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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)

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.

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

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.

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!

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

Agreed!

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

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.

Maybe this helps What D-tuner is fitted to Sandberg California II TM4 Ida Nielsen ? - Repairs and Technical - Basschat

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?

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...

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.

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!

Always used to bring a backup but luckily never needed it. So in the last few years I have stopped doing so. In my current doom band I have to tune my 5-string down to standard A tuning, and frankly I only have one bass that can endure this without need for a setup and a twist of the truss rod and that is my Status S2 Classic - so I don't even have a proper backup for it . We don't rehearse or gig regularly, so when not playing with them I leave it in standard tuning so I can still use it for other stuff. The neck on my Warwick Streamer LX5 is quite bendy and needs a setup when detuning it, and my 5-string Ellio Martina stays in standard tuning at all times. I do always bring spare strings (string changes are a breeze on a headless with double balls), spare batteries, tool kit, spare cables and a preamp/DI to go straight to PA in case of amp failure.

That's my thought too whenever I see that bridge design somewhere. But my guess is they're just made of fairly soft metal, with hardened inserts to handle the pressure and friction of the strings. Nice score, those basses always look great to me!

Yep, the Gotoh is what Music Man uses. Just make sure you get the correct one, there's one version with the mounting screws along the outer edges (BB-04) and there's one that has the mounting screws on the inside (BB-02).

Someone shared the ad on a Dutch bass forum I frequently visit. It was sold together with an Ibanez GSR180L for a mere €100 and I couldn't resist. It's made in China, and nothing like the higher and MIJ Ibanez jobs, but it has its charm and plays and sounds great. It did take a bit of work (mostly a LOT of cleaning) and the neck has some small dents here and there, but for the price I paid I don't complain. I'm donating the bass to a charity here in the Netherlands that collects cheap used guitars and basses and gives them away to kids in families who can't afford music lessons or gear.

Bit too blobby for me, but still a nice find! These are hard to come by. Would love a Mustang myself, but for now my 24" lefty needs are served by an Ibanez ORM1 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez signature (he of The Mars Volta fame). I just wish it had a neck pickup

That's actually a really good point! Hadn't thought of it that way. Still, at less than half of the normal retail price, that's a LOT of bass. And as an ex-demo, it more or less IS being sold as "used".

Would depend on the year the Stingray was made, if you measured from the end of the fingerboard alone. Prior to 2018 Stingrays had 21 frets, and from 2018 up they had 22 frets so on the 22 fret models the pickup will always be closer to the neck

The yellowing actually looks like it's just the glue or the filler used to seal the gaps between the fingerboard wood and the inlay. Looks very minor, and might well clean up easily. The control knob issue sounds like an easy fix too, that wouldn't bother me at all. Either the potentiometer isn't properly fixed to the bass and turns along, or it's broken and won't stop which is an easy replacement that will only cost a few pounds. The dent is not that bad, and for something that has lived on the store floor to try out, I guess it happens. All things I could live with at more than 50% reduced price, and the pots and fingerboard I would definitely try to fix myself

Wow, that's posh! I love the bound and dotted fingerboard and the sparkle finish, but I'm not a fan of all the chrome. It's a bit too much for me It sounds great though, in her video! The pickguard looks almost black in some shots, that might actually suit it better to my liking.

I have to admit, I wasn't all that impressed with the design when I first saw the early promotional pics. I'm glad they extended the lower horn, and I like the 4-in-line headstock a LOT better than their initial 3+1 attempt. It looks great in your pics! The only thing bugging me is how the neck plate aligns (or rather, doesn't) with the neck heel. But thankfully that's hidden on the back of the body where it very likely won't bother anyone else. I love that finish, the slightly darker tint to the neck, and the bridge design which is a proper hommage to the older MM bridges but with its own twist. They really put in an effort to make an instrument that pays tribute to the Stingray but with an identity of its own, and it looks like they succeeded - and I didn't think I would say this.

Ashdown Amp Schematics – Ashdown Engineering (ashdownmusic.com) Best bet would be to just email Ashdown, it seems!