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My Ibanez Roadstars and even my lowly MIJ Yamaha BB300 have shielding plates underneath the pickups. When was the last time you saw that on a sub-$1000 bass? 'Though the Roadstars have (solid) basswood bodies, they have a richer, more complex tone than all of the (solid alder?) MIM Fenders I tried ...

I definitely had to agree with you in the original thread you posted on these basses that the images posted of the lefty you bought appeared to be very poorly made, but you definitely made your point then, let it go.

The same could be said of ALL the threads on this website. Do you "lock" or ...

...for lefties, that is.

My favorite go-to bass is an old Lotus with one of those peculiar mini-humbuckers also found on Lawsuit era Hondo IIs. Next in line are my Ibanez Roadstars (P and P/J). I also love Aria ThorSound basses, especially the bolt-neck 32" scale single P pup ones. Some of those ...

Is somebody putting a gun to someone's head to force them to read and post on this thread?

Can we please move on? I understand that you are disappointed but you are starting to looking like a donkey.

"donkey" is not exactly a compliment, is it? Anyway, thanks for not "locking" this thread (so far) as though it contained a wild animal that might bite or something. I appreciate your not ...

I responded with one concise reply to four posts addressed at me. And you're calling me names for that. Furthermore, I'd not have had to post a new thread or even follow-up posts if previous posts and threads were not "locked" or deleted. I don't have anything additional to say unless more insults ...

Yes, I was probably wrong about one of the posters at Talkbass, namely the guy with the handle lakefx. I noticed later that he made lots of contradictory and actually critical comments; for instance, stating that he discovered gaps between the body and the neck after removing the neck because the ...

I do appreciate permafrost sharing his experiences with the left handed bass community.

I am trying to understand the continual need to bring up this topic. You did get a refund right permafrost?

The reason for "the continual need to bring up this topic", as stated above, was the deletion of my ...

As you can all see, I'm not doing anything wrong here. Only alerting fellow bass players to the existence of a person who is selling misrepresented subpar products.

I disagree.

You aren't simply making people aware, you've already done that here. You're repeatedly posting on the same subject ...

Last time I looked, it wasn't there anymore. You also deleted the second thread I started about this gamma business. Let's see how many more minutes this one's going to last. I'm certainly not holding my breath.

Yes, you're right about that.

LEFTYBASSIST administrator asked Joe Milstein to rebut my claims. Joe Milstein NEVER responded to any of the issues I raised. The adminstrator of LEFTYBASSIST first locked the thread then deleted it. If he does the same again, it will unfortunately raise doubts about ...

The website TALKBASS just banned me for posting the above. The reason TALKBASS gave for their decision? That I'm a TROLL.

That lets you know the kind of people TALKBASS administrators are and the kind of people they do "business" with.

Be advised.

If you haven't yet, please be aware that:

These things sold for LESS than $200 NEW on eBay. Below are the links to two completed listings on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GAMMA-Custom...item232a5c1b1f

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GAMMA-Custom...item232a2050a1

These things have some kind of plastic as ...

We need good, solid mid-price-range instruments, made in America and in a color other than black or burst.

Carvin bolt-on basses come closest to fitting the bill IMO. I wish they'd make P and MM style basses, though.

For my part, I love vintage Made in Japan basses the best.

Re price point of these basses. This is what Joe told me: "....oh, and one small request - PLEASE dont tell anyone what you paid for it...then everyone will expect me to make a bass for them for half price;-)..." and "...i guess Lefty basses dont command a premium like i thought... normally i sell ...

I'm not trying to prove I'm right nor hurt people's feelings. But when I know that fellow lefty bassists can get hurt if I don't publicly disclose what I know about this seller, I believe it's my duty to do just so. As our friend Bigevilrobot noted, some of the defects are visible in the very ...

Wow!

You can actually see the piece of black plastic that's hiding the gap between the neck and the body on some of the close-ups of the orange lefty bass that he uploaded to the GAMMA Fraternity Album on his Facebook page.

He wasn't even sure what wood the body was made of: "... as far as the body, i was told it is alder, bought it as alder but i would not bet my life on it." Re the pickups, this is what he said: "Those are my own J-Style Pups that are a cross between you standard Fender USA pups and SD Pups. They are ...

DON'T do business with this person.

I purchased this bass from him on eBay.

1. The bridge was mounted crooked. To hide this defect, he had loosened the screws (more on one side) so that the tension of the strings would pull it and make it look like it was mounted straight.

2. There was a gap ...

Hi,
I'm interested in buying the black Harmony (or is it a Hondo?) P Bass with the maple fingerboard. Please respond, thanks.