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Another very cool bass not available in left handed.... Music Man Big Al...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88JxJTz7 ... ure=digest

and here's the spec page that tells us so... towards the bottom....

http://www.music-man.com/instruments/ba ... -al-5.html

modeled after the Albert Lee guitar, which I've always liked the looks of. Ed also has a ten minute video playing a maple neck four string where he goes through all of the pickup combinations.

It reminds me of the Carvin SB4000/5000 Sekou Bunch model, although I think MM Big Al has more tonal capabilities. Cool Bass though!

Here's a better page to see different angles...
http://www.rainbowguitars.com/ProductDe ... B940012104

Yes, I love the look of the Big Al too. Would love to have one.
But first another elusive MM which isn't likely to come out anytime soon: a Stingray 5 HS...
They still don't produce any lefties with more than one pickup (save for the Bongo).







Hey Psycho Ward, some ambassador you are!

Not a big fan of the Bongo shape, even though it has a good sound.

fivebass52 wrote:Here's a better page to see different angles...
http://www.rainbowguitars.com/ProductDe ... B940012104

Rainbow guitars is here in Tucson, I never thought to see if they had a website.

The "Big Al" really doesn't do anything for me and I have to admit that even though every Bongo I've heard sounds great, I just can't get past the look of them.....silly I know.

Wow - what a great bass. The shape reminds me of the 1960s Japanese Teisco and Kawai models. I love those, but I realize that's a very personal thing. I'd also be curious to see if three pickups on a bass would be useful.

Too bad they won't be making lefty models. MM doesn't have a bad track record for lefties so I'm a bit surprised. Maybe it's just too weird an instrument that they are afraid it won't sell to righties, let alone lefties.

BTW An excellent demo of the Big Al here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTv0dHtHHbI

Oh I've been working hard on this, but so far nothing. I lobbied for over a year for a lefty Bongo, but I don't really think I had much to do with it. Sterling Ball is selling bbq grilles now so I'm working his sons.

Psycho Ward wrote:Oh I've been working hard on this, but so far nothing. I lobbied for over a year for a lefty Bongo, but I don't really think I had much to do with it. Sterling Ball is selling bbq grilles now so I'm working his sons.

??111?? WTF ???!!?? bbq grills??

How many times have we seen this?

•Left Handed: No

AzWhoFan wrote:

Psycho Ward wrote:Oh I've been working hard on this, but so far nothing. I lobbied for over a year for a lefty Bongo, but I don't really think I had much to do with it. Sterling Ball is selling bbq grilles now so I'm working his sons.

??111?? WTF ???!!?? bbq grills??

Yep and Sterling is having a ball... (sorry.)

http://www.bigpoppasmokers.com/

Big Poppa Smokers "Firewire" looks like it's made from .080 flatwound material.