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After what felt like the longest 3 weeks of my life, my BTB605MS arrived on Monday. It's my first multi scale and a bit of a departure from what I usually look for in a bass but my god it's good. The electronics package is amazing, passive mode is identical to preamp flat. My favourite setting so far is low mids slightly boosted and bridge pickup slightly favoured. The overall tone is super clear and punchy. It's super resonant unplugged too. Multi scale feels really intuitive, it took next to no getting used to. The 35-37 scale is big, scales around the 3rd fret D are quite a stretch but I'm sure I'll adapt, also it makes the B string enormous.

There's absolutely no reason why T-Bird wouldn't work in any kind of rock band. Also make with the pics!

This is in no way helpful, but I was having a similar argument with myself and ended up ordering the Ibanez BTB605MS.

Some of my latest configurations I was enjoying the combination of pastel colours, ebony, black hardware and white/off white pick guards.

This is something I struggle with too. I had a Grabber that was very slightly different to 34" and I could never get used to it.

Super classy! Congrats on your purchase.

My top two G&L L1000 in natural and rosewood with the original headstock. Stingray/5 HH Special. I know they're not particularly exotic, I'm a man of simple tastes.

That's bloody lovely. My favorite era of EBMM

That's lovely!

I have a passive Jake. I don't know how else to describe it other than amazing, I got it in something like 2015. The fit and finish is impeccable, the paint is thin but I'd take that over tacky, even the neck is painted and it's fine. No gaps anywhere. I have the Maruszsczyk P and Jazz bucker combo. All the tones are what you'd expect. I have the standard hardware, zero complaints there either. The only real nit picky issue is that it didn't have a string tree, which wasn't a problem until I put battleship chains on it and tuned it BEAD. It probably would have been fine if I wasn't so heavy handed. Also, if I had my time over I'd either have got a stacked volume pot or put the jack in the Tele position, but that's only because I have a real problem with controls anywhere near my pick hand. Also, they're lovely to deal with.

I've done drop C# on 45-105s. It was fine.

I had a Tribute L2000 and now have a 1982 USA one. They didn't overlap so were never A/B'd but the two feel pretty similar other than weight. The USA one is a weighty old beast. The sound is exactly as I remember. The tribute has the same hardware and pickups, the preamp is basically the same but there is a difference in components that means you can't do the L1000 mod that some people do as easily.

Lovely looking bass! I have an 82 L-2000 with the newer head stock but black hardware and I love it dearly. It's the same colour as the L-1000 at bass direct too. Tempted.

This is beautiful. Never heard of the brand before but I'm off to check them out.

Hardware and electronics are the same as on the USA ones if I remember correctly.

G&L instruments are so good! You really get the feeling that they're the product of a lifetimes worth of work and experimentation.