Lefty Photo Gallery

[Silvia Bluejay]

Incidentally, Blablas, your projects are a permanent source of GAS! Don't ever stop, please

[Che]

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EDIT:
[url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/best-bass-guitar-building-book.305141/"]Here[/url] is a link to what some people are advising over on TalkBass.
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Ok thanks! They seem to appreciate 2 books;

1. Electric Guitars: How to Make Solid-Body, Hollow-Body and Semi-Acoustic Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars by Martin Koch
Martin Koch's website
http://www.buildyourguitar.com/resources/index.htm

2. Make Your Own Electric Guitar by Melvyn Hiscock

[rasher80]

Just seen Blablas' G&L... just wow!

Please someone buy my Squier so I can get one of those amazing basses ASAP!

[Silvia Bluejay]

Since I ended up posting some pics of my Bass Collection in the non-lefty section of this subforum, I may as well repost them here too

[Che]

bluejay what are those D'addario strings you got there? And what genre do you play with them? Nice bass, can you show us the back of it also please

Edited November 12, 2015 by Che

[Silvia Bluejay]

They are D’Addario Nylon Tapewound ETB92 Medium Gauge, and I like them a lot, although I still prefer Chromes. I just thought the Tapewounds would look really good with the black hardware

[Silvia Bluejay]

Forgot to answer your question about playing style - usually fingerstyle, occasionally picked, NO slapping, EVER.

[Che]

That is some very elegant wood pattern right there I must try those tape-wounds once just to see whats so special about them Thanks for the pics!

[Che]

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Forgot to answer your question about playing style - usually fingerstyle, occasionally picked, NO slapping, EVER.
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I posted a reply above at about the same time as you did!

Ok, I see. Whats wrong with slapping I ask since you wrote it with capital letters "EVER" I see a trend around bass forums being against slapping for some reason. If a certain style serves the tune then I see no reason to not use for example slapping or pulling. All the styles for me look like tools to be used for music making.
I don't think 'slap-dislikers' realize that by expressing against slapping (I read some on your blog too about the dislike) they will scare away the beginners to even try it because of the judgement present.

My apologies for going all 'wise-guy' here This is not meant to be personal at all

[Silvia Bluejay]

This photos/GAS/showoff thread isn't the right place for a discussion about slapping. But if the last couple of posts do anything to discourage beginners from slapping and instead inspire them to learn how to play bass properly, then the thread will have been doubly useful.

[sblueplanet]

Love the minimal headstock size on these basses.

[Silvia Bluejay]

As well as having a tiny, neckdive-busting headstock, the Bass Collection is a very, very lightweight instrument. Much lighter than my Corvette 4, which is near-identical in size.

[lefty68]

Hello Chaps

Quick uptdate of my tools with a Bongo 5HH
Now I need a fretless !!!



Cheers,

André

[deksawyer]

My fretless '95 Stingray has a new fretted cousin, who's looking and sounding good.

[DorsetBlue]

My new bass (came just before Xmas):

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[blablas]

Chinabacker R4005.
It needed a new truss rod cover and some tweaking & tinkering but is real nice looking and playing bass now.

Edited October 13, 2017 by blablas

[blablas]

New addition to the herd. Sire Marcus Miller V7 Alder-5 tobacco sunburst.

You get a lot of bass for a decent price, very well built with an extremely versatile preamp onboard.

Edited April 8, 2016 by blablas

[blablas]

Because of the arrival of the Sire MM V7 I defretted my F(ake)ender Jazz Bass V.


detail.

Edited October 13, 2017 by blablas

[sblueplanet]

Just thought I would post these for posterity. A black MIJ 1993 Fender Jazz '62RI + tobacco burst CIJ 2010 Fender Precision '57RI.

Edited May 24, 2016 by sblueplanet

[blablas]

It's way to quiet here on the left side, the last post dates back to the end May!
Forces me to post the last few additions to the blablas bass family.

[timmo]

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It's way to quiet here on the left side, the last post dates back to the end May!
Forces me to post the last few additions to the blablas bass family.



[/quote] Unfortunately most people only have a couple of basses. I do like looking at the ones you post though

[JohnR]

Here's my Wal packed up ready to ship back for a refinish and service after 28 years of hard playing. It was originally all black and I had it stripped in the 90s. I can't wait to have it back to its former glory.

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[sblueplanet]

Should look killer having it back in black!

[JohnR]

My Wal restoration project has taken an interesting turn.

[url="https://flic.kr/p/PH4Cdr"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/PH4Cdr"]robertson birdseye[/url] by [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/133023872@N03/"]John Robertson[/url], on Flickr

[blablas]

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Done some work on this one.

Replaced that big piece of white plastic crap with something more modest to show off the beautiful finish and woodgrain.


Also acquired a few new ones since the StingRay 5..

Chinese unbranded Ukulele bass.

Sire Marcus Miller V7 Vintage Ash-5.

Spector Legend 5 Classic.

I think I'm done buying basses for a longer period of time now, I'm without bass-gas at the moment! All the basses I lusted after for a long while are in my possession, the Spector was the last one I really wanted.

High time to finish my DIY short-scale 6 string build.