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Somehow, within a period of 6 months I went from 1 gold bass to three. And I really like it. Soooo let's dedicate a topic to gold basses! From left to right: Fender Custom Shop '64 Jazz (shoreline gold), De Gier Bebop 5 (pharaoh gold), Lakland US Joe Osborn (shoreline gold). So technically, the Lakland and the Fender are the same colour.

If it's a JV that's actually a pretty good deal.

I really don't understand people who categorically refuse to own a signature bass. If it has the sound, feel and looks you look for, who cares? Maybe you dislike that specific player's way of playing, but you're not them, right? I have a JMJ Mustang which I bought because I wanted a very very good Mustang, and this is one. I saw a fellow Dutch bass player doing a regular pop music gig with her Troy Sanders signature PJ. I have no clue if she's a big Mastodon fan, but my guess is she just likes a silverburst Fender PJ. So basically my point is: a signature model isn't different from any other model. There's just a signature on the headstock.

That is pretty expensive for basses that look like they've been assembled from not very expensive parts. I mean, my eyes have to deceive me or that red Jazz is a Sire body and a Squier Standard neck. It might be the angle of the photo but the aligning on the silver MM Jazz just looks...off.

A solid piece of concrete tree.

I've had a 78 Jazz in for setup that was around 16 or 17 lbs...🫣

In that same comment Roger has also said that the new generation comes from a new factory. I really really want to try them now. And also I do not want to try them, because I'm afraid after that, I'll have two MetroExpress basses.

Taking the Custom Shop out for its first spin tonight. Can't wait.

Just got in touch with Warwick: not possible.

IIRC there was somebody in China who already had the Sadowsky name trademarked. Roger stated that he was trying to get the name back, and that the RSD logo was a placeholder until then.

You do know why it doesn't on the first generation, right?

Well that's probably because it's not a Rockbass but a Sadowsky

Well that would make it sort of counterfeit for me. If I'd have a logo retrofitted I'd send it to Warwick, probably.

Honestly considering e-mailing Warwick to see if they'll sell me a new neck with the Sadowsky logo on it. I like my 1st gen very very very much but man. That logo.

That's the proprietary brand of Music Store Köln (like Harley Benton for Thomann), pretty cool stuff indeed. Very much bang for buck. I bet those SD pickups are a big, big upgrade.

Up to seven!

I got this bass with the bridge cover screwed on and the original screws seem a teeny weeny bit longer than pickguard screws. I do use pickguard screws on my '71 Precision, though, and they work just fine. Well, it sounds very Acoustic-like. They have this very typical solid state growl to them, very middy. They immediately give you that Jaco feel with a fretless, or that JPJ growl with a fretted Jazz. I really like it, although I'm planning on selling it as it is very heavy. Lucky for me this is a bass from 2011

I've had over 50 basses in my life, from Dingwall to Mustang and I keep coming back to Jazz Basses. So, after selling my upright and my Dingwall, why not get another one? I found this beautiful Custom Shop '64 Limited Edition Jazz in Germany. The seller was in NL yesterday so that was a perfect opportunity to pick it up. Lovely rosewood fretboard, Abigail Ybarra pickups, shoreline gold finish. Very happy with Jazz number seven in my collection.

I really like that but why oh why oh why PJ pickups? I think a design like this would greatly improve with nice looking single coils or humbuckers, like e.g. Duesenberg or Serek.

Hi guys, I got offered a CS '64 Jazz in shoreline gold, matching headstock, apparently it carries Ybarra pickups? Does anyone know about these basses and how good they are?

Haha yes! Except this bass used to be fretted

Today, something special happened. Last week I got a call from the editor-in-chief of the Dutch bass magazine, if I wanted to check a radio knob Stingray. Well, of course I did. So today I met the guy representing the owner to check out the bass. Such a special instrument. What a bass. https://i.imgur.com/52OhpZJ.mp4

I think it's a modded Ampeg as well, check out the terrible neck pickup routing in the pickguard though. Very sloppy work.