The guy says he only did that for the picture, because it better shows the bass.
It's a custom shop model, with an ebony fingerboard instead of wenge and a few other custom features. He wanted to make that stand out more.

For real anytime your out my way west of Philly let me know. There is another member here that lives in Jersey Leftysphere and we get together like once every 5-6 months for a "bass day" he brings like 4-5 insane basses MTDs, Minnieweather, Skjold, Roscoe and we sit for hours plying each others basses and wrapping and playing. Done it a couple times and it's great hours go by so fast it's like a time machine. If your around let me know it's great to play other nice lefty basses as we never get to play anything in stores so it's a real great time to have like 15-20 ridiculous left hand instruments in one place to try. I have some real great amplification to hear them through as well.

For real anytime your out my way west of Philly let me know. There is another member here that lives in Jersey Leftysphere and we get together like once every 5-6 months for a "bass day" he brings like 4-5 insane basses MTDs, Minnieweather, Skjold, Roscoe and we sit for hours plying each others basses and wrapping and playing. Done it a couple times and it's great hours go by so fast it's like a time machine. If your around let me know it's great to play other nice lefty basses as we never get to play anything in stores so it's a real great time to have like 15-20 ridiculous left hand instruments in one place to try. I have some real great amplification to hear them through as well.

I would be up for a get together. I am in NYC all the time, and Philly is not far at all from DC, so it would be a doable drive. I don't have much, just my American deluxe jazz, but it would be fun to check it all out, and learn a few things from players who have been playing much longer than I.