The Player Meteora is my first bass, bought a couple months ago. I’m a total noob about instruments, but have a lifelong career in design and the arts. I find the shape very comfortable AND good looking. Most of the Shapes From the Future from other makers are–umm, not to my taste. The Strat and Tele shapes are very nice, but also ubiquitous. The Meteora is new, but still classy. And yes, comfortable. No neck dive. Fits me great.
I hope it’s not being discontinued. My sense is that it was introduced at too high of a price point. The few reviews for this version of the Meteora suggest that it has great build quality (true of mine) on par for MIM Fenders, but for $1,100 the electrics could have been more juiced. I assume that means the new price point of $600 makes this a great bang for buck. I hope this shape will stay available as my bass journey continues. While a second bass in some future will aim at totally different tones (like a sweet, fat semi-hollow-body!), if I somehow, someday find myself thinking about a double humbucker configuration on the level of an Ultra II, I hope I can still get a Meteora.
I don’t understand why they don’t make 5 string meteoras. I might be interested in one if they did, HH is a common and sensible 5 string configuration, and it’s not like they’re tied down by tradition with the meteora.
If a short scale works for you, you might want to bookmark this page for future reference. Lakland’s Skyline basses are made in Indonesia and finished in Chicago. Excellent build quality and tones. Love mine! Not cheap (about US$ 1500; I paid 1400 €), so start saving your pennies. IMO, it’s worth every one of them.
Here’s mine, purchased from Fanatic Guitars in Barcelona, Spain.
Bugs me a bit that the headstock is just out there doing it’s own thing.
For another $3K to $4K, I could get a U.S. built Lakland with a finished headstock matching the finish of the body. Or I could use that money to buy two Dingwall SP1s, which is exactly what I did. I look at that headstock and think of my Dingwalls. Puts a big smile on my face. 
Looks great to me! I’ve figured out that Lakland is highly respected and premium instrument, but don’t know much about them yet. I wish their model names were somehow more descriptive than hyphenated numbers!
Lakland is a great bass manufacturer. Buy with confidence.
Not nearly as exciting as most of the stuff posted here but I was given a practice drum pad and some sticks today. It feels eerily comfortable to play 
Nice Gretsch! My friend almost bought one of that model and in that color too!
Here’s another option that’s less than half the price of the Lakland HB30. Excellent range of tones. Unique look. Super light (just over 4 lbs). I recommend the “Red Hot” version ($599 at Sweetwater). I have the Black Red Hot. There’s also a Red available in Europe, but I noticed that Sweetwater has two other colors that weren’t available to me, a Jade and a White. The price in Europe is 699 € (a little over $800 at the current exchange rate). That makes Sweetwater’s price look pretty good.
I can vouch for this! Great bass feel and tone.
This popped up on marketplace and I dig the looks. I’m pretty much ignorant on these things ( most things) but the pickups look way wonky. I didn’t know if they’ve been changed out to something newer, or maybe the covers are just missing?
Contacted the seller and the information given is pretty vague. I asked if they had any clue of its age and asked about the pickups. Their reply was:
“We had it assessed by a local guitarist. He said the following: “Vintage - Mid 70’s - the neck pickups need fixing”…”
That’s the only picture in the ad. Condition is described as “small chip on side and top”.
I kinda want it, but feels sketchy. What do y’all think?
Traded a couple things to L&M and got the Boss ME-90b with the Bluetooth adapter. Simpler setup for my procrastinator lazy ass and works like a charm with headphones. Now, need to kick myself to do a setup and strings change as I’m off work for another 10 days.
The seller does not appear to know anything about it. The fact that the seller told you the pick ups need fixing I think he is being transparent with what he knows or has been told.
Are you close to go view the bass? Looks like a garage/downsizing sale. Go and try it-bring an amp if you can. You might get an awesome deal and a great find.
What brand is it? Maybe someone knows something about the brand
And… I would try to get a handle on how much it will cost to put in new pick ups to help you determine what you are willing to pay.
I’d say play it to see how it feels. Play it through an amp to see how it sounds, all pickups and all other sonic aspects of it.
Personally, I wouldn’t care what a bass looks like as much as I’d care about how it feels and snd how it sounds.
For sure, go with your heart and your gut on this deal, but base your final decision on what your hands and your ears communicate to you. Without firm confirmation from them, what your eyes think looks “cool” frankly doesn’t amount to a whole lot.
After more or less two years playing the bass, I decided to buy an acoustic guitar. There are several reasons why I picked an acoustic instead of an electric, but that’s not important right now 
What’s important is: look at this beauty! A Gibson J-45 and my first Gibson acoustic guitar.
These things ain’t cheap, but I found a used one at the guitar store for 30% off, so I decided to take the plunge.
Loving it so far!
The brand is Conrad. Apparently a Japanese built guitar that was sold under several different brand names. Conrad, Aria and Audiovox if I remember correctly. That’s about all I found out concerning the brand. So I’m assuming it’s something along the lines of a 1960-1970’s Glarry, but Japanese.
The reason I say the seller feels sketchy is how they approach the conversation. They’ll view a message but not answer for several hours, then give a short vague answer, but making a point to bring attention back to it being “vintage”. Feels like they’re apprehensive to give any info, it’s hot problems and they just keep throwing “vintage” in there either for CYA reasons or to remind me how fashionable it is 