Most of there are diy basses or mods I did as I'm done searching high and low, I get a body and neck and do the rest. Then there's the Spector. That is my only completly stock bass. I'll probably sell it though.
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The Lefty Union... Revived!
- Thread starter JanusZarate
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If I may join this club here...
I think I'm going to start saving up now for the time, a few years down the road, when I decide to get a lefty 5-string and need to have it custom built, because nothing off-rack is going to have the features I'll want and be left-handed
I think I'm going to start saving up now for the time, a few years down the road, when I decide to get a lefty 5-string and need to have it custom built, because nothing off-rack is going to have the features I'll want and be left-handed
If I may join this club here...
I think I'm going to start saving up now for the time, a few years down the road, when I decide to get a lefty 5-string and need to have it custom built, because nothing off-rack is going to have the features I'll want and be left-handed
Welcome, Geekydad. There are at least two other options; SX (the low-cost do-it-now option) or Warmoth (a little higher cost, you get to put it together).
Fellas, I'm on the look out for a warlock but not a $1,000 neck thru if anyone knows of or will sell pm me plz
Uhh...what did I do? Lol. Yeah buddy '13 t bird. Threw some rotos on and good to go. I'm not a fan of the righty pots, I'll likely reverse them and I think the pg will go in favor of flat black or maybe black diamond plate. For now, strings and strap locks and I'm good.
And an 800RB. Nice! Looks like 2013 could be the only year they'll have ever made them lefty. I love mine.
Sign me up! I am a true lefty through-and-through. Shoot; bat, throw, and play bass lefty. Even my Jeep is left-hand drive! 
Ya know, I myself am kinda glad that there aren't more to choose from. The lack of options is what led me to start customizing and repainting mine. Find something cheap and rebuild it the way I want rather than hope some company will do it for me. Some basses like my Gibson or my Spector are another story, glad about those. The Gibson was the same price as a eighty but spector, waaaay jacked up price. Put it this was, t bird, $1600 with an awsome case that sells for $300 on its own. Spector, 2400 no case, no bag, ********.
Lets try too wake this tread:
Stenback Four PJ - Main bass, handmade here in Finland, took me 3 years to save up all the money for it.
Fender Precision Japan - My flatwound bass, now with Aguilar 4P-60 pickup.
Yamah BB1600 - My main before the Stenback, now strung for Eb-tuning.
Stenback Four PJ - Main bass, handmade here in Finland, took me 3 years to save up all the money for it.
Fender Precision Japan - My flatwound bass, now with Aguilar 4P-60 pickup.
Yamah BB1600 - My main before the Stenback, now strung for Eb-tuning.
Got a custom lefty Warmoth parts bass on order- Z5 bass in swamp ash with a wenge/ebony neck. I'll probably be posting pics of it everywhere once it finally comes in.
man I havent posted in this club for a long time. Here's the latest family leftyland picture.
In the interest of helping to rejuvenate this thread, I'll echo this point. I believe that being a lefty forced me to learn a lot about getting the most out of an instrument, whether that means developing techniques to draw different tones from the same bass or modding a bass to cover options that aren't available in the lefty market.
My heavily modded LB70, which I saved up to buy after a couple years struggling with a righty Johnson p-bass copy, is still my main bass 13 or 14 years later (although I've been lucky enough to pick up a couple of others over the years as well). If I were a righty I probably would have gone through a bunch of cheaper basses in the early days rather than saving for the Carvin and making the effort to maintain and improve it, and I believe I'm much better off having gone this way.
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Had a thought the other day (yes, there was a burning smell...)
Do fellow lefties wonder why there is a surcharge for our instruments normally charged by most manufacturers?
Was was thinking it might be because every three months or so, they have to flip their machining, buy reverse decals, bridges, scratch plates, tuners etc, and also because it halts production of more saleable and lucrative righty models.
What say you?
Do fellow lefties wonder why there is a surcharge for our instruments normally charged by most manufacturers?
Was was thinking it might be because every three months or so, they have to flip their machining, buy reverse decals, bridges, scratch plates, tuners etc, and also because it halts production of more saleable and lucrative righty models.
What say you?
