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Agree mainly on both points, but I prefer the LS Series basses for the most part as I prefer 5s and 6s.

Considering what's found on the streets in many Californian cities, I'll pass.

Not on mine, and I tried moving the strap pins to different locations. My small bodied Series had by far the worst ergonomics of an bass I've ever played.

That's a fine looking bass - I like the 'blonde on blonde' look. Enjoy.

Looks awesome. Then I downloaded the pricelist...

I like the colour, especially if it had a matching headstock, but literally nothing else about it, even for Squier prices.

I used a small amount of household silicon to hold mine in place. Being gentle, and with all the strings removed it would stay in place. And I could access the TR hole from memory.

I have one of those, good bass. As mentioned in another thread, I'm keeping it as my token trad 4 banger.

Because a lot of them were clones or near clones and the market is flooded with them. My Blazer was a superb bass for the time (bought new in 82) but there is little to differentiate it from a lot of others so offers no benefit to the SR/BTB/EHBs in the marketplace.

Nope. I've owned quite a number of both at the same time and the older units are different, but in no way better.

Ibanez SR256

I'm actually trying to get down to the minimum number of instruments, but likely won't. I think, for basses, my minimum would be; BTB846v with Aguilar DCs SR806 with SR256 as backup SRC6 One of my 5s, but not sure which I'll keep, and, Ibanez RB620 on the odd chance I actually need a trad looking 4. I really can't think of anything I've done or likely to do in the future that that list wouldn't cover, especially with modern flexible EQ and FX. That leaves maybe 30 to sell.

I have the wood for this in my carport loft, for at least 4. If you're looking for an XT2 style bass, I have 2 I'm thinking about moving on, both 4s, as I seldom use 4s any more. I'm on the East Coast not far from BrisVegas. PS: There's no U in Steinberger.

XT2s and XT25s are available LH new from Thomann. Don't forget the prices they list incl 19% VAT which you don't need to pay. Shipping is about $A200. New or used LH units are very rare. Make a strap pin extender, a 1/2 hr $10 job to make it hang correctly. The pickups are OK, but guitar HBs fit and many sound excellent like the Wilde L90 and L500 work well in this application. Several builders on TB have used them. 7 string guitar HBs fit the 25s. Tone is personal and I've used the woodbergers live, not perfect, but good enough. They are 98cm long unbagged and are less bulky than a trombone case and other bag for a neck off bass will be. I've travelled with my XL2 and woodbergers a lot. Just beware that shotgun bags, which are cheap and fit perfectly and are well padded can bring some looks in airports, but my guitarist has travelled with my Spirit guitar a lot internationally with no issues in the factory bag. If you intend to use a conventional bass neck off, you'd probably be best to add inserts into the neck to facilitate regular on/off cycles similar to Klos with their CF acoustic guitars to save stripping out the neck. Streamlines and Synapses are expensive now, especially the former, so an XT2 will be much cheaper.

Which is what the Nords are. My first bass was a Blazer (new in 83) and I copped a bit of rubbish at the time for it not being an F, but I could find no reason beyond name cache or snobbery then why? Having owned, many, many other basses in between, I still feel the same, and I sort of wish I had it back, though I hated the burst. I have an RB620 these days and is about the only 4 I want/need (mainly use 6s) so that's close enough, especially with the 2+2 headstock and natural body.

I've been using cheap steel A frame folding stands for years, as well as larger 7 instrument units for many years. Never had anything come out of them accidentally. The A frames are about 7 quid posted and last years.

Et tu?

Thanks for the offer, but please don't expend any effort. I'm not interested in buying one, as I can't afford one, I was just hoping there was a site where I could look at various builds and specs for inspiration. I reckon the Flamboyant Headless 6 is very sexy.

Are Sei basses still being made? I recall looking at a website some years ago but can't find one. The bass design I have sketched up to build looks a lot like the Flamboyant, so I can assume that it was an inspiration, I just don't recall it being one consciously.

Congrats on the new bass, I hope you love it. As you can see from my avatar, I have an SRC6, but agree the spacing can be a little close at times. The Hooky dimensions are going to be the inspiration for a new (DIY) custom, but their aesthetics aren't my thing. However, if someone were to give me one...

I can.

I only play 5s and 6s. My 4s gather dust,

Same here. I'm not in the UK, but Ishibashi are a good company to deal with. Can't say the same about all ebay instrument sellers from Japan.

Why not just buy a 5 and play in 5th position? Makes the bass feel much smaller than 1 fret less (32").

That was a fun watch. I've had an Korina Explorer bass and played (briefly) an Alembic Spyder and i hated the ergonomics so much I moved the Explorer on pretty quicky. Lots of basses with PJ EMGs have a similar tonal character, so yeah, sort of Spector-ish. Agreed, plus the type of pickup. Talking about the aperture width and the configuration of the coils and where they sense. An EMG DC in the P position isn't going to sound the same as a P, but live, close enough. No one in the audience will care. I played in a cover/party band for years with the one bass and I moved my hand, how I plucked the strings, PU blend and tone in off/half/full to get a huge variety of sounds. I'll watch the blind comparo video later.