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Cool photos too! Are there flats on that bass? The fretboard looks killer as well.

That's what I thought, but the DJ control plate is slightly curved. Mine is straight. It was fitted to my USA Joe Osborn when I bought it.

I was referring to the preamp being older and nah if I'd do that there would also be extra holes in the body for the control plate. I've reinstalled the original.

I think mine is an older one, they might have changed the design. Big bummer because I was really looking forward to this preamp in this bass.

The PCB is too big for the cavity. I can't move the control plate forward enough. So now I'm reinstalling the original preamp but I can't remember how the ground wires were connected😅

Well, I took the J-Retro out of my Lakland to squeeze into my Sadowsky. It doesn't fit.

Anything Living Colour?

Because it's fun to see how my taste has developed over the years. Furthermore, there are some basses I'd like to own again someday (if anyone has seen my former trans white Lakland Skyline 55-60 hit me up) and keeping track of serial numbers helps.

I've been keeping a list on Google Drive for about 15 years now where I keep track of all basses I've owned so far. Name, year and serial number. Last week, I created a folder with pics of all those basses. I miss just one, a fretless Yamaha I had when I was 12. If anyone wants a peek, let me know🙃 Do you people do the same? How do you keep track of everything you've owned?

How do you decide which amp to take to your gig?

I heard he once got the chance to meet Chuck Norris and that Chuck Norris was impressed.

Veeeery nice! And veeeeery annoying. I just canceled my olympic white order of the Ray24 because it took too long. Now I'm doubting that decision. Enjoy your lovely new bass!

Thanks for the tips people, KiOgon is going to send me one of his creations. Can't wait!

Has anyone put a J-Retro in their MetroExpress? Does it fit, and how do you like it?

I should have, "Europe" is a bit vague I'll admit HMU with a message with how much you'd ask for it! I've also PM'ed @KiOgon.

Well yes and no: it's an article from Amazon USA that doesn't ship to NL.

Who?

Looks good! I'd like it to be a whole control plate with knobs and all, but this looks very promising

I really don't like the J-Retro preamp in my Lakland JO5 so I'd love to bring the bass back its original state, with the passive stacked knob setup. I'd like to get a pre-wired harness. I know Lindy Fralin makes them but they're out of stock and could take a while. 920D Custom also makes one but they don't seem to be available to ship to Europe...Sooooooo Google really doesn't help me. Can you guys? I want to go from this: To this:

This is 100% what it is. The tuners don't look like Squier tuners, so my best guess is an aftermarket neck (I'm thinking Mighty Mite), but the body is definitely a Squier Vintage Modified body.

Recently, I've bought two basses that are STB and 35" (both Laklands, 55-02 and JO5) and I'm looking for a set of strings that would work on them. I've read things about (regular long scale) DRs. Would they be the only ones that would fit, except for extra long scale strings?

Haha I don't know! It came like this. I'm still looking for strings that are long enough to go through the body on this 35" scale. DR is supposed to work...

...this Lakland Skyline 55-02 Deluxe came along for an excellent price. It's NOS, bought new from the shop but it's from 2018. So no roasted maple, but that's fine. It has old D'Addario strings on it and it needs a clean because it's an ex-demo bass (I think), but I really like the feel.