Please say hello

[Frenchy-Lefty]

Welcome man! I felt that I was the only lefty bassist on earth before stumbling onto this forum...

[pjmuck]

Welcome GrahamMonette and anyone else I've neglected to welcome over the past few months.

[elhambre]

Hi, my name is Juan and i'm from Tarragona, Spain.
I started playing synthetisers and drum machines some years ago, and from two years i play bass in some bands and projects.
Of course I'm lefty and own a Hofner Contemporary, Tokai Thunderbird and a Squier JB VM.
But now I havev highs amounts of GAS for a Precision!

[amimbari]

welcome Juan and everyone else who joined before I could say HI

[jfantuzzo]

Greetings from the city of brotherly ... well ... not love,

My name is Joe and I've been a stalker for a while and finally decided to join. I'm originally from Pittsburgh so please don't automatically hate me because I live in Philadelphia!

I've only been playing for about 2 years any my musical knowledge is rather limited so I'm excited to learn from other experienced lefties.

[steveh39]

Greetings All. Just stumbled across LeftyBassist after suffering this affliction alone for years - was overwhelmed. And then I saw Carmine's list of basses for sale, and I wept openly with joy.

For the record I'm in the UK and have recently retrieved my bass from the attic after 20 years, so that I can jam with a bunch of guys also in the throes of a mid-life crisis. It's tragic, but hell it feels good!

Weapons of choice: an ancient right-hand Columbus (Fender-Jazz copy) flipped over for lefty play; Crafter BA400 Electro-Acoustic.
Now I've started playing again, I've just bought an Ashdown EB12-180 amp, and it's time to move onto a proper LH bass: I'm cruising for something affordable and decent right now: Cort B5, Rockbass Corvette, Steinberger XT25 and Ibanez SR305 are all possibilities - I know the SR305 is the weak link there and I'd like a 505 instead, but 305s are readily available and a lot cheaper!

Cheers All, it's nice to be here!
Steve

[Basshappi]

Welcome to all the new folks!
You are not alone out there, glad to have you aboard!

[fivebass52]

Welcome to all of the new members from the land of Aloha. You're now part of an elite club, as well as one of the friendliest on the 'net. You'll find all of the answers to your left hand questions here!

[nachodaddy]

I'm new here. Nearly new at talkbass, as well. The title of this website sounds so political. Lefty, no. Libertarian, yes.

[Renegadrian]

Hello everyone, I am Renegadrian, I live in Rome Italy, it's like 10 years I play bass.
Got an old Yamaha fretless and a confortable Kramer 422. I play in a Queensryche tribute band, and a lot of other projects come and go...beside that, I build guitar and bass FX, also a regular user at diystompboxes.

I am a lefty. I am a bassist. this place fits!!!

[MrQ]

Hi all, just a quick hello. Lefty bassist currently in a 3-piece covers band mostly playing local pubs (when we actually get round to booking gigs!). Stumbled across this site whilst on the hunt for a new bass, great forum, loads of info, been a great read - thank you

Still haven't found a bass yet as I've got no idea what to get but having fun looking

Cheers

Paul

[fretfreak]

Hi to all my fellow lefty bass players out there I hale from the great northwest, from the town that brings you Death Cab For Cutie! I'm looking forward to reading all the posts and asking a bunch of questions to all you smart Bass players. Thanks much

[Rodent]

welcome aboard from a fellow webfooter

all the best,

R

[DeadStopCybertron]

Granted it's my second post, I believe an introduction is in order.

Hello! I hail from beautiful New Jersey. I'm living in a no-name town outside of Rutgers.
I'm a former drummer and recently switched to the bass. And of course, I'm left handed.

[Renegadrian]

new jersey...that should be cool!!! Is that far from jersey city!?

[DeadStopCybertron]

Hrm. Well, judging that it takes me only 30 minutes or so (withstanding traffic) to get to Newark, I'd say it is.
And if the Parkway holds up; you never know with traffic on that sucker.

[pjmuck]

Welcome, DeadStop. I'm a fellow Jerseyite as well.

[DeadStopCybertron]

Rock on! Whereabouts? North, Central, South?

(May have neglected to read that it clearly states "West Orange" on left there.
Oops. I got a few friends that go/went to Seton Hall. Grandmother used to live in Livingston too.)

[Leftysteve]

Hello everyone in leftyland, Ive been looking at the site for weeks but have now taken the plunge to help represent lefty bassists in the UK



Dean Edge 5
Yamaha BB1100s
Squier vintage modified Jazz
Cheapo Encore P bass defretted for "experimentation"

[andrew]

Hi LeftySteve, welcome to the board.