bright EQ settings and tweeter level, or it will just be top end fizz noise rather than a nice drive. Probably won't be as much of a problem with OP's Orange rig. @Renno92, do you get similar results with the passive P or do your drives respond differently to that?
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    Easy: my first bass was an old 1970s MIJ Condor Jazz Bass, with a plywood body, maple neck and board, block inlays and an ugly 3-colour sunburst with tort guard. It was ugly as all hell, but it was absolutely brilliant and I should never have sold it. I sold it when I got my second bass, which was a Yamaha TRB5II that I bought brand new for €1100 in 2001 or 2002. I thought it would deem that old 4-string obsolete, and I couldn't imagine needing a second bass at any given time. I now have 12 Then there's my second 5-string, my Ellio Martina Forza that I've owned since 2006 and still play regularly. It's so good it made me sell that TRB5II, and it hasn't been surpassed as my favourite bass ever for a LONG time. But the ONE bass that still makes me pinch myself to check if it's real, my ultimate milestone bass, would have to be my Status S2 Classic 5-string that I've owned since 2017. It's such a dream to play, sounds so good with such an evenness across the board...
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    Lovely bass, but disconnecting the woofer (and removing the pot) and adding a bridge pickup? Yamaha has a bass for you Yamaha Attitude Standard Bass | Reverb Those Lace Alumitones are brilliant! I love the design, they barely incorporate a coil at all. Really clever design.
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    That looks spectacular! EBMM sure have a reputation to uphold on their rather excellent metallic and sparkle finishes! I love the black hardware, ebony board and matching headstock too, really finishes it off and looks much better than chrome and plain maple would have done!
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