Yikes!
Dreadfully sorry to hear that. I started playing righty in 1970. Switched to lefty in 1976.
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Dreadfully sorry to hear that. I started playing righty in 1970. Switched to lefty in 1976.
Why did you switch?Yikes!
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Yikes!
Can you play both righty and lefty, now? The guitar player in one of my bands is left-handed, but taught himself to play righty. Then, around the mid-90's, he decided to take lessons and learn how to play lefty. By the early 2000's, he was (and still is) totally ambidextrous, and can play any style either righty or lefty.
It was unnatural, and just didn't feel right. I traded in my '72 Precision and '69 Kustom 200 rig (2x15) in mid 1975. Got my new lefty Precision in spring of 1976. That's right! In those days you had to pay in advance and order sight unseen and just hope for the best. Mine arrived with the frets chewed up and very rough. Not just ends but both the leading trailing edges. So it needed a fret dressing and recrowning and polishing right out of the box. Did CBS Fender cover it under warranty? Oh Hell No! Nine years later the original factory split single coil pickup died silently in my sleep on night. It was fine yesterday, but dead today. That's when I hot rodded the beast to suit me. I still have it today and just played it an hour ago.
I play as well right handed as anyone that played for 5 years and then quit for 40 years and just picked it up again this afternoon. Louie Louie at it's teen-aged finest!
Hello Rumble club! Quick question:
Will a Rumble 200 combo with a 115 extension cab be loud enough to handle a metal/hardcore type of gig?
Will a Rumble 200 combo with a 115 extension cab be loud enough to handle a metal/hardcore type of gig?
No. Get a Rumble 500 head and a pair of Rumble 115 cabinets.
Because we are not as intoxicated as you are at the moment. However give us time.
Shut Up! 
More Rumbles is more better. I would love to feel what a Rumble 410 and 115 could do together. I have a feeling I would need earplugs.
Oh, it's been done more than once. Do unto others as you would do unto yourself.
Oh, but I don't have any further Rumble plans. I'm looking at an Avatar 212 to complete my rig....
Oh and I am not getting anymore cabs either! 
Oh, but I don't have any further Rumble plans. I'm looking at an Avatar 212 to complete my rig....
Oh and I am not getting anymore cabs either!
I doubt you can more than a half stack in your car, even with the top down. Trunk lid luggage rack?
Oh Hell No! Fender Rumble 112 x 2 = yes! Avatars are cheap but not good. When you spend your money, always buy good. Fender is good. Avatar not so much.Oh, but I don't have any further Rumble plans. I'm looking at an Avatar 212 to complete my rig....
