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rcubed wrote:I'm not a huge maple top fan but that looks great!

Yup, it's fabulous. The pics do nothing to show off the 3-dimentionality of the quilt. Kinda looks like ocean waves.

not only does Randy have killer woodworking skills, he's also a very cool person to talk bass with

great that a couple of you got to check this out before the show ended. did any of you end up placing a deposit on it?

all the best,

R

Agent00Soul wrote:

Did you happen to try out the Hagstrom? I'm a big fan of this trend to this look/type of pickup/placement.[/quote]

Oops. Forgot to add Hagstrom to my list/photos. I tried this bass unplugged. It was a bit on the heavy side, but well-constructed with a fairly comfortable neck profile. Hagstrom also offers the Beluga Bass in lefty, which they didn't have on display. http://www.hagstromguitars.com/Beluga_II.html. (Adirondack Guitars has one on stock). They're Korean made and better than average Korean instruments, IMO.

Here's a righty bass from a company I hadn't heard of before. The company is Old Kraftsman Guitars (www.oldkraftsman.com). I asked and they said they'll make both the single and doublecut bass in a lefty version. I suspect these are coming out of the same factory making the budget Hofer stuff. $499 list on both basses. Not bad.

andrew wrote:Here's a righty bass from a company I hadn't heard of before. The company is Old Kraftsman Guitars (http://www.oldkraftsman.com). I asked and they said they'll make both the single and doublecut bass in a lefty version. I suspect these are coming out of the same factory making the budget Hofer stuff. $499 list on both basses. Not bad.

I think that's a copy of a Fraumus bass from the 60s. If they are made by the same company as the budget Hofners it should be an excellent bass for the money, although the pickups can be noisy. Still, as long as they are cheap (which was the whole point of the originals including old Hofners) I am a big fan of this style of instrument too. Thanks for posting all the photos guys!

andrew wrote:Here's a righty bass from a company I hadn't heard of before. The company is Old Kraftsman Guitars (http://www.oldkraftsman.com). I asked and they said they'll make both the single and doublecut bass in a lefty version. I suspect these are coming out of the same factory making the budget Hofer stuff. $499 list on both basses. Not bad.

Hey, I like that! I wonder if he requires a minimum number of lefty orders before he'll do them.

pjmuck wrote:Hey, I like that! I wonder if he requires a minimum number of lefty orders before he'll do them.

He didn't say. His website is pretty minimal right now too. Seemed like a nice guy though, might be worth emailing him to see what he'd do.

Lakland booth. No lefties (booo!), but we know they offer lefty versions of most of their basses.

Lull:

Ibanez:

Hallmark Guitars. No lefty content, but, hey, Batmobile.

Fender, with Marcus Miller playing the infinite slap solo:

andrew wrote:Hallmark Guitars. No lefty content, but, hey, Batmobile.

Shoulda waited until the booth-babes returned. One in particular liked strutting her stuff for the cameras. Something told me they borrowed her from another industry.

andrew wrote:Lull:

FWIW, I used to have a righty 63 T-Bird. Same body config, but the headstock was reversed. I found that combination to be really comfortable to play. The knobs never got in the way. All things being equal, I think the same would apply to this bass if mike would make a reversed headstock.

Anybody take any Nordstrand pics? I was more than impressed by his basses. Definately on the to-do list.

Rodent wrote:not only does Randy have killer woodworking skills, he's also a very cool person to talk bass with

great that a couple of you got to check this out before the show ended. did any of you end up placing a deposit on it?

all the best,

R

Ok, the secret is out. I should have in in about 2 weeks.

I am such a sucker for neck-through basses .....

After hearing folks play his righties through a Shuttle 3.0 and a tiny 10 inch Genz-Benz cab I was sold.

BTW, anybody know the model of that cab? It's a killer little practice set-up.

andrew wrote:Lakland booth. No lefties (booo!), but we know they offer lefty versions of most of their basses.

As far as I know Lakland only offers lefties in their U.S. models, not their Skyline models.

AzWhoFan wrote:Shoulda waited until the booth-babes returned. One in particular liked strutting her stuff for the cameras. Something told me they borrowed her from another guitar industry manufacturer's display staff

So.... Were any of those "Dean Guitar Girls" left-handed?

Basshappi wrote:

andrew wrote:Lakland booth. No lefties (booo!), but we know they offer lefty versions of most of their basses.

As far as I know Lakland only offers lefties in their U.S. models, not their Skyline models.

Correcto-mundo

Basshappi wrote:

andrew wrote:Lakland booth. No lefties (booo!), but we know they offer lefty versions of most of their basses.

As far as I know Lakland only offers lefties in their U.S. models, not their Skyline models.

Correct. I forgot about the skylines being there too.