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I don't think I knew they came in a natural finish. (The one I used to own was the more common transparent orange over ash). Anyway, these don't come up very often these days:

https://reverb.com/item/36560210-1997-i ... ps-shipped

Cool, and unusual! All the MIJ ATK300L's I've ever seen were transparent black (which, up close and personal, looks more like a dark brown).

String alignment is pretty bad. May just be a matter of shifting the neck in the pocket though

Good eye, Matt. (I don't examine these things thoroughly unless I'm interested in buying, I just post 'em. ). It looks a little better in the 2nd picture. It could also be the saddle angles, as the E doesn't look perpendicular to the bridge plate. Yes, I only learned this recently, and I've been setting my own basses up for decades. String saddles are supposed to be perpendicular to the bridge plate/bass body. You follow the neck profile as you normally would to set them accordingly, but if you're angling one side of a bridge saddle to do it, technically you're doing it wrong. I still do it "wrong" on certain basses that are too stubborn to give me the action I like.

On second glance, I wonder if this might be a refin. If it is, it's quite a daring one. There appears to be a deep dent on the top horn, that has been filled up with clear lacquer and then polished to match the surrounding finish. It is clearly visible in this picture:



And in this picture it's as if you're seeing right through that top bit of the upper horn:

Spot on Matt, I'll see what can be done about it tonight.

[quote="Jeroen"]On second glance, I wonder if this might be a refin. If it is, it's quite a daring one. There appears to be a deep dent on the top horn, that has been filled up with clear lacquer and then polished to match the surrounding finish. It is clearly visible in this picture:





Sorry Jeroen, not a refin. There is a chip in the upper horn, thou.

I only see the orange tinted finished in MIKs and MIIs, not MIJs

Log or Carmine might be able to confirm that.

Cheers,

Neck pocket was spot on but PJ, the-guy-who-saw-Loudness-at-L'Amour-back-in-their-prime, was on the money!

Thanks for the tip!

We're Loudness! You like beer?

Is this the same bass? The one sold a couple of months ago from a Japanese seller:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBANEZ-Electri ... 7675.l2557

That's the one... monster tone but too heavy for me

An ambitious price... if it sells, I'll be encouraged as to the value of my ATK 305L...

Yep! I've owned two MIJ ATK300's in Trans Black and still own one MIJ ATK305 in Trans Black. All lefty MIK's I've seen in Europe were also Trans Black, but a darker shade that you were barely able to see through. All MIK's I've seen for sale in the US were in the orangey Amber finish. And I've never seen lefty MII's or the interesting USATK's with Bunker tension-free neck.



You should see what Arni and Freddi Lubitz sold theirs for on Leftybass.com

The 300 righties from Russia command $699 and higher shipping costs so I don't think I'm that far off