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Hey JEDI BASS- I sent you a private message yesterday, please check it out- THANKS!

You know how it usually goes with lefty stuff... :rolleyes: blink and miss it, never to be seen again...I just stumbled on it at the time and bought it immediately. I feel very fortunate to have it. Over the years online at some point I recall seeing a Crimson Ghost 5, and a Tobacco burst 4- but...

There were at least a few lefties made- although (other than the lovely Crimson Ghost 4 I bought new back in 2009) I never saw more than 1 or 2 for sale, and haven’t seen one in ages.

Hey B-Mac, that review link you posted was for the Pocket Bass (which is also very nice)- but here’s the review for the Map Bass that MissChris was asking about: Review: Eastwood Airline Map Bass

Thanks- yep, the mods made a huge difference! Here's the pic from my first post in this thread (post #368, from April 25,2020). Replaced the mudbucker with a Guild BS-1 Bi-Sonic Single Coil pickup for warmer and cleaner low mids. Replaced the standard passive 2 vol/2 tone/ 3 way switch with an...

I can't tell what Jerry had in there at this point... some kind of single coils- they definitely ain't humbuckers! The bass looks to have been cut out of a Gibson...so could the pickups have been from a Gibson SB?

I think to a greater or lesser extent that's probably everybody's issue with Eastwood. Because if you appreciated the original enough to want to buy a copy of it, then you probably know enough about the original to know where the copy comes up lacking in some areas. We all understand that...

Well...yeah, they did- sort of. It generated a fair bit of anticipation when it was announced back in 2011, but once it actually arrived, it came and went pretty quickly. It was a tribute to the 1970’s Ovation Magnum Bass in body shape only. Love or hate it, the original Magnum bass featured a...

If you look closely B-Mac... you'll notice that all my basses (except the Pocket Bass, which I haven't got to yet) are actually strung right handed! As an aspiring young bassist growing up in a small rural midwest town in the early 1970's, getting my hands on a lefty bass was a near...

Thank you B-Mac, I'm happy to be #25- kudos for starting this club! :thumbsup: "Backwards" pictures?... hmmm- they look fine to me... funny how that works, isn't it?;)

Thank you! The Map Bass of course looks cool- but it's also a surprisingly effective bass... build-wise it feels a bit light weight due to the chambered body, but the fit and finish is very well executed. Tone -wise you're working with 2 passive humbuckers, a "tone switch" (which is actually...

Thanks for the heads up B-Mac- I'm gonna go over there right now to post my Eastwoods and request a number!

Hello folks! Just migrated over here from another thread, better late than never! Can I get a number? I have a nice little fleet of Lefty Eastwoods: Eastwood Newport Bass Airline Pocket Bass Airline Map Bass Eastwood Classic 4 Bass Eastwood EEB Bass Eastwood Magnum- modified custom active Bass

All Good my friend- just making sure it's the bass that's sick - and not you!

Hey LowEndLobster....a month later... crickets? Surely the new one has arrived by now? Hoping you're ok!