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Probably from lefties who had to learn on right handed instruments

Not modification as such but more dressing it up. I really like the neck pickup cover on a jazz, jury is out on the P though. It looks special, but I miss playing right over the pickup.

Looking good!!! I have one also, wouldn't say it's at all heavy though. Haven't bothered upgrading mine at all, sounds great as it is. I really like the fretboard on these.

To answer the original question.... I paid £1800+ for my US Stingray in 2019. They were about £800 new at one point in time but I didn't have the money then. So I guess to me it was worth it. I've owned other good quality mass produced basses since including US and Japanese Fenders and the Stingray is still a cut above those. So on relative terms it was worth what I paid. Also, had I not paid the price I wouldn't have been able to buy it. Lots of different ways of looking at value/ worth but I'm comfortable with my decision.

I'm from Yorkshire too 😀😀 Joking. I know what you mean. My US Jazz was only bought because it was the last one and had £300 off.

This Saturday The Desert Penguins are back at the Brewhouse in Cardiff, just nextdoor to the famous chippy alley. We played there last year and had a phenomenal time. What a great venue!! We will be playing rock and indie covers from the 00's to today, and some pop-goes-rock on the way too.

I've owned MIM Fenders, Sires and a Harley Benton jazz. 90's MIM Fenders are not great IMO but the 2012 onwards are good quality instruments. Sires are excellent though, a whole other level IMO especially the V7 and all the options you can have. The Harley Bentons are not as "good" as either but for less than £175 new you are getting incredible value. I gig a Harley Benton fretless jazz because it's a great bass, regardless of it costing 1/10th of other basses I own.

I got my Kramer Striker five string fretless in 2002. It was my second bass, bought for my 18th birthday. My parents, divorced, clueless about music, contributed 1/3 the cost each and I the rest. It was between this and a Steinberger Spirit, back in the old Musicyo days. I went for the Kramer because it was both five string, very hard to get lefty then, and fretless and i'd just been introduced to Pearl Jam. I still occasionally gig this bass, but rarely now because it doesn't suit the style of music I'm playing. We talked about doing a studio recording and video and immediately I thought of this bass. It's a cheaply put together bass which now has a Kiogon loom to get the best out of the stock pickups, but it feels and sounds great. I love it and can never get rid of it.

I just thought you'd stepped on a delay

Great stuff! Curious to know whether it does come with any preset sounds? The old GT10-B had some excellent presets to give you amp and EQ settings to sound like Cream, Level 42, among others.

I am so, so tempted. And the Boss Amps too... I guess with the ME90B the only thing it can't replace is my Boss wireless. I don't know what I'd do with that if I went to a multi FX.

I think I've only made a profit on two basses: an MIJ Precision that I wish I still had, and a Washburn Status that sounded great, looked amazing but just wouldn't be getting gigs after my 80s experiment band failed to get off the ground. The regrettable sale that often haunts me is my Warwick Streamer LX, bought for about £400 in the early 2000's and sold for about the same a year or two later after never truly bonding it regularly reappears on BC, Reverb and eBay every few years for £900 or more https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226072472758?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=174vNm9IScK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=XRJhsZSpS5O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY It's a lovely, lovely bass and now I'm a bit older and wiser I'd love to give it another go. But I can't at that price.

Mine just a few days ago... Should get the black P bass back today with ashtrays fitted.

Damn, didn't think of that.

I always wondered... Is it Ho-tone or Hot-one?

Please put red LEDs in the neck and have them chasing from the edges to the middle.

Does it have the "1 watt" practice mode like the combos do? I'm really, really keen for one of the katana amps, either the combo or head and cab and I am finding it very hard to choose at the moment.

The drummer bought it brand new 364 days before it failed at Saturday's gig. He is trying to see if it's under any kind of warranty. I also want to take my little SWR amp for a bit of TLC to the amp repair man locally so can easily pass him the sub too at the same time for a diagnosis if it's not under warranty.

Exactly 364 days after purchase. Built in obsolescence is really evolving.

Tons of them! Please PM me and I can sort you out for boxes.

Won't power on. We changed the fuse in the sun unit itself, changed kettle leads and sockets. I've brought it home and tried again, another new kettle lead and the power on led doesn't light.