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glefty5
 Post subject: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 5:40 am 
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Here are pics of some of the basses I've let go over the years & most of the current family. Many pics are originals though some are not my actual basses but the same as, or in a few cases of one offs, righty pics. Enjoy, reminisce & marvel at my stupidity!! :o :roll: :cry: :oops:

My 1st bass!


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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 5:46 am 
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 5:49 am 
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:oops: :oops:


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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 5:54 am 
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A couple more ex's


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File comment: been through a few of these but only MIJ
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File comment: Did the job
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 6:05 am 
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Past loves


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File comment: Well underated basses these, for the price.
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File comment: My 2nd Bass!
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 6:16 am 
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More ex's


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File comment: Original neck was warped, replacement neck also. NEVER buy a Chinese Rockbass! The dealer gave full refund with freight so he was the only right thing about this bass.
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File comment: Had a now discontinued lefty 5 version of this, with real EMG pups & preamp. So easy to play!
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File comment: Nice bass but didn't like the 35" scale & found the asymmetric neck very tiring on the hand
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 6:20 am 
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Current members of the clan!


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File comment: MIJ, nice
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File comment: Such a sweety to play & sounds fine
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File comment: Courtesy Carmine, just had to get a new nut & flip it classic lefty
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 6:24 am 
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More current basses.


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File comment: Back up for my real McCoy, lovely compressed sound & easy to play
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File comment: MIM#2, with a lovely birds eye fleck through the neck, also very low action
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File comment: MIM, Special edition Ash body. Nice low action neck
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 6:31 am 
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Ok, now the Ibby trio!


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File comment: Had to get one, has a great, compressed kinda sound & I haven't had the intonation probs that many reviews on this bass state.
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File comment: So easy to play, amazingly low action & light, ergonomics just right for short, high strap, jazz nerds like me & lovely sustain & sound
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File comment: Pretty rare bird I'm guessing, nice sound
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 6:45 am 
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The current heavyweights!


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File comment: Great low action, very little neck dive & I don't feel the neck is a baseball bat, plus great sound & pedigree
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File comment: Yes, one of only 2 ever made XL25WL, and I held them both in my hands & selected the one with the best neck, back in 1995 in Japan
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File comment: Same as this but 2002 with Black pearloid scratch plate, sweet as to play
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 6:55 am 
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007's '82 Jazz isn't a '75 reissue!

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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 7:11 am 
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Last role up. Hope the eye candy is fun to see, it is ( & was ) fun to have & play. Pardon my self-indulgence but we bassists have gotta get the spotlight sometimes! ;)


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File comment: Me playing my baby at a friends bar in Japan. Tuning & neck never a worry in Japan's & Singapore's humidity. Great travel bass, too!
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File comment: Rare lefty version of this, in black. Put Barts in, sounds great
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File comment: Rockbass same as this but lefty, of course. Funny, the neck on this is fine & action low. Why not the fretlesses???
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 7:17 am 
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Apologies if I used 007's pic, I didn't have an original & just googled black lefty jazz basses w/maple boards.

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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 7:42 am 
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Forgot about these past pals.


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File comment: IMHO, the perfect Fender-style bass, J neck, P body w/PJ pups.
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File comment: Custom made for me in lefty, in white, 1992? The only one, I think.
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File comment: Rare lefty version w/maple fretless board, as the lower of the 2 basses pictured. Sound iffy but easy to play
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 8:04 am 
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But wait, there's more from the past.


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File comment: Cheap, entry level. Did the job
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File comment: Same but in black. Well made, decent sound
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File comment: Great bass, before I could afford the real thing
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 8:32 am 
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More!


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File comment: Had a lefty in black, the one with the chrome pup trims. Heavy as hell
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File comment: Still have a lefty elite version, but converted it back to 4 strings as the neck was too narrow. It's now a fretless, had the frets shaved down.Mega low action
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File comment: Not bad, affordable & did the job
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 16th, 2011, 9:33 am 
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I dig that Westone Quantum. Only seen one other lefty. (Or maybe it's your ex?).
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 18th, 2011, 9:01 am 
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PJ, I sold mine in Sydney around 1989, it actually had EMG's I had put in it, 32" scale tho' so I sold it as I wanted to keep consistency with my other 34" basses :roll: . Also had a one-off Riverhead Unicorn 5 headless lefty custom made for me in 1992/3 in Japan. Great bass but sold it in 1995, where it is now....... :?:

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PostPosted: February 18th, 2011, 6:30 pm 
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This is the only other Quantum I've seen:

http://www.leftysguitarswapshop.com/cricket_bat.htm

And funny you should mention Riverside, as I'd never seen a lefty before either:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

I like headless basses, especially in the style of the Steinberger M series or Status S2.
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 Post subject: Re: Present & Past babies
PostPosted: February 22nd, 2011, 6:18 am 
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Hi PJ, I had a Riverhead Unicorn, like this one, never heard of Riverside but it looks decent.


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