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05-29-2006, 02:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Scotland | | | lefty?
I'm new to all this so apologies if i've posted in the wrong place!
I'd love to make the switch from electric to DB but as the title of the thread suggests I play left handed.
Am I right in thinking getting my hands on a left handed DB would be both difficult and costly?
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05-29-2006, 02:23 PM
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05-29-2006, 02:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the end of the section | | Have fun playing in an orchestra section left handed...  |
05-30-2006, 04:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Haven, CT | | | There are a few options in finding a lefty DB. If you search the threads, you will see that there a few of us that have found an instrument. The main issue is that no one really stocks left-handed models. They are a special order item.
You can find lefty Christophers and Engelhardts and websites like Gollihur and Upton offer lefty models.
It is not an impossible desire.
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05-30-2006, 07:41 AM
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05-31-2006, 02:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oneonta, NY | | go to Bob Gollihur www.gollihur.com |
05-31-2006, 02:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Oneonta, NY | | | Just a thought, you can get a lefty EUB, Goldtone makes one. |
05-31-2006, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DaBassman Just a thought, you can get a lefty EUB, Goldtone makes one. | Eminence, too, in the four string fixed flavor. I've gotten a couple for southpaw customers. |
06-01-2006, 05:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Louisville ky | | | Call Nick lloyd today.Has does great lefties |
06-07-2006, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Scotland | | You've all certainly given me plenty to think about!
I'll have a look into them all and see which is best suited to my budget/location etc....
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06-09-2006, 12:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ireland | | | your best bet is probably a new standard.
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06-09-2006, 12:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Haifa, Israel | | | experiences of a lefty
Hi Langley,
I was in a similar situation as yours about three years ago - played lefty EB and wanted to make the switch. I hesitated for a long time. Since finding a lefty DB in this part of the world seemed very unlikely and not wanting to pay for an expensive conversion job as a beginner, I just started to play a "normal" DB.
I bow/pizz with my left hand and stop notes with my right while standing so as the G string is closest to me. Lay people have no idea. Most musicians (including electric bassists) don't notice. Double bassists and cellists gawk.
I still play lefty EB.
My suggestion is take out a rental DB for a month or two and see if it might work for you (get a teacher).
Noam
P.S. toman, the main hassle of playing lefty in a section is that until the conductor gets used to it, you keep getting flac for playing an up bow when you should be playing down and vice versa |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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