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5 basses I want right now

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1. Skjold Whaleback 4/33 in birdseye maple and mahogany (in progress)
2. Marleaux Betra Custom 4/30 with Delano PC 4 AL in regional tonewoods including walnut top (due September 2022)
3. Wal Mk 1 (4 string, sycamore)
4. Wal Mk 2 (4 string, wenge)
5. Wal Mk 3 (5 string, paduak)

Interested to see the Skjold when it's done! Don't think I've seen a Whaleback 4 before.
 
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There's not too many basses I want, but I could think of three:

Fender Adam Clayton Jazz Bass
Kubiki Ex-Factor
Fender Urge I with a fretless neck; would likely have to buy a fretted one and yank the frets. I just love my Urge, so a fretless version might be pretty cool.

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A realistic list:

G&l Sb1 tangerine metallic with a mapleboard, maybe even blocked and bound

Music Man stingray or sterling classic with a heavy flamed neck

A lakland. Preferably Either a dj4 or a 44-64 custom but I'd try any one of them

Sandberg. Shorty, p, jazz, anything.

Dingwall multi scale
 
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These 3 permanently reside on the G.A.S. list:
- Warwick Star Bass II
- Dingwall NG3 5 string
- Spector Euro 5LX

But these 2 recently have been giving me really bad G.A.S:
- Bacchus Universe BTB PJ - I love big pickguard pj's (like the fender parallel universe pj), saw one of these for the first time recently and that was it I wanted one haha.
- Sandberg Forty Eight - one of my band members the other day jokingly said that I'm missing a pointy bass in my life, and after following that trail of thought down a rabbit hole I ended up lusting after a black forty eight with cream stripes :drool: