Silvia Bluejay

Careful with the ole' blood, Mike! Left-handed, female, bass player. I tick all the wrong boxes. I write with my right hand (not my mum and dad's fault, though - they've always been very supportive, but it was too late when they realised I had been taught the wrong way). I have had leftism and sexism thrown at me on many occasions. "Shopping for the boyfriend", "You know, guitars are used this way [righty], not that way [lefty upside-down], let me show you" "You take that long cable with two tips and stick one of them here, see, in the bass, and the other here, see, INPUT", and famously, by an ex-bf's bandmate "Women should either sing or stay backstage ready for the afterparty". I could go on. However, getting mightily p*ssed off is not the answer IMO. Ignoring the "-isms", charging on regardless towards whatever result you want to achieve, whilst showing no intention to be intimidated, and at the same time being extremely polite throughout, always ends up getting them to blush at their idiocy and finally become helpful.

An excellent evening indeed, and around a billion photos and videos to follow

Indeedy! It's tonight, folks

This whole thread is very and the fact that they're all lefties makes it even more GAS-inducing to me Keep it going!

Absolutely, or even celebrating with her at the LBGS

They may have moved it to avoid the clash with the Guitar Show in Brum this time round...

The LBGS 2015 is on 7th and 8th March 2015!! http://www.londonbassguitarshow.com/

Spanish singer-songwriter Dani Molino (with Happy Jack on KK BabyBass) will be supporting Cherry White (with EliasMooseblaster on bass) at the Troubadour in Earl's Court this Wednesday. Come along! [url="https://www.facebook.com/events/628408513905533/"]http://www.facebook.com/events/628408513905533/[/url]

Hello Mark! That's brilliant stuff, thanks - it proves that some lefty basses are as prone to being absolutely effing ugly as their righty counterparts Others, of course, are gorgeous whatever way you look at them. LOL in here we're all mirror images of ourselves! Is that the reason why you feel funny?

Hadn't seen this thread, Paul! Cool shot - keep 'em coming

It's Lefty Gear Porn! We put our pics here so they're readily accessible when we want to ogle each other's stuff

Adrian was at the London Bass Guitar Show with no stand to speak of, but with an array of extremely GAS-inducing basses on display that had people stopping and admiring in awe. He had no left-handed models there, though, which I guess saved my bank account, at least this time round

Thumbs up, but could I please ask those who post a review here to also post it in the normal Basschatters' Reviews forum? After all, even if the model reviewed is left-handed, at least some of what is said about it may be applicable to its righty counterpart. (The same goes for reviews of RH basses/guitars/etc., obviously.) Two copies of one review, in two different places, are better and more useful than no review anywhere

That's fantastic, and I've just tweeted this thread

Warwick Rockbass Corvette 5 fretless NS Design NXT 5 [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejay_my_photos/sets/72157629892313087/"]https://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejay_my_photos/sets/72157629892313087/[/url] Warwick Rockbass Fortress 5

[quote name='Leon Transaxle' timestamp='1396650428' post='2416217'] How about lefties who play bass right handed? [/quote] Probably a larger number than lefties playing bass left-handed, unfortunately.

LOL guys, blablas builds his own basses, check this thread out: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/224630-de-afwerking-mk4-7-blablas-next-build-project/"]http://basschat.co.u...-build-project/[/url] Edit: this is his website: [url="http://home.online.nl/blablas/bass/index.htm"]http://home.online.nl/blablas/bass/index.htm[/url]

A lefty drumkit has to be one cool bit of equipment! And of course, the chances of a stranger borrowing it on the night are greatly reduced

Some semi-serious advantages are mentioned in the first couple of links in my blog entry here http://leftybassgirl.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/pride-or-self-pity/

The new Warwick Triumph Lite, which isn't (yet?) available in LH flavour. [url="http://www.warwick.de/en/Warwick---Products--Instruments--Made-in-China--Rockbass--Triumph--Triumph-Lite--4-string--Pictures.html"]http://www.warwick.d...--Pictures.html[/url]

Guys, this thread is now part of the new Lefties subsection under Bass Guitars. Let's all get outta here and start creating newer, tidier threads

Following requests from some lefty members, and after a rather painful process, we have now created a separate Lefties subsection in the Bass Guitars forum. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/forum/103-lefties/"]http://basschat.co.uk/forum/103-lefties/[/url] Unlike with the previous, single lefty thread (which is still there), it is now possible to create as many separate threads as we like. For instance, we can have a thread reserved to the lefty basses we are hoping to get our hands on sooner or later (or in another life), another thread to talk about our left-handed heroes (if we have any), another to collect info on gigbags and cases suitable for left-handed models, and so on and so forth. Guys and gals, lefty or righty equally welcome, PLEASE USE THE SECTION. Don't let it die of neglect. Thanks.

If non-paid-for ads aren't tolerated elsewhere on the forum, any ads appearing in the new section would be deleted in the same way as anywhere else. I'd love whoever call it is to create a new subforum to listen to the membership's wishes in this case. It shouldn't require any change in the software, the same way as creating the subforums in the Gigs and Recording forums didn't need an interface tweak, as far as I know.