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05-07-2006, 07:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Denver, Colorado | | | A first.....for me
Had dinner last night with friends and while eating, a piano and acoustic bass duo began to play. Sounded great but I could not see them as they were up at the front of the restaurant. Left the table for a moment to see who was playing and was shocked when I saw......
A left handed upright!
I have never seen one before. Has anyone else? I imagine they are just restrung and maybe get a new bridge.
Anyway - looked weird - sounded great.
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05-07-2006, 08:13 AM
| | Supporting Member/Luthier | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | True 'leftys' need to have the bass bar under the E bridge foot... this entails taking the top off the bass, removing the old bass bar and installing the new one on the other side. Soundpost gets flipped as well.
For some unknown cosmic reason, I've done three leftys in the last three months for three completely unrelated left-handed bassists. No complaints... just odd. |
05-07-2006, 08:22 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | were any db's ever constructed lefty in the "classic" era?
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05-07-2006, 08:32 AM
| | Supporting Member/Luthier | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | I haven't seen or heard of any... it is entirely possible, though. |
05-07-2006, 08:53 AM
| | Jeff Bollbach Luthier, Inc. | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: freeport, ny | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by nicklloyd I haven't seen or heard of any... it is entirely possible, though. | Doubt it, lefties were considered evil then. |
05-07-2006, 09:02 AM
| | Supporting Member/Luthier | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | So was the third. |
05-07-2006, 09:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chattanooga Tennessee | | | I've heard of lefty basses but never seen one. Leftys just conform to the right hand style as far as I can see.
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Originally Posted by Snakewood Hell man, we're bass players, I wouldn't trade this for anything. | |
05-07-2006, 12:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ottawa, ontario, canada | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by john turner were any db's ever constructed lefty in the "classic" era? |
interesting question , i wonder if it involves the catholic latin version of left-handed which was " sinistra " |
05-07-2006, 02:02 PM
| | AES Fine Instruments | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brewster, NY, USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Eggman Had dinner last night with friends and while eating a piano and acoustic bass... | You must have been very, very hungry!  |
05-08-2006, 06:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Southeast Michigan | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by nicklloyd So was the third. | I thought it was just the diabolus in musica that was considered evil. |
05-08-2006, 07:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | | Depends what period we're talking about...I'm guessing Nick is referring to early plainchant. |
05-08-2006, 07:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brussels | | i know nothing about db et al, but as the question was 'were there any left hand db's during the classical timeperiod' i would suggest no, there weren't, as being left handed was socially unacceptable until the beginning of the 20th century. i might be wrong though  |
05-08-2006, 07:55 AM
| | inarticulate bassist | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: lakeland, florida | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by arnoldschnitzer You must have been very, very hungry! | The scroll-over preview left me wondering just how he managed to eat a whole piano and DB |
05-08-2006, 10:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Denver, Colorado | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by .matthew e wengerd. The scroll-over preview left me wondering just how he managed to eat a whole piano and DB | Har - de - har - har.....
I believe I have corrected the punctuation in the original post!!!
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