1964 / 65 Lefty Fender VI LEFTY !!

cangaroo · Post by **cangaroo** » January 3rd, 2013, 2:26 am

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-65-Fender- ... 3ccdbbeb8c

woah

rdavidson · Post by **rdavidson** » January 3rd, 2013, 8:58 am

I was just watching the Hey Jude video and commenting how awesome it would be to play one of these. I'm glad the price is in the stratosphere (although probably reasonable for what it is) so there's no way in hell I could even consider it!

Agent00Soul · Post by **Agent00Soul** » January 3rd, 2013, 2:07 pm

Wow - does anyone even know how many lefties of these they made? It has to be almost none.

For what it's worth, I played a Fender Japan reissue VI (upside down) on a recording a few years back and the Jones Longhorns sound much better IMHO. Nonetheless, this is guaranteed to appreciate in value like fine wine. It could help with that retirement fund down the road....

Retag · Post by **Retag** » January 6th, 2013, 7:40 pm

What is the scale length of the Longhorn?

Agent00Soul · Post by **Agent00Soul** » January 9th, 2013, 11:30 am

Retag wrote:What is the scale length of the Longhorn?

I never pay attention to stuff like that at the time (I really should) so I had to look it up at the Jerry Jones site right now: it's 30"

AustinLeftyBass · Post by **AustinLeftyBass** » January 9th, 2013, 1:35 pm

Retag wrote:What is the scale length of the Longhorn?

Same as a Fender VI, 30".

I used to own a VI reissue from the 90s, it was very cool but I found I preferred my J.Jones Longhorn VI so I sold it. And I felt it looked silly upside-down. Of course right after selling it I saw a DVD of The Cure live and Perry Bamonte was playing one upside-down and it looked OK, oh well. Fender is coming out with a "Pawn Shop" version, doubt there'll be a lefty.

Speaking of The Beatles use, when we do our orchestra shows we play several tunes that employed the VI on the original recording. For these shows I play an SX bass I concerted to a VI. Looks close enuff and sounds/plays great.

Matt R. · Post by **Matt R.** » January 9th, 2013, 1:36 pm

I'm still vowing to steal your bass VI idea there^^. So cool.

rdavidson · Post by **rdavidson** » January 9th, 2013, 1:40 pm

Yeah, I was reading the original post and I am determined to make this my bass project for 2013.

http://www.leftybassist.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3372

@Ron - Do you have newer pics of the bass post-upgrade?

AustinLeftyBass · Post by **AustinLeftyBass** » January 9th, 2013, 2:05 pm

Need to take some better pics.
Will soon get a proper nut cut.

Bridge is exactly like the one on my later-model J.Jones Longhorn VI.

My orchestra show rack:

This old Teisco VI gave me the idea for the tuners:

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