Lefty Photo Gallery

[pineweasel]

These look great and make me wish I was in the market for a Jazz. I especially like the lollipop tuners.  It’s a good time to be a lefty Fender fan. 

[Graham A]

 

Very nice @Bonin-in-the boneyard, i did have a look at these before getting my Sandberg. 

 

 

Edited January 20, 2024 by Graham A

[Graham A]

 

Here's my Sandberg TM4 Hardcore Aged in Roquefort Blue 🙂

 

 

 

Edited February 19, 2024 by Graham A

[kevham]

Finally received the Hipshot I ordered for the American P-bass. Easiest fitment of any Hipshot I've ever fitted.

Edited February 10, 2024 by kevham

[uk_lefty]

34 minutes ago, kevham said:

Finally received the Hipshot I ordered for the American P-bass. Easiest fitment of any Hipshot I've ever fitted.

Nice! I need one for my jazz, where did you get it?

[pineweasel]

I bought a few over the years for my lefty Fenders and found it simplest and cheapest to get Bass Direct to order them in. 

[kevham]

22 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

Nice! I need one for my jazz, where did you get it?

I always get them from Bass direct. Always need to order them in from the US so takes a few months to get them.

[Graham A]

In my search for a left handed P bass with a thinner neck i finally took the plunge & ordered a Bruce Thomas Profile Bass from the Bass Centre last week. I know i've only had it a couple of days, so it's still the honeymoon period, but i'm seriously impressed by it for the price. The pickups are so hot compared to my US Fender Pro 1 that i had the house shaking when i first plugged it in. The acid test will be of course when i gig it, unfortunately we've got no gigs until mid March due to holidays.

[Agent 00Soul]

Jealous!  Those pickups are perhaps my favourite P-bass ones ever.  I liked them so much that I bought a loose pair from Bass Centre and installed them in my Frankenbass.  I would have bought the whole bass like you did, but couldn't justify another instrument.

[uk_lefty]

Had no idea they did these in left handed. £595 is competitive at the moment too. Keen to hear more!

[Agent 00Soul]

1 hour ago, uk_lefty said:

Had no idea they did these in left handed. £595 is competitive at the moment too. Keen to hear more!

Lefty in action:

 

Lots of other reviews on YouTube, including from Bruce himself

[rasher80]

How's the neck compared to your Precision?

 

Good luck with the new acquisition, these look and sound amazing for the price!

[Graham A]

On 23/02/2024 at 11:59, Agent 00Soul said:

Jealous!  Those pickups are perhaps my favourite P-bass ones ever.  I liked them so much that I bought a loose pair from Bass Centre and installed them in my Frankenbass.  I would have bought the whole bass like you did, but couldn't justify another instrument.

Thanks @Agent 00Soul

 

The pickups sound great in the house, can't wait to try them out at a gig. I was looking at perhaps changing out the pickups in my Precision Pro 🤔 How easy was it to buy the pickups loose from the Bass Centre, as I haven't seen them listed?

Edited February 24, 2024 by Graham A

[Graham A]

18 hours ago, rasher80 said:

How's the neck compared to your Precision?

 

Good luck with the new acquisition, these look and sound amazing for the price!

 

Thanks @rasher80

 

The width at the nut on both the Profile & my Fender Precision Pro 1 is 40mm, the Profile though has a shallower neck when compared to the Pro, so feels a bit more sleek. The fingerboard feels flatter on the Profile as well, but that could be something to do with the rolled fingerboard edges of the Pro. 

Edited February 24, 2024 by Graham A

[rasher80]

I'm running out of excuses not to buy one of these!

[Agent 00Soul]

9 hours ago, Graham A said:

The pickups sound great in the house, can't wait to try them out at a gig. I was looking at perhaps changing out the pickups in my Precision Pro 🤔 How easy was it to buy the pickups loose from the Bass Centre, as I haven't seen them listed?

 

I used the bass at an outdoor gig in Brooklyn, NY a few weeks after they were installed and they sounded great on stage.  At least I or the sound techs didn't have any problems.

 

The loose pickups weren't listed.  Someone on this board suggested I ring them up and ask.  As they weren't making lefty Profiles yet, the owner of Bass Centre was accommodating, although I had to be patient as the process was very slow.  Apparently, someone here read that I did this, tried it themselves and was essentially ghosted.  So no idea what's going on, but it can't hurt to call and ask, especially as you are a recent customer.  Bon chance!

[Graham A]

14 hours ago, Agent 00Soul said:

 

I used the bass at an outdoor gig in Brooklyn, NY a few weeks after they were installed and they sounded great on stage.  At least I or the sound techs didn't have any problems.

 

The loose pickups weren't listed.  Someone on this board suggested I ring them up and ask.  As they weren't making lefty Profiles yet, the owner of Bass Centre was accommodating, although I had to be patient as the process was very slow.  Apparently, someone here read that I did this, tried it themselves and was essentially ghosted.  So no idea what's going on, but it can't hurt to call and ask, especially as you are a recent customer.  Bon chance!

 

Cheers @Agent 00Soul

 

Yes, i'd read the same on here, so wondered how easy it was to get hold of them.

I suppose at the time they were willing to do it as they weren't producing a left handed Profile, could be a different now. 

[Agent 00Soul]

On 25/02/2024 at 09:29, Graham A said:

 

Cheers @Agent 00Soul

 

Yes, i'd read the same on here, so wondered how easy it was to get hold of them.

I suppose at the time they were willing to do it as they weren't producing a left handed Profile, could be a different now. 

 

I would just call and ask.  What's the worst that can happen?

[kevham]

Just had my Aerodyne in for a setup. Guy sent this photo - looks great. I might have to keep it now!

[Agent 00Soul]

On 15/03/2024 at 20:07, kevham said:

Just had my Aerodyne in for a setup. Guy sent this photo - looks great. I might have to keep it now!

 

Those are great basses for hard rock and overdrive pedals.  Must be the pickups.

[LeftyJ]

Might as well post this here too 

Got this lovely Sandberg Lionel shorty used two weeks ago and I love it! It's surprisingly heavy, but still comfortable and it plays and sounds great! It was built in 2023, so it's still practically new. The previous owner thought it sounded a bit too modern to their taste, even with a Fender custom shop reissue pickup in it. It now has its stock pickup again. It's just a ton of fun to play, and sounds really ballsy! 

 

Excellent pics courtesy of the previous owner, who did a great job capturing it! 

 

 

 

[kevham]

1 hour ago, Agent 00Soul said:

 

Those are great basses for hard rock and overdrive pedals.  Must be the pickups.

I've gone even more hard rock by putting Seymour Duncan Quarterpounders in it. 🤘

[rasher80]

@Graham A  How's the Bruce Thomas now you've had it a while?

[Graham A]

1 hour ago, rasher80 said:

@Graham A  How's the Bruce Thomas now you've had it a while?

Sadly we've had to cancel a couple of gigs so it hasn't seen any real world gig action yet, but held it's own at a recent rehearsal. I've seen that the price of them has gone up to £645, an increase of £50 on what I paid in February. 

Not sure how much action it will see in the future though as I've just got my hands on a second hand Mike Lull PJ4, so it may end up down the pecking order for future gigs 🤔

Edited March 27, 2024 by Graham A

[rasher80]

Yikes, that's a hefty jump!