LeftyJ

*drools at the Silhouette 20th anniversary*

[quote name='Duarte' post='782320' date='Mar 22 2010, 02:31 AM']They're also doing 'Classic' Sterlings.

[url="http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-basses/42125-classic-sterling-torture-abuse-humor.html"]http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-...buse-humor.html[/url][/quote]

LOL, that's actually quite funny. Like a reissue of a bass that never existed before

A good number of my basses that I play regularly are considered 'cheap' but offer a lot of value for money and are excellent playing and sounding instruments. My ATK's, my Italia Torino, my Cort Artisan B4.

Had it been available lefthanded, I would love to own a Squier VM Precision TB (the Telecaster Bass version, with the big Wide Range humbucker in the neck position)! I'm also strangely attracted to SX, they have some very interesting looking instruments in their range.

LOL

By the way, you may be interested to hear there's a lefty JB75-US (black, maple board, white pickguard) for trade on www.zikinf.com as we speak. The seller doesn't want to ship internationally though, and is nog interested in selling it (trade only). I'm not sure what he's after, he's hard to reach and difficult to talk to. I asked him if he was willing to ship internationally, and he responded he prefers not to because of the high shipping costs and duties. When I emailed him there's no import duties within the European Community and I was well willing to pay the full shipping costs, he didn't reply anymore so I gave up. Maybe you have more luck!
Pickups were changed to Fender Vintage Noiseless (not my taste), it has a D-tuner on the E-string (original tuner included) and comes with the original gigbag.

[url="http://www.zikinf.com/annonces/dispannonce.php?annonce=525165"]http://www.zikinf.com/annonces/dispannonce...?annonce=525165[/url]



(sorry for the hijack)

[quote name='rubber_ritchie' post='774041' date='Mar 14 2010, 02:32 AM']Nice Overwater for sale. [url="http://www.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-adverts.showadvert/index-1032416008/47a5c7ba.html"]http://www.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-adver...8/47a5c7ba.html[/url][/quote]

Beautiful!

Be sure to do so! It is a great opportunity to meet other lefties and to get your hands on some very elusive and rare lefthanded instruments. Some highlights were two Alembic 5-strings, a Wal mk.2 fretless, some vintage Fenders, Arni's Hamer Chapparal 12-string, my Rickenbacker 4003 and a couple of very nice German boutique basses.

I'm not from the UK, so I won't be able to be there
I did attend Arni's Lefty Bass Day at CMS Musik in Duisburg though, and had great fun meeting other lefties (mostly from Germany, but also some other Dutchies and a Danish guy) and playing eachothers instruments. I will try to be there again when he organises the second Lefty Bass Day in September

[quote name='throwoff' post='778422' date='Mar 18 2010, 12:23 PM']My God man!

Is that your's?

We need to organise a lefty bass bash. And you need to bring that![/quote]


No, I wish

This is owned by a guy who calls himself Psycho Ward on leftybassist.com. He has the most outrageous collection of lefty EBMM's I have ever seen, including two unique one-offs that were built especially for him. This Sterling is one of them, its preamp had to be handsoldered by the chief designer Dudley Gimpel, because they're made to fit the cavity. I don't understand why the preamp of the HS has to be different from the preamp in the HB, as I always thought the only thing that's different is the pickup selector switch. But apparently there's more to it than meets the eye

He was able to get it because he is a close friend of Sterling Ball.

I love the Dargie Delight!
I just wish they'd finally start offering the twin-pickup versions of the Stingray and Sterling lefthanded.
Currently, there's only ONE lefty twin-pickup (or actually triple-pickup, there's another SC hidden underneath the pickguard) EBMM bass other than the Bongo in existance. This custom and very expensive Sterling HS Dargie Delight (that's not for sale):

I love your Stingray!
I'd get a black 3-ply pickguard for it, but otherwise it looks beautiful!

[quote name='rasher80' post='777007' date='Mar 17 2010, 10:09 AM']I'd suggest getting a 75 Jazz, they are highly sought after and are made to a fantastic standard.

Plus, they never ever come up for sale (should tell you something about them!) so if you didn't like it, i'm sure someone would have your hand off for it :brow:[/quote]

I agree! They're great basses. Could do with better pots and a better bridge, but other than that, they're fantastic.
I wrote a review about mine a little while ago: [url="http://www.leftybassist.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1439"]http://www.leftybassist.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1439[/url]

That Jazz Bass pictured above by rasher80 is the JB75-US/FC, aside from the specs already mentioned it also has an alder body instead of ash, making it slightly lighter and it sounds somewhat warmer. That version is only offered with a rosewood fingerboard though. Personally I would go for the Ocean Turquoise Metallic

How about a Fender HMV bridge instead?
It may not be a direct drop-in replacement in terms of mounting screw placement, I'm not sure on that. But it's a nice, solid bridge that accommodates stringing both through-body and through-bridge. And reasonably affordable too.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='776730' date='Mar 16 2010, 10:34 PM']His shadow on the ground could be a '70s porn star.[/quote]

This thread needs an update


1981 Ibanez MC924L







1983 Ibanez MC924L







Both MC924L's







2003 EBMM Stingray 5 (Autumn Redburst Sparkle)

Nope. But an MIJ '57 or '62 Precision can be found within the same price range with some luck.

[quote name='throwoff' post='775014' date='Mar 15 2010, 11:44 AM']I was just about to say this is one of those threads I hate being a lefty for but thats quite pretty.[/quote]

There are several nice lefty hollowbodies out there. The Eastwood Classic 4 and the Ibanez AGB200 for example. They're both in the same price range as my Italia, and all three are very nice and well-made, easy to play and great-sounding basses, especially the Eastwood. There's a nice review by Ed Friedland on Youtube.

My Italia Torino. Surprisingly affordable (I paid €400 brand new), yet incredible fun to play and it sounds great (deep, dark and big but with just enough brightness to still cut through thanks to that bridge pickup - which is really just a guitar humbucker underneath a closed cover):

I don't think he's offering one for sale, he's looking for one

Edit: nevermind, he beat me to it

The set of strings is a brand new set of Elixirs, and I think I must have mistakenly put an Extra Long Scale B-string on there, that I had laying around for stringing my Ibanez ATK305 through-body. So it's already at its thickest where it meets the tuner, resulting in this odd curve. The tuner itself and the nut are perfectly fine, this did not happen with the previous set of strings (as seen in this picture from the original eBay auction):

Took some new (slightly better) pics of my Musicians today:

1981 MC924L:







1983 MC924L (well-worn, but the neck is still flawless and it plays and sounds like a dream):







Together:

I just replaced the tortoise pickguard on my autumn redburst sparkle Stingray 5 with a black one:

Did these MIM-versions of the Urge have the same 32" scale length?
And I noticed the Kubicki-style control knobs. Surely these haven't got the Kubicki preamp, do they?

Here's my Bullet 5 fretless:



Great bass, very well-made and the neck is superb. It almost plays itself. I'm not really a fretless player, so I'm actually considering having it fretted. The low B is the tightest of all the 5-strings I have (that includes an amazing Stingray 5 and a 35" Yamaha TRB5II I used to own) and the tone is punchy and powerful. It doesn't yet have the Glockenklang electronics and Sandberg bridge, instead this has a Noll preamp and an ABM Mueller bridge which are great.

[quote name='throwoff' post='760638' date='Mar 1 2010, 01:37 PM']Black Ric relisted with pics

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350321752465"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=350321752465[/url][/quote]


That's not a 2008 like the one missing: it still has the reverse fingerboard inlays, and they're not full-width.
It's cool, and well worth following

[quote name='leftybassman392' post='759318' date='Feb 27 2010, 07:31 PM']Some single coils do have a certain reputation... I can still remember a mate of mine putting his vintage strat close to his face and singing - you could hear it clearly through the amp! [/quote]

Don't underestimate the tremolo springs in a Strat too