Wouldn’t be my pickup choices but I love the headstock. Nice looking bass.
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This one is gorgeous!
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Cool. The wood and colour make up for the plain headstock. The neck heel could be a bit rounder too. Nice bass overall!
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Black Smokers are fantastic. I grabbed a pic of a bunch last time I was in Ikebe. Is this the one you grabbed the shot of?
That one wasn’t there last time I was in; it’s up at one of their other stores (ironically a different one that I have also bought a bass from).
Price is what I would expect for a limited color Black Smoker. Amazing looking bass.
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Yep, that’s the little honey. Really love the looks. And, from what I’ve read about the boutique shop, it sounds like those luthiers have the chops to build a fine instrument.
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I was seriously impressed by them. One of those instruments you check out and say “yep, that’s a legit $3k instrument.”
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Just something to add to the list.
Orange Bass https://orangeamps.com/o-bass/#images
THE ORANGE O-BASS IS BACK !! - YouTube
Seems to sell for approximately $550 Dollars.
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Gassing hard 
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@Paul I know. Looks like a lot of fun. I have “just two” GAS basses on my list: The new Squier 40th anniversary vintage P-bass and this new Orange bass.
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OK, OK. I was more drawn by the looks and the smaller body but I personally found reasons to delete it from the list…
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It’s a pretty meh bass.
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I dunno why, but to me that Orange-O bass looks like something that would have come out of cold-war era USSR. It doesn’t do it for me.
Edit: I should add that just generically speaking, I’m not a fan of the “Les Paul” shape.
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@JustTim If that’s what it was that would actually make it more interesting. 
Here here is an example of a 70’s Russian Bass.
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This one is the equivalent of an 8mm mid-'70s special filmed in a shipping container behind a gas station in Buttfuck, Arkansas.
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Speechless… but I take the camera for fun and the container for a studio… as long as I get to choose where they are going to be.
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Wow, in a shipping container?! Fancy!!
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“Just another day as a Longshoreman…”
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