uk_lefty

Oh my. It looks nice!! No idea on market price for these, but I love the look.

Can someone please buy the heavily discounted D'Angelico lefty acoustic bass from Guitarguitar so that I don't? Thank you.

The three bass stand is ok BUT can get unbalanced when you take one out. I've got a stagg one and would only use it at home. They're more designed for guitars than basses and the way they handle weight shows this clearly, I've stopped taking mine for gigs because in dim lighting and a hurry to change between songs bad things can happen easily and Japanese P basses can end up face down in a pool of cider if not secured properly. I would personally prefer one like in the top picture, but guess there's pros and cons to every design.

If they're not tanked up I do indulge some people. Like the bar staff where the girl is explaining to the others what a Fretless is because her dad plays, so I handed the bass over the bar for them to look at, that really shocked them in to behaving and not trying to make innuendo out of "smooth tones" etc. But if they're hammered and "my mate is better than you" they get my Northern accent. You won't like when I speak Northern.

+1 he's worked wonders on some of the tat I've bought off ebay over the years... And I've trusted him to work on nice basses too!

I find it fascinating and Nita is a great example of this. Is she just social media'ing what she does in her spare time for the good of her fans or creating second income streams that a touring musician needs? Let's face it Alice will retire soon, she still needs to eat and pay rent long after so creating awareness of her drives up demand for her services. Everywhere she tours with Alice Cooper she's giving guitar master classes in guitar shops and promoting her solo material, she's definitely putting the hours in but also keeping her name out there. I respect it, seems very clever, and of course it's all backed up by supreme talent, fair play to her, seems like the template for the working muso in the social media age.

I didn't think I was ready the first time... but then I found I could do better than I had thought, and I improved MUCH MUCH MUCH faster once I was in a band. Do it! This... And this... Then go for it!!! So what if you fluff a few bits? If people want it exact they can listen to the record, if they want live music they get it with all its raucous imperfections. Everyone started somewhere! You might play with some people who are a bit sniffy and don't have the patience if you can't keep up, fine. But you may find the band that want someone who just keeps it simple, turns up on time, pays their share of rehearsal fees and isn't a bumhole to be around. Then you'll improve from enthusiasm, commitment to the band, and to enhance your own enjoyment.

Haha I have three already... It is a bit greedy when the justification for buying the Stingray was "I'll never need another...."

I do like the Sims pickups idea. It's a lot of saving though!

Current band: Was trying to do a new band with some guys who were not so reliable and it fell apart so I decided to join an established band. I connected with some guys in a covers band who'd lost their bassist and fired their rhythm guitarist. They had a new rhythm guitarist who'd done one gig with them. I went to audition. There was a lad before me who was by all accounts a good player but had a cold, wet handshake and needed a lift off his dad, he also expected better money and more gigs. I'd researched the band on their soundcloud and Facebook and turned up well prepared. I'd already got the job on the strength of having a proper handshake but I knew loads more of their set than they had originally asked for mainly due to experience in previous bands and we just jammed through loads of their list. Luckily the songs I thought were bobbins so hadn't learned they didn't like anyway because they were the unpopular choices of the departed members. I've been in the band three and a half years now. It's my second longest "permanent job". The lads are all good mates and while we had a slow year last year I can't see it folding, though I am itching to do a side project for something different and get more gigs in.

Never thought of it like that! I like your thinking.

Yeah I had two jazzes, an MIM with a load of upgrades and a 5 string Sire. I traded the Fender in against a new Stingray then later felt guilty about having too many basses and sold the Sire. I'd just bought the Stingray which will lose a load of its value if I sell it too soon and I have a Fretless that is very special to me and I won't sell it ever. So the jazzes went. The P is great for what a P does. I just feel a bit more at home with a Jazz. The Stingray is great for playing live, so is the P, but if I were recording and playing more at home for my own enjoyment it would be jazz bass as a preference every time.

I see your point but I consider it to be like a museum. A lot of people obviously do enjoy it, hence the successful global business. I know some people think having a hard rock cafe t shirt or whatever is a bit naff but if I'm near one while on holiday I always have to go in and have a quick look at the memorabilia and the shop even if a lot of the merch is very expensive for what it is.

Fender sent me a marketing email with a link to their own site but it's 50% off starts and Teles, no basses directly from them. Also 15% off offset body guitars and basses by the look of it. Fender hates left handers so I only give them a quick glance!

I love my 70s reissue MIJ P bass. However, push to shove I'm a jazz bass man. I don't own a jazz bass at the mo but have had a Mexican and a Sire. I've seen a beautiful Japanese jazz come up, a rare spec I've not seen often. Would you trade the P plus some cash for the J? I can't afford to just buy the J but my quandary is that the P is a slightly less common spec (alder body, not basswood, USA hardware) so not sure if it's worth hanging on to and biding my time for if and when I can afford a Jazz.

From Louisville, Kentucky... They also had a Timothy B Schmidt Carvin but I didn't get a photo sadly

I received my first bass aged 15 with a crappy learner book. Didn't have a tuner so goodness knows what I was doing for the first few months!! You can now get the Boss Tuner as a phone app, problem solved, so always make sure you play in tune... Took me ages to get going with no lessons or Internet resources but slowly and surely I learned some of my favourite songs from tabs to the point I could play along to one and a half sides of a cassette. Not long later I tried playing with friends who were guitarists but they were at a similar stage to me. I applied for a bassist wanted position less than two years after starting, keep in mind that first few months was wasted, and at my first session just gave them a list of songs I could play. The guitarist was a massive egotist but amazing at guitar so he could play most of the songs and loved having someone who would just do as they were told. The drummer was hands down the best I have ever heard and I learned loads from jamming with him to the structure of the skgns as the guitarist widdled away. Playing with better musicians, who are not going to be Richards about you being a beginner, is the best learning experience I find.

And back to the op... What an idiotic statement for number 1!!! Nowt wrong with epiphone, some prefer them to the Gibsons. I was expecting him to say he'd need more lessons and theory lessons but buying new gear? Not right. And number 2? Someone doesn't get out much. I'm starting to use a pick more and more these days 21 years in. In my early learning days I found finger style easier to control string vibrations and having a budget bass I got a more pleasing tone by finger than pick but I'm starting to really try to expand my horizons with the pick now, definitely some real skill involved. I guess being a guitar teacher is like a lot of trades. You have a guitar and need money so you call yourself a teacher. Like in my area most tree surgeons and gardeners are just guys with a white van and some tools, no farking clue what they're doing (one guy patronisingly told my wife "no dear, that's definitely a blue bell" when talking about the forget me nots springing up all over our garden)

Us lefties (I don't mean politically) are an odd bunch. I am only left handed for writing and playing guitar. All sports are strictly right handed/ footed but I have a slight bit more left side coordination thsn most right handers/ footers in sports. I could have a go at playing bass right handed, in fact I used to in my youth sling my bass round behind my back and play a few bars right handed reaching behind myself, nothing complicated though.

Well it looks the part, interested to hear about quality. Have heard good things about SX P and j copies but then again some people really rare Westfield basses for the price and I wouldn't call them anything more than a very basic beginner bass... I had a Brice from the same outlet as SX and have to say it was sh!te, hope this is good for you!

I had a hipshot put on a Mexican jazz alongside Gotoh basic fender replacement tuners. The luthier chap is very handy with all sorts of engineering and woodwork stuff and he had to grind down the edge of the hipshot to fit it on. If he hadn't told me I would never have known.

I really liked the tone from my Hohner B2A "cricket bat" just couldn't get on with the string spacing but like all of us regret selling and wish I'd just tried harder with it!

They look nice!!

It's a great looking bass, shame they discontinued that whole series, maybe didn't sell enough to justify continuing?

Aware of that and was backing you up! Particularly on parking tickets there's a lot of Internet advice that is plain wrong but people follow it anyway in hope because Jeff265 from Chipping Norton says he did it and got away with it. It is tempting to look for the easier way through these things, not that the OP or most would make such a mistake but many, many people do.