Honestly I thought the top horn/cutaway looked a little weird in the pictures but in person it is perfect.
Well, I did put the Galli chrome flatwounds on last weekend.
So far they feel really nice. Even though they have the same gauge as the GHS I use on another bass, the string tension feels lower. Sound wise they sound good through headphones, but I will have to test them in rehearsal conditions 
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I have a Tribute Kiloton , Darth Vader finish. Don’t love the finish (don’t hate it either - just wouldn’t be in my top choices). I played about 10 different bass models in this price range and the Trib-Kilo just felt great in my hands. I prefer rosewood-like fretboards over finished lighter woods and that’s why I ended up with the finish that I did. The other option was a candy-apple-red-like finish but that option had a maple fretboard. Given a choice I would surely have chosen the Irish Ale with a rosewood-like fretboard.
Yours is beautiful!!
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I know nothing about this instrument, but i love the name of the finish
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Not the official name - but it’s a kind of stippled flatish black finish. I heard someone else call it that, and I went along (sounds good)..
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New bass week. Got it from Reverb. I had been looking for Fender Mustang for a while now. At first I wanted a Jaguar short scale but those are pretty uncommon. I ended up buying a Mexican Pawn Shop Jaguar, hoping that a short scale would ease my wrist a little, when I play down the neck.
It arrived with flat wound strings and I am still trying to figure out how to manage the tone with those. Every metal piece in the house starts dancing when I play. The flat wounds probably will have to go, but for now, I am playing with it and as usual, not sure I made a good choice yet. Instruments come and go at such a pace here, it’s almost embarrassing. My Geddy Lee Jazz Bass stays number one in my heart.
It looks great though (not the strap, it’s the shortest we had available quickly).
Psycho face.
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That’s a great looking bass, congrats 
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I do dig those racing stripes. It makes you play 10bpm faster.
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So this was delivered on Billie Jean Benchmark Day.
Sire Marcus Miller V7 swamp ash reissue.
PS: Billie Jean is mean.
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Congrats. That V7 is beautiful. Enjoy!
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At least!
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Excellent bass face
Well that is wonderfulness. Play a while and see if you like the tone and start securing the responsible decor etc. Flats can be wonderful.
fantastic looking bass btw.
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nice! I also see a couple in the background I’d like to play, like that BTB. Seeing your G&Ls reminds me that I got to play a Fallout today. Fun little shortscale. Played really nice. Makes me want to try its big brothers even more now.
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I have a similar Frost Black (Tribute Series). Mine has rosewood fingerboard. Is yours a USA model? I’m wondering that - since yours has a maple fingerboard - unless they switched body color and fretboard woods around in different model years.
Edit: I looked too quickly at yours - it’s not a Kiloton..
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