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If I had to give a name to anything Willie owned, it'd be dope...
... and I'm not implying moron.
When I worked retail, you'd sell someone a new guitar or bass, and at least half the time, they'd bring it back along with some version of 'man, there's something wrong with this thing, it will NOT stay in tune'.
Open the case, and invariably, you'd see any of the pictures in the previous replies or worse
Then, I'd offer 'you buy a set of the strings you use, and I'll string it up right now, and show you how it needs to be done'. Do the drill, stretch the strings, check intonation, 'C-Ya'.
Never see them again with THAT problem if they took the instructions to heart and did it that way. Most did.
So, kids, remember:
NOT like this.
Like THIS.
'Are you gonna tune that thing, or what? ? ?'
Open the case, and invariably, you'd see any of the pictures in the previous replies or worse
Then, I'd offer 'you buy a set of the strings you use, and I'll string it up right now, and show you how it needs to be done'. Do the drill, stretch the strings, check intonation, 'C-Ya'.
Never see them again with THAT problem if they took the instructions to heart and did it that way. Most did.
So, kids, remember:
NOT like this.
Like THIS.
Looks like it was strung by a Jazz Bass player.
It’s an old school guitar players trick so when strings break you had extra length to “fix” the string.
guessing strings were harder to come by back in the day.
EDIT: also if you don’t clip the strings you can save the old ones later as spares in your case. Sorry it’s been awhile since I had to remember any of this stuff!
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It’s strung for a lefty. Even the nut has been replaced.
Or more weirdly, it’s strung lefty for a righty. I knew a dude back in the day that played righty but had the strings strung backwards because his first bass was a lefty that he just flipped upside down and played righty.
That's the deal with anything left handed. It's typically going to be all jacked up by righties trying to play them.to my credit I did it with my share of right handed instruments. Payback is what I say. Even though in reality the last bass I had that I set up lefty for myself I re set up rights when I sold it.
Well I'll just show the pic and let the roast begin. At least it's not my bass.
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I was afraid to look. Apparently for good reason!
i still string my geetars with the extra length looped like that because there was a time in my early 20s when i was gigging pretty regularly but could only afford to buy one set of strings at a time so the old set would get saved to be spares when i broke a string. old habits die hard, even when i have a shoebox of brand new strings
I just don't see it. I'm not sure why the SR logo wouldn't be reversed, so I'm not convinced unless there's more info.
It's legit built lefty. I saw the ad on reverb. Ibanez uses 2-3 pattern unless it's a prestige edition and they are 3-2. That's why it's confusing.
that's really good sleuthing... but honestly, bounce all that. Look at the haircut. It slants left in lefties, right on righties.
And 1 more interesting thing is that at least on my Ibanez the soundgear logo isn't any different than if it was right handed. The only difference is that the tuner holes are drilled 2-3 and that's it. I'd have no problem fitting a right handed neck on it if I needed to. It's interesting how some things get made backwards while others are standard for either way.
