Hi Ya'll - I recently bought this at the closing down sale of a local Bass shop in Sydney .... always wanted one, never thought I'd get one left handed. And the price was very *very* good. My main bass over the past 30 years has been the Jazz Bass but this StingRay just blows everything else out of the ballpark ... everything about it is good ...suddenly my slapping is twice as good ....the instrument is weighted so well and sounds so good. I'm 45 now ... I was 14 when I started to learn bass ... I dreamed of having a Rickenbacker and a StingRay, I never thought I would happen .. I have both, which is the best of both worlds: the plonky fat Ric and the crisp dynamic StingRay.