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Left-Handed Fretless Basses <1000£


mario_buoninfante
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Hi,

I was curious about the fretless offer for left-handed < ~1000£.

I'm not really considering the boutique/custom made options though, mainly because I doubt they'd fall below 1000 bucks.
Recently I saw the following basses:

  • Sadowsky Metro Express and Metro Line - the latter more expensive actually
  • G&L L2000 (second hand should be around £1000, I suppose)
  • Vintage (brand) JJ
  • Sire JJ
  • ESP Custom Order (on Reverb)
  • Warwick Rockbass
  • Maruszczyk 4 Saiter E-bass

 

What else is there out there that I missed?
 

Cheers,
Mario

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On 14/12/2022 at 21:28, patch006 said:

Look in the lefty for sale section , I have a G&L 2500 USA for sale, great bass 

 

Man, it does look amazing, and I'm sure it is as well.

But that said, it's not the right moment for me as I'm trying to sell one of my basses first and also, I'd (probably, not 100% sure yet) be looking for a 4 string.
But yours looks great, and is a good deal!
Thanks for sharing though.

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On 14/12/2022 at 12:29, rasher80 said:

Harley Benton also do a Jaco-a-like Jazz

I bought this recently and it's a bargain, I'd happily gig it. 

 

Secondhand the Korean made Warwick's and even German made would fit your budget. Sire do both V5 and V7 around £500 with a nice glossy fretboard.

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3 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

I bought this recently and it's a bargain, I'd happily gig it. 

 

Secondhand the Korean made Warwick's and even German made would fit your budget. Sire do both V5 and V7 around £500 with a nice glossy fretboard.

 

I saw the Sire ones and are interesting.

There's also a defretted one for sale here...

 

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2 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said:

An alternative suggestion....pick up something like a fretted Mexican Jazz and take it to your local friendly luthier.  The Bass Gallery advertises defret and lining for £110, and they will set the bass up for you

 

Nice. That's a good shout.

I started thinking about this since the fretless around atm aren't exactly what I'd be looking for.

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2 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

That's a giveaway at that price. The seller is a decent guy, I sold him a Fender a while back.

 

Absolutely. The instrument seems in good shape and the price is really good.

But, it's not the right time for me to buy anything. I have a bass that needs to go first. No point in me piling up basses if I don't use them.

This will also give me more time to investigate the market and think about it ;)

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Cool.  I'm not in the business of promoting the Gallery (although they did a fantastic job for me recently reverting a Wal to fretless).  they do appear to have a new l/h Player Jazz which I am sure they would de-fret for you and set up, all within your budget.  Just talk to Martin or John.  I think they would take as much pride in this as a more expensive project.

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On 03/01/2023 at 11:08, mario_buoninfante said:

 

Absolutely. The instrument seems in good shape and the price is really good.

But, it's not the right time for me to buy anything. I have a bass that needs to go first. No point in me piling up basses if I don't use them.

This will also give me more time to investigate the market and think about it ;)

There's a used Sadowsky Metro Express Fretless reduced at Guitar Guitar atm. 

Wish I could afford Yr Spector but I've just bought a Guild Starfire. A very different beast to my usual suspects but I absolutely love it.

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1 hour ago, JottoSW1 said:

There's a used Sadowsky Metro Express Fretless reduced at Guitar Guitar atm. 

Wish I could afford Yr Spector but I've just bought a Guild Starfire. A very different beast to my usual suspects but I absolutely love it.

 

Thanks for the tip! I'll have a look (and that's it for now :P ).
The Guild Starfire looks really interesting, I only discovered it few months ago and is a really interesting bass!

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