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Le Fay Basses

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Oct 6, 2006
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Metro Boston MA
#1
These instruments are made in Germany. I wrapped my eyes around several of these basses on stage at a Berklee concert by Jim Stinnett's band "All Cows Eat Grass"

The other basses an stage were Fodera's & Ibanez Custom Shop. They do stand out in comparison, look & sound outstanding. Anyone on TB own one? Played one? Got stories?

The website is in German. The pictures speak for themselves; http://www.lefay.de/
 
#2
Today was the first time I've ever heard of LeFay. But it's not from this thread. I was looking at bass videos on youtube and came across one.



Weird coincidence.
 
#10
Hi Chris, I'm Sandy. I enjoyed the show immensely. The musicianship, arrangement, compositions & the beautiful instruments you held really brought the weekend together.

I should have accepted your offer to play the Holly top Fodera? 6 strings will stay a puzzle for me until I have a few months at home with one. I am tempted seeing Dave Clark's Rogue 6. Maybe by the end of the year...

I could only get near enough to the headless LeFay 6 string to see the wood grain. Stunning!. I admire the courage it takes to bring a new Bass on stage 2 days after it arrived! I'm betting it felt like an old friend the moment it came out of the box.

You have inspired me to keep a promise to a friend, to learn the Bass part to Inventio #1. He finds the treble part easy on his flute. I can hear the treble part clearly & can almost play it, rubato. I find the low part rather difficult. After hearing your Bach arrangement, I think I will look at sorting out both voices on 4 strings to use as a performance piece. The only performance piece I practice now is Waltz for Debbie.

That makes 4 projects I 'took home' from BassLines! Time to grow. 8-)
 
#12
251 said:
Hi Chris, I'm Sandy. I enjoyed the show immensely. The musicianship, arrangement, compositions & the beautiful instruments you held really brought the weekend together.

I should have accepted your offer to play the Holly top Fodera? 6 strings will stay a puzzle for me until I have a few months at home with one. I am tempted seeing Dave Clark's Rogue 6. Maybe by the end of the year...

I could only get near enough to the headless LeFay 6 string to see the wood grain. Stunning!. I admire the courage it takes to bring a new Bass on stage 2 days after it arrived! I'm betting it felt like an old friend the moment it came out of the box.

You have inspired me to keep a promise to a friend, to learn the Bass part to Inventio #1. He finds the treble part easy on his flute. I can hear the treble part clearly & can almost play it, rubato. I find the low part rather difficult. After hearing your Bach arrangement, I think I will look at sorting out both voices on 4 strings to use as a performance piece. The only performance piece I practice now is Waltz for Debbie.

That makes 4 projects I 'took home' from BassLines! Time to grow. 8-)
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Hi Sandy! Glad you liked the show! That LeFay is something, huh? Weirdest looking top I've ever seen!

I was actually playing a Stambaugh, but it is very Foderaesque.

Go for it, man!

Chris
 
#15
Reiners work is great.
And when compared with a good number of other highest-end manufacturers, Lefay basses are not all too expensive, taking the attention to detail into account which is afforded to each and every instrument that leaves their workshop.
The fact that they make their own bridges and pickups, both of which really work, doesn't reflect badly on them either.

The only question here is if these instruments are to the individual players' taste.:)

and the new website looks pretty good now too.
 
#16
cnltb said:
Reiners work is great.
And when compared with a good number of other highest-end manufacturers, Lefay basses are not all too expensive, taking the attention to detail into account which is afforded to each and every instrument that leaves their workshop.
The fact that they make their own bridges and pickups, both of which really work, doesn't reflect badly on them either.

The only question here is if these instruments are to the individual players' taste.:)

and the new website looks pretty good now too.
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Craftsmanship, attention to detail & good design are too rare. I see all 3 on these basses.

From a distance, the headless bass I saw appeared to have Mighty Mite Hardware. I wonder if those are a LeFay design, too?
 
#19
251 said:
Craftsmanship, attention to detail & good design are too rare. I see all 3 on these basses.

From a distance, the headless bass I saw appeared to have Mighty Mite Hardware. I wonder if those are a LeFay design, too?
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As I understand it, raw materials enter the shop, and finished basses come out- they make everything that goes on their basses (perhaps with the exception of strings).
 

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