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Maybe a silly question but, are pickups for righthand and lefthand basses the same or are they made/wound in a different way? Pickups usually have their brand´s logo in the low right hand corner and I do not know if the sound would be different if I take those pickups out and install them in a...

Hello Is there any mass production 4 string bass that has the string spacing of a 5 string bass? I mean 38mm nut, 16-17mm at the bridge but the strings are closer together all the way up the fibgerboard than in a "standard" 4 string. Do not know if i made myself clear. Maybe the Hofner violín...

Hello. Just got an Ibanez TMB35. Short scale, 5 string... great!!!! But the thing is right handed and I am lefty. To get a lefty 5 string short scale means spending 1.500€ in a custom made one or 225€ on this baby so... My question is about the nut. I have to turn the strings upside down and the...

hello everybody. If there is no sticker in the back the headstock, how can I know the country of manufacture? Some basses have the "made in China", some have the "made in Indonesia" but some others have nothing. Only the serial number. Thanks a lot.

Hello there! I have spotted a new Warwick Pro Series (Korean) Thumb Bolt-on 5 string at an absolutely bargain price and I am really tempted to buy, but the bass is a fretless and I already have a Corvette 5 fretless. The thing is that I also have a Corvette Pro Series 5 string fretted bass and...

Hi everyone, I have used the search engine but I only seem to find threads about the subject the other way around, I mean, a jazz neck into a p body. I am lefty. I have a 2013 MIM Jazz that I seldom use. I really want to give the P bass neck a try (well, I would love to give the whole P bass a...

Hello! I have just bought a Fender Modern player short scale. Right handed. I am lefty but wanted to try the neck. I am going to put the neck into a lefty body and have two options: An SX jazz and a Fender MIM jazz. The SX neck pocket is perfect, but the bolt holes dont fit. I would need to...

Hi everyone!! I have found for sale a 78 Fender Precision Bass but I cannot test it, so I would like to ask you Fender experts if that was a good or bad year for Fender instruments. Maybe somebody can send me a link to another thread where this issue is discussed. The bass seems to be in very...

Hi everyone! I would love to buy a Fender mid or short scale lefty bass, but it is almost impossible. Vintage/older used ones are very scarce. It seems like my only feasible option is the MIJ or MIM Mustang, right handed of course. I do not want a Squier. The other day I strapped one (MIJ) in...

Hi everyone: The thing is that I have got a 4 string bass with a very narrow neck. The G string sometimes pulls of the fretboard and I think it is not a problem of neck alignment. I think that the problem is that the bridge is stock (around 19mm string spacing) I wanted to try with a...

Hi everyone. I recently bought a SX medium scale jazz bass that I like a lot. The "only" problem is that the G string is so close to the edge of the fingerboard that it slips out of the board often (if that makes any sense at all). I can change or modify the nut with no problems, but I...

Cheers everybody! I hope this is the right forum. I am a lefty. I have a Pawn Shop Reverse Jaguar. I like the neck (32") but I do not like the body. I have done some mods to it to make it even more "lefty" but still do not like it. On the other hand I have a Squier VM Jazz bass that is...

Hi folks, I have been looking for a medium scale lefty Fender Jazz bass for a long while now, so when this one showed up on Ebay I just bought it. It has a couple of big dings but overall it seems to be in pretty good shape. I am no Fender expert so I would like to ask you if Fender Japan...

Hi everybody, I do not know a lot about Fender´s serial numbers and I would like to ask you something. Is there a Japanese Jazz bass that has the serial number in the headstock? The one I was planning to buy is circa 2008 and has a decal in the headstock that reads "serial number xxxxx"...

Hi friends, I have spotted a nice Japan Jazz. It´s a lefty with maple fretboard, which is not very common. I keep reading so many wonderful things about the MIA jazz neck that I was wondering if I would be missing something if I choose the japanese model. Which one would you say is...

Hi friends. I am considering buying one of these basses and have not decided yet. I cannot try them because I am lefty and they are not available in stores. I know they are very similar basses as they are both made of ash and share the same pickups and ( I believe) electronics. Main...

Hi there? Can anybody tell me the difference between Fender "c shape" and "modern c shape" necks? I am a little confused and seem to find no info... Thanks a lot

Hello there! Some time ago I asked for help. I was btw an 2010 Streamer LX4 and a Fortress One from 1994 (made in Germany). I got the LX4 and I am loving it. My next purchase was going to be an Ibanez SR600 because I wanted to give the SR necks´a try, but I have noticed that the...

I am going to buy one of these babies as I want to give the SR neck a try. These two are the only options as I am a lefty. I have an MTD Kingston upgraded with an Aguilar preamp and real Bartolini pickups. I do not like the way they sound very much, so the fact that the SR600 comes with the...

Hi everybody, I have just purchased a second hand Warwick Streamer LX4 from 2010. It comes with crome hardware and I do not like it very much. I firstly thought about buying new black hardware but I don´t have a lot of cash to spare right now, so I finally decided to sawp the crome hardware...

Easy question. Maybe not so easy answer. I can get a used SR800 from the 90´s for about the same price of a new SR600. Waiting for a second hand SR600 is not an option because I am lefty and it can appear tomorrow or never... I can go to a store in my town and at least see and "play" a...

I have got a SR5 from 2010 (I think). I love the neck profile and was wondering if I can get a 4 string with the same profile. I am on a budget now so I was thinking maybe Ibanez... What would you suggest??

I want to give the SR necks a try. I am lefty and cannot demo. After a lot of research and not wanting to spend a lot of money (just in case I do not like the SR neck), I was about to pull the trigger and buy a new SR300. But I have found in a store near my house an old lefty SR300 that...

Hi guys, I have just sold my Streamer LX5. Loved the sound and feel, but the 5 string neck was too much for me. I just wanted to "trade" it for an LX4 that I spotted. It is from 2010 and near mint condition. Just about to pull the trigger, but another baby has appeared. A 1994 Fortress...

Hello there! A question for Warwick experts: I have just received my second Warwick. A German Streamer LX5. My first one is a custom shop Thumb NT 4. Both lefties. I have noticed that the serial number is not engraved the same way in both basses. Put the bass in playing position and in one...

Hi there! I was about to pull the trigger on the Cort when I just received this fantastic offer on the Warwick. Both the same price and both brand new. I can not try them as I am lefty and I will be buying online so I ask for your advice. Which one would you choose based on quality of...

Hello friends, First of all let me tell you that I am a poor lefty who cannot try any of these basses, so I will buy either one just based on advice/feeling/emotion. I am the proud owner of a Thumb NT4 but have always loved the looks and capabilities of the 5 string NT, but it´s too much...

Ok, as usual, I am not going to be able to try these basses before purchase because I am lefthanded. Wich one would you buy? I am looking for good construction quality and good comfort/playability as I will be upgrading electronics and pups anyways in any of them. Thanks mates

Another lefty dilemma, as I can try the Squier in a local store but not the Fender. Talking exclusively about dimensions, are Squier VM jazz and Fender American Jazz necks identical? What matters the most for me is width and thickness. Thanks fellows

I have recently bought an SX lefty short scale and wanted to change the tuners. This will be my first time. Some web stores list right and left handed hardware separately... Are they really different or can I buy right hand tuning pegs with no problem? Thanks

I have recently sold the only 5 string I had, mostly because I coud not get used to the low B string and seldom used it. I was ready to pull the trigger on another 4 string, a Cort Artisan B4, and then I saw a video of a guy playing a B5 and said wow! Super fast playing, seemed like a very...

As usual, being a lefty, I can not play the basses to see which one I prefer so I am asking for your advice. I know they are two completely different basses but I like how they both look and they sell for what I can pay for right now. I play mostly funk and some times modern rock (red hot...