Yeah, definitely worth it, but play it first. Nice bass != Good sounding bass. The Lynx is a special edition. It's displayed in the custom shop gallery, and from what I see, it's very very nice.
As for a $$ / Bubinga comparaison, it's like apples and oranges. Different sounds. The bubinga is a quality bass, but completely different. It's more mid-rangey, and a lot heavier
is that the one?
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The Lynx :
As for a $$ / Bubinga comparaison, it's like apples and oranges. Different sounds. The bubinga is a quality bass, but completely different. It's more mid-rangey, and a lot heavier
is that the one?
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The Lynx :
After the lion comes the lynx. Our partner Backline Music in Barcelona has just ordered a Custom Shop Special Edition in limited quantities for the second time. The first small series got the name “The Lion”, the second one now is named “The Lynx“, which is – as known by everybody – the Greek name of an elegant big cat, which was almost exterminated but naturalized again in the meantime in some German forests.
Also these basses will be almost as rare as their namesake, since they have been produced at a limited amount of 30 units (fifteen 4- and fifteen 5-string models.) The optics of the basses of this small series is attractive as well: a top of Spalted Maple of the category C is glued-on to a Swamp Ash body, which is treated with a Natural Oil finish. The A/B/C categorization for the Spalted Maple corresponds to the A-category of the Flamed or Quilted Maple. Thus, the Spalted Maple, which has been used for the basses of this series, has an interesting grain with partial normal wood-coloured side-faces. An Ovangkol neck with a Tigerstripe Ebony fingerboard is bolt-on to this body, a nacre inlay with the engraving “The Lynx” can be found at the 24th fret.
The electronics of this small series is based on the popular passive MEC MM-humbuckers and the MEC 2-band tone-control, the hardware is black. Additionally, also a Warwick Piezo-bridge was put in here, which additionally is extending the already wide sound spectrum of the $$-electronics. The Piezo pickup can be controlled by means of a stacked pot in terms of volume and tone.
The serial number of the instruments of this series are:
4-string: 5-string:
01/15 – B-133113-07 01/15 – A-133093-07
02/15 – B-133114-07 02/15 – A-133094-07
03/15 – B-133115-07 03/15 – A-133095-07
04/15 – B-133116-07 04/15 – A-133096-07
05/15 – B-133117-07 05/15 – A-133097-07
06/15 – B-133118-07 06/15 – A-133098-07
07/15 – B-133119-07 07/15 – A-133099-07
08/15 – B-133120-07 08/15 – A-133100-07
09/15 – B-133121-07 09/15 – A-133101-07
10/15 – B-133122-07 10/15 – A-133102-07
11/15 – B-133123-07 11/15 – A-133103-07
12/15 – B-133124-07 12/15 – A-133104-07
13/15 – B-133125-07 13/15 – A-133105-07
14/15 – B-133126-07 14/15 – A-133106-07
15/15 – B-133127-07 15/15 – A-133107-07
Corvette $$, „The Lynx“ Special Edition
Swamp Ash body with a Spalted Maple C top
Bolt-on Ovangkol neck with a Tigerstripe Ebony fingerboard, 24 frets
Special inlay at the 24th fret with engraving (“The Lynx”
Scale length: 34” (long scale)
Natural Oil finish
Two passive MEC MM-style pickups
Active 2-band electronics
Two-piece Warwick Piezo-bridge
Warwick tuners
Black hardware
Incl. certificate of originality for each instrument
Weight: approx. 3.75 kg (4-string), approx. 4.21 kg (5-string)
man, I didn´t remember it looked soooo good.
I tried a 5 string $$ in the shop, but with and added low B. Is anyone playing with a high B? Could I change the strings or the bass is not meant for that?
He formerly played bass in a band. Sometimes we even swap our instruments for fun - he's just as lousy on bass as I am on drums. 
