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    Left Handed Discussion Thread

    in Lefties!

    Posted

    Aren't you experiencing any intonation troubles with your righthanded acoustics? Or did you have the bridge saddles modified to the correct angle? If they're steelstrings, of course. I just realised, while typing this, that the saddle on a nylonstring isn't compensated for intonation.

    I'm thankful I've never had to bother turning a righty upside-down. My parents didn't have internet yet when I started playing guitar (when I was 16 - I'm 29 now) so my first instrument was the only lefty my local shop had in stock: a Squier Affinity Strat. By the time I started playing bass though, we did have internet and I was always able to find something to my liking on it :)

    Fender Japan should export..

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I agree, they should export! It's a pity Fender Japan is making all those lovely non-export lefty instruments that Fender USA won't :(
    I got my MIJ '75 Jazz reissue (with a maple board, something Fender USA won't offer lefties) used on eBay and it's just an awesome instrument.

    Dark Stars

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='Rockaction5' timestamp='1372083671' post='2121341']
    - "[color=#0000ff]Curtis Novak is now making Bisonic pickups. They're in the new Guild Starfire Bass too[/color]." false : Curtis novak make one bisonic "clone" for sale at a certain price... they are not intend to be first mounted on the new guiLd bass .[/quote]

    You're right, I'm mistaken. A friend of mine was at the Messe in Frankfurt, played the new Starfire Bass, and spoke to both Curtis Novak and a Fender representative. I thought he'd said Novak makes the new Guild Bisonic pickups, but you're absolutely right. Sorry for the confusion!

    Another NBD: I had to grab 'er.

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Saw Lefties Soul Connection performing last Saturday, their bass player used one of the original G3's with those white rail pickups through an Ampeg SVT + 8x10. Massive thump, sounded incredible! I also really like the look of Grabbers and Rippers, they're just massive!

    Dark Stars

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Curtis Novak is now making Bisonic pickups. They're in the new Guild Starfire Bass too.
    [url="http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/BS-DS.shtml"]http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/BS-DS.shtml[/url]

    He also makes one that fits in a Gibson mudbucker housing!

    Odd Ibanez on eBay

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by LeftyJ

    [quote name='megallica' timestamp='1370436802' post='2100791']
    I think its the transitional 1988 Roadstar RB800, I think Ibanez were forced to change the headstock as it was too close to an existing design
    It does look very Soundgear like.

    [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amL90leO8SU"]https://www.youtube....h?v=amL90leO8SU[/url]


    I did message the seller about it and he isn't too sure what model it is.
    [/quote]

    Wow, thanks, I was never aware of that model, nor did I know Ibanez still made Roadstars after the Soundgear came out in 1987. Even the book "Ibanez, the untold story" doesn't feature it, I think. The bridge is definitely a replacement though, and comes from a late 90s, early 00s Soundgear.

    Odd Ibanez on eBay

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by LeftyJ

    The seller never claimed it was a Soundgear ;)

    You're right though, this is a bit of an oddball. I think at some point this may have been an old SR800 that had its frets ripped out, the headstock shape altered, the Ibanez decal moved from the headstock to the body, and a Roadstar truss rod cover and tuners installed (and quite crookedly too, the cover is not exactly mounted straight). The finish is interesting though, it looks like it's been very well applied. It's not your average DIY jobbie.

    Mind you, there have been Roadstars that looked a lot like the first Soundgears (the 1986 Roadstar Deluxe (DX) models for example), and even the last Musicians (MC2924) had a very similar bodyshape. But not like this, and the hardware is too recent for that. The bridge on this one was introduced by Ibanez in the late 1990s.

    FAO artisan phographers of the basschat marketplace...

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by LeftyJ

    [quote name='Jellyfish' timestamp='1369913026' post='2094310']
    I'd be more concerned about the quality of the photo than the amount, although I agree that sifting through 10+ photos of the same bass is a little bit tiring.

    But what annoys me more generally tends to be the quality of the photos. Learn to use a camera! :)
    [/quote]

    The thing that annoys me most (not specifically here, but on eBay in particular) are people who take pictures of their instruments with their bloody WEBCAM. The worst ones are people with their webcams set to mirrorring the image. I've mistaken a lot of basses on eBay for nice lefties through the years... Oh, the disappointment :(

    BadAss Bridge or Fender Delux Bridge plus Ash Tray?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1369396799' post='2088713']
    I've been doing quite a bit of research into bridges over the past year & have discovered that they do 0 to change the amplified tone. Some may offer a bit more sustain (or should that be less sustain? ), but i replaced the Ibanez bridge with a cheap Vox bridge & there's no difference in sound, just looks & adjustability.[/quote]

    Sorry for going off-topic, but I kinda disagree here. I replaced the stock bridge on my Fender MIJ '75 Jazz reissue with a BadAss II, and the change in tone was dramatic. The lows are tighter and punchier, and the highs have become more prominent. Overall, the tone gained a lot of brightness, an almost metallic, with a nice zing to it. And then there's the difference in material. I've tried both a brass and an aluminium Hipshot Style A bridge on a bass I used to own, and found the brass to sound beefier with a bit more sustain and sweeter highs, whereas the aluminium one sounded brighter and tighter :)

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