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[quote name='bubinga5' post='485428' date='May 12 2009, 12:15 AM']Not a 75 bridge pup position on the MIJ? really.. im sure it is on the USA..i could be wrong...I cant see Fender getting that wrong on a reissue..[/quote] Yep, on the USA they placed the bridge pickup correctly, but on the MIJ it's in the regular '60's position. On the MIM '70's Jazz the bridge pickup is placed correctly too, so it's really just the MIJ that's different... I'm not sure if that goes for the Marcus Miller and the Geddy Lee too though, as they're based on the same bass.

My lefty Ellio Martina Forza 5-string and my tiny Line 6 Lowdown Studio 110. I would be the only one there anyway so I don't need my large stack

[quote name='steve-soar' post='478467' date='May 3 2009, 08:51 PM']P.S., I put a Badass on it too. Great upgrade, as the original bridge saddles slid from side to side. [/quote] Yes, the saddles on the bridge of my MIJ '75 RI Jazz have that tendency too. I'm thinking of upgrading that too. Don't know about those custom shop '62 pickups, but there are Fender USA pickups in my MIJ too (it comes stock with Fender USA '75 RI pickups) and they're absolutely GREAT. The MIJ '75 RI is not an entirely accurate replication of a '75 Jazz, the bridge pickup is not in the '70's location, but still it mimics that bright and punchy tone very well. Great bass, definitely not my last MIJ Fender! They also produce a very wide range of lefthanded instruments (even a 5-string) whereas Fender USA only offers some standard models, in a very limited colour range (American Standard P and J, in black with a white guard and sunbust with a tortoise guard only, and only with a rosewood board ). So I've come to like Fender Japan a lot

I am very curious about the Beluga too! They're producing a lefty version of the twin humbucker solidbody, and I really like the look of it. I don't know much about the Dean, apart from being somewhat of a mix between a Warwick Dolphin and a Warwick Thumb lookwise. I wonder about the tone, I feel the pickup is placed very close to the bridge so it probably won't produce an accurate Stingray-tone but something between a Thumb and a Stingray. I see on their website it's all mahogany with a rosewood fingerboard now, I believe the old model had an ash body and an all maple neck. That one will sound even punchier and brighter.

The low B may also sound tighter on a proper 5-string because of the thicker and wider neck. More wood = tighter. I do find the high strings to sound a bit too tight on some 5-strings. I have tried both, I've owned several 5-strings and have tuned one of my Ibanez ATK300's to BEAD, and for the music I play on the ATK's I preferred the 4-string tuned down to BEAD because it sounded much fatter whereas the ATK305 5-string I also own sounded very tight and the highs were somewhat thin. Give both options a try, it really is a matter of taste. If you prefer the feel of a 4-string over the wider neck of a 5-string and don't really need the G-string, a 4-string tuned BEAD may be the better option. If you like the greater range of a 5-string and the added tightness, get a 5-string. It will save you the hassle of filing the nut and intonating the bridge, and possibly back again when you find you prefer a real 5 after all.

How about that Warwick Jack Bruce Cream Reunion bass? Lookwise it's somewhere inbetween an EB-0 and a Wal mk I. Tonewise it leans more towards the Gibson but with that typical bright, punchy Warwick edge.

If I were to buy a new lefty Stingray, it would either be black with a black 3-ply, vintage white with a black pickguard or natural with a black pickguard. In all cases it would have to have a 3EQ and a maple fingerboard, preferably birdseye but I don't think they do that anymore. Unfortunately that's as far as it goes for us lefties: colours, fingerboard wood, pickguard and EQ. We can only pick the standard single humbucker-configuration, whereas righties can also get 'em with HS or HH setup. I would love a lefty HH...

[quote name='Bobo_Grimmer' post='469733' date='Apr 22 2009, 05:44 PM']**run's over and hug's you** lefty with a rick! [/quote] LOL, thanks! I'd been wanting one for a long time but never found an affordable one. New they were nearly all well in excess of 2400 euros and the only affordable secondhand 4003 that I ever found when on the lookout was sold before I could say 'MINE!'. When the exchange rate of the British Pound dropped so low last January, I bought one new from guitarguitar.co.uk for 1516 Pounds, which at that moment was about 1600 euros. So I saved about 800 euros in comparison to the European mainland prices! I haven't regretted it even once, the only thing I regret is that I didn't buy one sooner! What a great bass! In The Bullfight it has replaced my Ellio Martina as my main axe. Both are amazing basses in their own right, but the Martina sounds like a '70s Jazz Bass on steroids with those big singlecoils and the built-in Aguilar OBP-3, so lots of punch and a bright edge, much more modern than the Rick. The Rick fits our music perfectly

And rightly so, they're great basses! I actually thought I had a second MIJ ATK305 on its way as a backup for the one I already have, but the eBay-seller appears to have disappeared from the face of the earth. Doesn't respond to any message, doesn't respond to my request to send me the full payment details... Luckily I hadn't payed it yet [url="http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=260388373926"]http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...em=260388373926[/url]

I got my lefty JB75-US for 490 GBP on eBay, which I think is a very fair price [url="http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180333894807"]http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...em=180333894807[/url]

My '96 ATK300 and '98 ATK305, both MIJ: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Ibanez%20ATK/?action=view&current=ATK3.jpg"][/url] [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Ibanez%20ATK/?action=view&current=ATK5.jpg"][/url] [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Ibanez%20ATK/?action=view&current=ATK4.jpg"][/url] I also used to own an '87 SR800LE, and I've had two Ibanez guitars in the past (an RG470 and an amazing RG550 that I wish I never sold).

Hi all, I've been lurking here for a while now and have kept a close eye on the Lefty Marketplace-topic, and I thought it would be time to introduce myself and actually start posting. I'm Jeroen from the Netherlands. I actually started out as a guitarist and still play guitar at a regular basis, but I mostly consider myself a bass player. I currently play in The Bullfight, we make somewhat dark pop with a slight folkrock edge. When our first album was reviewed by a Dutch magazine, they dubbed it [i]'pop noir'[/i] and that name kinda stuck with us, we like it . Some of our music can be heard on our MySpace: [url="http://www.myspace.com/thebullfight"]http://www.myspace.com/thebullfight[/url] . The song "Nathalie, strangle me" features me on bass, the other three songs are more than 2 years old and were recorded with our former bassist. Recently I also started playing bass in a female fronted metalband. Currently, my gear consists of: - Ellio Martina Forza 5, a high end fivestring somewhat Jazz-like instrument; - Rickenbacker 4003; - Fender MIJ '75 Jazz Bass reissue; - G&L SB-2; - Ibanez MIJ ATK300; - Ibanez MIJ ATK305 (currently tuned ADGCF, a full note below low B tuning); - Sandberg Bullet 5 fretless; - Cort NTL-B acoustic fretless; - Longbow American Classic 32" fretless 2-string. All are played through an Ashdown ABM300 C210T EVO II with the ABM115 Compact extension cabinet, sometimes with an overdrive pedal (a Fulltone Bassdrive in The Bullfight, and an Ashdown James Lomenzo Hyperdrive in my metalband). I also have a couple of guitars, but I won't bother you bass players with those Here are some pictures, please click for a bigger version. The Ellio Martina Forza: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Ellio%20Martina%20Forza/?action=view&current=IMG_625335.jpg"][/url] [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Ellio%20Martina%20Forza/?action=view&current=IMG_624535.jpg"][/url] Both Ibanez ATK's: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Ibanez%20ATK/?action=view&current=ATK5.jpg"][/url] 2008 Rickenbacker 4003 MG [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Rickenbacker%204003/?action=view&current=Rickenbacker4003MG.jpg"][/url] [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Rickenbacker%204003/?action=view&current=220446959_o.jpg"][/url] G&L SB-2 [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/GL%20SB-2/?action=view&current=SB2_6.jpg"][/url] 2004 (?) Fender MIJ '75 Jazz reissue The Sandberg Bullet 5 Fretless: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Sandberg%20Buster%205%20fretless/?action=view&current=Fullfront.jpg"][/url] My Cort NTL-B fretless: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Cort%20NTL-B%20fretless/?action=view&current=3c8e_1.jpg"][/url] The Longbow: [url="http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/de_slager/Longbow/?action=view&current=LeftyJikheetbas.jpg"][/url] (I'm the guy on the left, the 30" Longbow on the right used to be mine too, I played that one upside down with the strings reversed, but when Longbow announced they were in business again, in october, I ordered a brand new 32" lefty and sold the other one to the guy on the right). If you want to know more about me or any of my instruments, please feel free to bump in