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My Lecompte is done

JJBACOOMBA

JJBACOOMBA

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May 31, 2005
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San Antonio, Texas
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Lecompte Bass Owners Club Member #2
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LeCompte VB - 5, unlined fretless (left handed,strung righty), 35"scale

Standard features:
Alder body w/ gloss catalyzed lacquer finish
Dual action truss rod
Bartolini 59J1 L/S pickups
Gotoh tuners (chrome)
Standard chrome bridge w/ 17.5mm string spacing
Metal knobs (chrome)
Strap buttons (chrome, large for VB only)
DR Hi-Beam Strings


Thuya burl top,maple between the body and the top
Maple burl inlayed faux pickguard
Macassar ebony fingerboard
Bartolini 3.3 a/p 2 band preamp (vol, blend, treb/bass stacked)
Graphite nut
Matching Thuya burl head stock
3 piece maple neck (with satin poly finish)
 

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Trevorus said:
what's with the stringing?
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Trev, I play a lefthanded body, but the strings are strung for a right hander. Its a 5 string, so the B string is on the bottom,G string on top. If you play right handed,just take your bass and turn it around to your left hand. Thats how I learned and no one ever told me that the strings were upside down. LOL!! I've been playing like that for almost 21 years.It has its limits but I manage quite nicely.Never been out of work the whole time. Hope that answers it for you.
 
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JJBACOOMBA said:
Trev, I play a lefthanded body, but the strings are strung for a right hander. Its a 5 string, so the B string is on the bottom,G string on top. If you play right handed,just take your bass and turn it around to your left hand. Thats how I learned and no one ever told me that the strings were upside down. LOL!! I've been playing like that for almost 21 years.It has its limits but I manage quite nicely.Never been out of work the whole time. Hope that answers it for you.
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Nice bass! Talk about a way to stump a know-it-all guitarist - Five strings, lefty, upside down, and unlined! :D

Marshall
 
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JJBACOOMBA said:
Trev, I play a lefthanded body, but the strings are strung for a right hander. Its a 5 string, so the B string is on the bottom,G string on top. If you play right handed,just take your bass and turn it around to your left hand. Thats how I learned and no one ever told me that the strings were upside down. LOL!! I've been playing like that for almost 21 years.It has its limits but I manage quite nicely.Never been out of work the whole time. Hope that answers it for you.
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I noticed that a couple of your influences are Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Haslip, both lefties!

I too am a lefty but I play right handed, always seemed natural to do it that way. I consider myself fortunate in that regard.
 
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Bass Viking said:
I noticed that a couple of your influences are Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Haslip, both lefties!

I too am a lefty but I play right handed, always seemed natural to do it that way. I consider myself fortunate in that regard.
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Im right handed! LOL! I forgot to list Wayman Tysdale former NBA star, monster bass player. Hes a upside down leftie too.
 
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Picked up my bass from Bud. Bud and his wife are the coolest people you will ever meet. My first look at the bass left me speechless and it was more beautiful than the pics I got and more than I ever imagined. My first reaction when I picked it up was to the feel of the neck. It felt like it was made for me.( LOL! it was ),smooth and not bulky at all. In fact I liked this neck better than my Alembic. Right away I could see Buds attention to detail and flawless craftsmanship. NO NECKDIVE AT ALL!! Nice wieght, approximately 9 lbs. ( hey all I had was the scale in the bathroom). Brought it home plugged her in and WOW, great sound from those Barts. The B string is nice and tight. I quess the 35" scale helped alot there.This bass will get ALOT of playing time. I will post a "real" review later but I must say that after hearing Bud play mine and some of the other beautiful basses he had there,as well as his awesome, and helpful suggestions and ideas that Bud is true to his craft, in that hes a great player that builds great basses. He knows what we want/need. Thanks Bud! I'm already coming up with some ideas on my next Lecompte. More pics to come!!! :hyper:
 

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Bass Viking said:
I noticed that a couple of your influences are Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Haslip, both lefties!

I too am a lefty but I play right handed, always seemed natural to do it that way. I consider myself fortunate in that regard.
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Ditto here. Wonder if how rare this is. Are we freaks of nature or what (or just plain old freaks ;) )???
 

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