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Well for me it would have to be my very 1st bass, a Maton B250 Goldline. Basically a Telecaster bass. I doubt many ever made it from our shores to the US. Anyway here's a link to a picture of one just so you can see what you all missed out on :). Mine was red not sunburst. [Invalid or Expired...

1. Fender Victor Bailey 5Str Jazz 2. Maton MGB4 Fretless 3. Maton JB4 Fretless 4. Maton JB4 Fretted 5. Squire Vintage Modified Jazz 6. Samik "Greg Benett" The Samik was the bass that got me back into bass again after a long hiatus and the Squire was my first inexpensive forey into...

Well I am fairly sure no one has mentioned Maton ( www.maton.com.au ) yet, and they are now making their JB4 bass again, so you may like to include them in your list. Craig

Hi, I can't comment on the EMG pickups specifically but I have tried DiMarzio AreaJ pickups, Bartolini Jazz pickups and now Delano Jazz pickups and all have fitted without any mods to the body. If the EMG pickups are advertised as direct dropin Jazz replacements then you shouldn't have a...

Well I'll be the token Aussie then :) I just orderd two of the new JB4's Maton are now making again, one fretted and one frettless. About a 2-3 week wait before they are ready though. Not having played a Fender Jaguar I can't comment on how the two compare, the only Fender I have is a Victor...

Well I replaced the standard designed Seymor Duncans in my Squire VM freteless firstly with a set of Bartolini's, then followed by a set of DiMarzio Area J's and now finally a set of Delano JC 4 HE/M2 pickups. Overall I'll be sticking with the Delano's. Nothing particularly wrong with the Area...

Or possibly it is of dubious origin. ie. stolen? Craig

Hi, From your images it looks as if the pickups only have two leads comming from them. If this is the case then I don't think you can wire the individual pickups in series/parallel, only the pair. The pickups will need to have four leads per pickup to do what you want. Now, i just had a...

+1 for the vox from me as well. Craig

Well I can't comment on the UltraJazz pickups as I have never heard them, but I can tell you that they are hotter than the Area J's. From memory the rated outputs of the two are Area J 155 Ultra Jazz 250 I orginally replaced the SD designed pickups that came with the...

Well here is my Maton MGB4 Fretless circa 1984. The pic is actually the pic the seller had up on their website. My crappy iPhone camera doesn't do it justice. Link Removed Craig

Couldn't agree more. +1. Craig

+1 for the basscentre. Have bought off them a few times now and no issues. Craig

Well this one was made in 1987 going by the serial number. It is a real shame Maton don't make basses anymore. I think they stopped making them in the late 80s. They did indicate on the phone they they regularly receive requests for a bass line, but whether they decide to make them again...

Ok, here are my two basses. This Squire VMF was my first fretless. I didn't want to spend alot just in case I didn't take to fretless basses. As it turns out I haven't looked back. I modded the Squire with a BadAssII bridge and replaced the pickups with a pair of DiMarzio Area-J pickups. Just...