tim wrote:
Never happened to me, but I've only done two int'l orders: a Sire from Thomann a few years ago, and a used Warwick from a private seller in Portugal in May.
I'm also really curious about these basses and would love to hear your thoughts. Some folks say they sound every bit as good as their German counterparts; others say they just aren't the same (despite the specs being quite similar). I would prefer 34" so would probably jump if a used German one ever popped up, but they never do. Quite a rare bird.
The fretless and 5-strings Star Bass are 34" scale in the Rockbass line FWIW. As are the German-made ones... I think thew only outlier is the 4-string Rockbass Star Bass. It's actually why I pulled the trigger. I wish I could find a lefty fretless... there was a german-made one floating around in sunburst but I hate sunburst.