Lightlyseared

I agree, there’s nothing rare or hyped there!

Cheers, might be a good mod platform. I thought those were 30” for some reason! I actually have a full scale jag as well.

The days of used bargain pedals is long gone, 90% of new price for pedals still in production seems common now.

Good shout! Must not disappear down the configurator rabbit hole…

Are there any production 32” basses around with a jazz width nut? Preferably something fast playing and passive with at least one humbucking PU selection. There seem to be a lot of shorties these days and the Acinonyx looks interesting but the tighter spacing at the bridge and the looser E puts me off somewhat.

I'd consider a G&L SB-2 - very much a modern/aggressive P (with bonus J), a bit different from what you have. A few places have been selling off their Yamaha BB1024s cheap since they were discontinued - that's a lot of bass for the money. A used Ibanez Blazer or Peavey Fury too. Excellent woods and workmanship and a good platform to drop a modern pickup into. My Blazer sounds killer with rounds.

An 80s L2000 has the three bolt micro tilt neck joint, a new one will have a six bolt neck. Most 80s models will have a metal control plate and black powder coated bridge. Necks vary considerably as customers buying direct can specify the profile and nut width. I've played a huge, deep '81 with a 45mm nut and others that were jazz-like. G&L have limited edition "Custom Creations" which are essentially limited run models. All G&L USA direct orders are in a sense custom shop instruments as the buyer chooses their spec from the available options.

Spot on, it's a second generation RB850. Those active Lo-B pickups are really growly. Ibanez didn't scrimp on the hardware in those days. I have a Musician from the same year and the Roadstar has the same hardware and neck profile as the flagship model. Just a smaller, basswood body and a bolt neck. The necks on these are great - slim and very fast but more substantial than an SR, typically excellent smooth MIJ fretjobs. The only downside is the black hardware is prone to galvanic corrosion; while the bridges are usually functionally fine, they can look like they came up with the Titanic. I found the earlier version of this bass (with the passive Super P6 pickups) in a second hand shop in Hammersmith recently for not a lot of money, the body had a bit of finish checking so I passed but I was tempted to get it as a backup.

I've been thinking about this problem, and I believe the way forward is to spec a Maruszczyk that looks like a Marlin Sidewinder.

I ended up getting the tap tempo version of the DMM, which I'm really into (I also liked the Strymon Dig with bass), but of course we seem to be living in a golden age of effects and in the meantime several others are coming out that sound interesting. I'd like to try the DOD Rubberneck, and there's a new version of the Endangered Audio Research AD4096, but there seem to be no clips/videos of that one yet.

My usual strings. Nice one. Bought.

Greco made an Iceman shaped 5 called the Mirage, they show up on Ishibashi and other Japanese sites now and then.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1503952697' post='3361837'] Thing is with basses, they tinker; it's just not like the plethora of Les Paul historic reissues. The Grabber got a reissue a few years back, it didn't seem a bad bass, but it wasn't a straight copy of the G3, more a reinterpretation. I don't think they made that many and there always seemed to be stock around for ages. If they did a 20/20, that could be fun. [/quote] There was one with three MM type single coils in totally different positions to the G3, and another more accurate Grabber-esque one with the sliding pickup and slightly too big headstock. I only saw the sliding pickup one once, definitely a very small run.

I see he now has the Hipshot Kickass bridge as an option!

The Grabber is such a cult bass with alt-rock/metal bands, surely it would sell if given a reasonably accurate reissue?