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I dig the natural, but wish there were more ebony or rosewood fingerboard options. Especially on the sparkly green one!

Black Sabbath

I got one with my Laguna green special when I bought it from Sweetwater last year, but then I saw they switched over to the mono bags.

1. YYZ Geddy Lee Shape-shifter Pedal: The secret sauce didn’t know I was missing, and not just for my Jazz Bas either. 2. Music Man Stingray Special HH - Kiwi Green: So comfortable to play and has a ton of sonic versatility. 3. Squier Paranormal Rascal Bass - Candy Apple Red: Bought on the...

I bought the String Swing 6 oak guitar stand a few years ago because it looks pretty classy & it was billed as safe for nitro finishes. I’ve had my Custom Shop & American Original 60s P Basses on there for about that long and there’s been no difference in the lacquer finish.

Yeah that was pretty strange, since it seems like most of the time they release a little bit of each type of finish (burst, metallic, sparkle) to try and please everyone.

Decided to trade in a handful of gear I wasn’t using and pick up a Special HH, since I’ve been gassing for one (and its additional tone options). I’m not a big green bass guy, but I thought the kiwi green was a stunner (especially with black hardware), and now I have a buddy for my first foray...

I picked up a used 2023 a few weeks ago and looks just like Option 2. Binding is super white and there’s a little more contrast between the inlays and the fingerboard than the pics of the older one. Strangely, I don’t feel that the back of the neck on mine is anything special with the...

It’s really hard to nail down what it was that felt so different. I measured it and it was a 42mm nut width, so a little wider than a typical Jazz, but it felt beefier in the palm my hand. I also perceived it to have a more curvy radius on the fingerboard.

Return window is only 3 days, not a whole lot of time to decide.

To my hands, it was closer to a Jazz width, but probably an 1/8” wider, but it was “chunkier” from front to back than I’m used to. I guess I prefer wider nut and thinner front to back. It was a solid neck though, I tested the truss rod and easily moved a 1/4” turn in both directions and didn’t...

If that’s the one from GC in Wilmington, I had it earlier this week and found it to be 1975 neck, pickups; original pots were replaced (but in the case), but I think it’s a different body. At first I thought it was stripped Oly White because of some paint on the inside, but couldn’t tell if it...

More pics!

Good call. I’ll try to post a few like that later today.

I think I may have gone all the way through, like you said with #1. I hadn’t thought about the fact that there’s likely an open hole on the other side of the wheel. Thanks!