Recent content by Lefty Gary

I switched the "usual" tuner buttons on my DiPinto Belvedere Deluxe with banjo tuner buttons from Stew Mac. Suits the bass well.

My Rickenbacker 4001 in 1983. I have no words, except that I was young and not too bright.

$2500 for this, a '75 Rickenbacker 4001, lefty.

For me, it's always been Fender. When I started playing in the late '70s, as a lefty, there was nothing readily available. (my first good bass was a Rick 4001 that I played lefty upside down). The first things you started to see as mass-produced leftys were all P basses and Strats, and I...

That makes perfect sense to me, as I had thought for a long time that the CN212 WASN'T ported. The low end is super-tight, never flabby, and yet still with the "extended" character.

Still ANOTHER "recent" convert to the CN212. I've owned the Berg CN212 for about 6 years. I got it from a band mate that bought it new, used it once, hated it, and wanted rid of it. I bought it from him just because he sold it to me for half of what he had just paid. However, I was never too...

I have a German Club reissue, and it's my favorite bass, period. The warm tones I get out of this just can't be had from other basses. I'm more of a pick player but you can play with the fingers as well. Palm muting with a pick is just a great sound. I also have a German Cavern '61 reissue, and...

Love my German Club reissue. It's been my main bass since 2011. With LaBella flats the sound is everything I could want in a bass, plus intonation on mine is near perfect. I use only the bass pickup with the solo switch engaged. If I want to change the tone, I do so at the amp, but for the most...

Dittos to that. Particularly the palm muted / pleck comment.