Southpaw Spotted

[pineweasel]

2 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

No idea. I don't know who that is.

Amazing player, a lefty, made his name with the minimalist jazz trio Back Door back in the 70s. 
 

Plays a Precision in a unique style, quite guitar like. Well worth seeking out. The self titled Back Door debut album is great and on Spotify etc.

Edited August 26, 2024 by pineweasel

[JottoSW1]

4 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

No idea. I don't know who that is.

Bass player in "Back Door" some Neal Schön and Jan Hammer albums. 

Now playing in Ten Years After.

[JottoSW1]

2 hours ago, pineweasel said:

Amazing player, a lefty, made his name with the minimalist jazz trio Back Door back in the 70s. 
 

Plays a Precision in a unique style, quite guitar like. Well worth seeking out. The self titled Back Door debut album is great and on Spotify etc.

An excellent summary . 

Love his playing and he's another Lefty 

[pineweasel]

I’ve just read that online retailer Left for Dead is closing down. They have a couple of Sandbergs left with decent price reductions: https://www.leftfordead.rocks/leftybassguitars

[uk_lefty]

1967 Fender P. I have no affiliation with the seller.

 

Import tax will be painful on this one.

 

Fender Precision bass 1967 lefty https://reverb.com/item/85651170?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=85651170

[Piers_Williamson]

1 hour ago, uk_lefty said:

1967 Fender P. I have no affiliation with the seller.

 

Import tax will be painful on this one.

 

Fender Precision bass 1967 lefty https://reverb.com/item/85651170?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=85651170

Almost looks like its got woodworm!

[sblueplanet]

On 12/11/2024 at 08:24, Piers_Williamson said:

Almost looks like its got woodworm!

Looks to me like someone has reliced it badly. The back of body shot looks like paint is still flaking from being rubbed with sandpaper.

[LeftyJ]

Thomann have a killer Cyberweek deal on the Sadowsky Metroexpress Hybrid 5 fretless. I ordered mine on Monday and received it today: Sadowsky MetroExpress 21-5 Hyb BK FL LH – Thomann United Kingdom

 

Thomann are still clearing their stock of the first series, as the new and improved series has been available for a while now. The one I got has a serial number dating it back to 2021. Not sure yet if this one has had all the initial QC issues fixed or if it's from before that, I'm still at work and have yet to plug it in. Issues were mostly electronics-related (noisy preamp, poor string-to-string output balance due to P pickup having two coils below the A-string - even if only one has pole pieces). 

[rasher80]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156555163128?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vQ5nuB4VSVC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=TI0zI_3vTdO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

Interesting!!

[uk_lefty]

1 hour ago, rasher80 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156555163128?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vQ5nuB4VSVC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=TI0zI_3vTdO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

Interesting!!

That one has been up before with a long story about the incredible luthier blah blah... Still seems like something that you could easily knock together yourself. There's no way I'd buy something like that blind, and certainly not at that price.

[uk_lefty]

1980 P bass. Looks fantastic. 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126859620533?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=yo3mNp1vSMG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=XRJhsZSpS5O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[rasher80]

@uk_lefty it really does.... its a YOB bass for me too which makes it very tempting!

 

 

[uk_lefty]

Haha I only share the ones I want someone else to buy so I don't "accidentally" make an investment in it myself!!