LeftyJ

I'm usually dead tired after a gig, so I have no trouble sleeping when I get home. After all the lugging with equipment, loading our cars back up and pulling everything out again at our rehearsal space, it's usually quite late too. Gigs after a regular day's work were always the worst.

It's on hold. Anyone here?

OMG! If only I had 1299 GBP laying around...

When I'm looking to try out a new bass, I rarely go to music shops. I buy most of my gear used from the internet, and for me it has been a great way to try out many different basses. I've probably owned over 30 throughout the past 15 years, from cheap beater basses to used high-end custom instruments. It has really helped me define what I like in a bass, but at the same time I've found that I can get along with many types of bass. Various scale lengths, all kinds of neck profiles from ultra thin to baseball bat, and many pickup configurations. I have since found several definite keepers, but the chase is still on

I think Steinberger would probably do well today with their models with full bodies. Headless designs are getting increasingly popular again, especially in the (technical) metal scene. Carvin / Kiesel headless designs are quite popular (the Vader model), Mayones makes a headless guitar, Strandberg is doing very well, and people are willing to pay good money for them.

I bought a new 4003 in Mapleglo in 2009. Loved the looks and tone, but really disliked the (lack of) ergonomics, the square feel of the neck and the bridge keep falling backwards in the tailpiece. Would love a 4003s one day, maybe with a Hipshot replacement bridge.

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FTFY

Awesome!

I love those aluminium Sadowsky style knobs. I have bought 8 recently, and 4 of them will be adorning my Warwick Streamer LX5 soon. I think they add a luxurious look that the standard knurled brass knobs lack, as much as I like them. The Warwick ones are pretty cool, the pointer on top of the knob is not just a small notch but actually a little hole that goes through the entire knob. It's near impossible to read though!

I remember a website from a guy who sells replica SureGrip knobs and EQ knobs for Ibanez Musicians and Artists. They're identical to the ones used on these Greco's. I can't find it anymore though! Edit: Nevermind. Right here! Wickedly expensive at 12 dollars PER KNOB though, and there's a shipping fee. https://www.reproguitarparts.com/#!/EQ-knobs/p/5629649/category=1391098

An 80s E-series Squier medium scale!

That is a thing of beauty! Very nice find. What kind of parts? These have a few things in common with Ibanez Musicians (MC900 specifically), but also some distinctly unique features. I believe that serial number dates it to July 1978 btw, not 1977 as the auction reads. The bridge looks like it is slightly bent under de tension of the strings?

Very true. But ugly as hell nevertheless!

I can imagine your issue with left hand placement. It's fine on the lower strings, but on the high strings you're plucking closer to the bridge. For me it would miss a neck pickup as well, but mostly tonally. I would love to have a go on an NG3!

Over time, yes. But on a brand new bass? My Warwick (4-piece Ovangkol neck) developed noticeable lines between the pieces of the neck. I had it sanded slightly and re-oiled, and it's been fine since (4 years ago). But that's a bass from 2003 that's ageing. Not a brand new Fender

I beg to differ. Their bodyshapes, yes. Their headstocks, not so much.

I especially find many British headstock designs rather dull, somehow. Guys like Overwater, Status, Eggle... Very similar in design, just a generic and bland shape. Could just as well have been a cheap Stagg or whatever. I like a headstock to be instantly recognizable by its shape or other features. Not something entirely featureless like this: Surely they could have thought up something better to match their well thought-out bodyshapes? And then there's gems like that D. Lakin headstock on the previous page, or this:

...and a very wide and comfortable strap, I assume

That Precision with black binding and dots looks really nice! I like the Jazz too, but that Precision really is something unusual!

I'm most comfortable on Jazz style nut width, but I play any neck type. I have big hands, so I'm fine with either. String spacing at the bridge is a more important factor for me than at the nut. I play all kinds of basses with all kinds of spacings. I have 5-strings with 16.5 mm and 19 mm spacing at the bridge, and 4-strings with 19 mm and 20 mm spacing, and all kinds of nut widths and neck profiles. My '81 Ibanez Musician and Roadster have very wide necks (1 11/16", roughly 42-43 mm) and I get along comfortably on them, but I also play a '75 Jazz Bass reissue which is 1.5".

Indeed! And the 70s model has an alder body, unlike most PB57 and PB62 models which have basswood bodies. Very nice.