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Left Handed Bass Players??

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Warlord786

Nov 22, 2003
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Alright I was just wondering if there are any left handed players out there? I just started playing like yesterday, and im left handed. Heh when I went to GC yesterday they had ONE left handed bass under 500. So thats what I had to go with. I couldnt play right handed, it feels way wrong. lol Bass must not be meant for us left handers :(
 
#7
Originally posted by Warlord786
So thats what I had to go with. I couldnt play right handed, it feels way wrong.
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You had to go with the only lefty
instrument because you can't play righty
because it feels wrong. If your a Newbie,
you can learn right handed easily. Yes, it will
"feel" strange for about 3 months. Then you've
got the rest of your life to enjoy your pick of
instruments.

I'm completely and totally left-handed.

The only thing I do right-handed is
play Bass.

From the beginning, I wasn't going to crippled
by insisting on a Left Handed Instrument.

Besides, Fretting with your strongest hand makes sense.
 
#8
Originally posted by Finger Blister
You had to go with the only lefty
instrument because you can't play righty
because it feels wrong. If your a Newbie,
you can learn right handed easily. Yes, it will
"feel" strange for about 3 months. Then you've
got the rest of your life to enjoy your pick of
instruments.

I'm completely and totally left-handed.

The only thing I do right-handed is
play Bass.

From the beginning, I wasn't going to crippled
by insisting on a Left Handed Instrument.

Besides, Fretting with your strongest hand makes sense.
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i too would recommend that you play righty, even though i'm a lefty playing lefty.

as a lefty you will not find much of anything for you to play on. if you are just starting out, learn righty - your bass takes two hands to play - which one is more important? which one is more dominant in playing? i feel both are equally important.

i have a weird thing going on with my left hand wrist that prevents me from playing righty. it's kind of hard to explain, but the reason i play lefty is not by choice.
 
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Electricmayhem said:
I'm a righty, but I'm just wondering how you guys get around if you play lefty. I almost never see a lefty bass at stores! :confused:
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I'm still fairly new to bass (about a year and a half now), my first bass was an Ibanez Soundgear lefty, and my second is a Standard Jazz. For now, I'm happy with my Mexican Jazz with some easy mods (new pickups, etc). Once I can justify a second bass, I'm probably gonna go a custom route of some sort, probably G&L...
 
#17
hands5 said:
Jimmy Haslip is a lefty that has no trouble whatsoever.
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Well, Jimmy Haslip can also afford buying left-handed models, or why not fully custom instruments!

If you have money to spend, availability becomes less of a problem, and hence being left-handed isn't a problem either. But for youngsters or others with limited funds, being left-handed can be a problem when it comes to shopping for instruments.
 
#18
NickB9876 said:
I tried lefty but it just didnt feel right
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*smack* :D

I'm also a lefty who plays righty.

Warlord:
You may want to try and bring the bass back to GC. See if you can exchange the bass for a right handed model. Give it a try for a solid couple of weeks. If it still does not feel right, return it for the lefty. I think this method will conform to GC's return/exchange policy.
 

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