i'm just joining this site...wondering if anyone has an idea of where to find a lefty mustang bass? it seems to be impossible?
or any ideas of other lighter short scale basses that were made lefty? i have a 75 pbass right now.
thanks!
lefty shortscale recommendations
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i'm pretty sure fender japan makes lefty mustang basses... a bigger lefties market there.
and if you're not happy with the pickups you could always invest in better ones, cij, mij built quality is pretty good, well i'm a fan anyway, lots of gloss, broken in feel.
or what james said, eb, but very different in both sound and feel.
i'm lefty and play a lefty p bass, is it too heavy ? i never really did mind since i started with a 5string bigass yamaha and switched to a p bass from that.. if that's it and the only reason you just want a lighter bass, doesn't have to be shortscale..i mean, shortscale bass doesn't mean automatically lighter does it ?
maybe hollowbody..but though they might be lighter the construction might be a bit more tricky than the shape of a p bass...
ibanez make light basses but the sound tends to lack character ..lack of middy goodness or something, that's what i always thought, can't really think of a bass that's much lighter but still has the awesomeness of a p bass though.. maybe because i never cared much about the weight and more about the sound and just deal with the weight.
and if you're not happy with the pickups you could always invest in better ones, cij, mij built quality is pretty good, well i'm a fan anyway, lots of gloss, broken in feel.
or what james said, eb, but very different in both sound and feel.
i'm lefty and play a lefty p bass, is it too heavy ? i never really did mind since i started with a 5string bigass yamaha and switched to a p bass from that.. if that's it and the only reason you just want a lighter bass, doesn't have to be shortscale..i mean, shortscale bass doesn't mean automatically lighter does it ?
maybe hollowbody..but though they might be lighter the construction might be a bit more tricky than the shape of a p bass...
ibanez make light basses but the sound tends to lack character ..lack of middy goodness or something, that's what i always thought, can't really think of a bass that's much lighter but still has the awesomeness of a p bass though.. maybe because i never cared much about the weight and more about the sound and just deal with the weight.
yeah, tried turning a 71 univox hi-flyer over and it just sounded like a rubber band compared to the pbass!
just got back from japan...the schedule was so crazy that i only had time to look at 2 vintage guitar stores in tokyo. they called around for me and no one had anything lefty at the moment...it's a common scam there to sell new mij instruments with all the paperwork, etc. - but it's really made in china and i didn't want to make a mistake cos i was in a hurry.
it's not easy being small AND a lefty!
just got back from japan...the schedule was so crazy that i only had time to look at 2 vintage guitar stores in tokyo. they called around for me and no one had anything lefty at the moment...it's a common scam there to sell new mij instruments with all the paperwork, etc. - but it's really made in china and i didn't want to make a mistake cos i was in a hurry.
it's not easy being small AND a lefty!
I'm lefty too, so I'm always on the lookout. Hofner recently reissued their Viola bass lefty McCartney style, I played one at a shop recently I loved the feel of it. It's really light too.
Do you have friends in Japan still? I'm looking for a roundabout way of obtaining Fender shortscale lefty necks which we can't get imported to the USA...
Do you have friends in Japan still? I'm looking for a roundabout way of obtaining Fender shortscale lefty necks which we can't get imported to the USA...
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mcs ? thanks, it's my weirdo project. 
hvm is my punkband that never will be because we can't find a proper drummer.
making a lefty parts stang might take longer finding everything, putting it together but you'll have something unique.
i dunno, so far the only stangs i've found around vintage 70's ones.
it's stupid being lefty and some guitars just not being right to switch them to lefty, i always wanted a wal bass mk1, but they're so rare, exspensive...and i've never seen a lefty either.
hvm is my punkband that never will be because we can't find a proper drummer. making a lefty parts stang might take longer finding everything, putting it together but you'll have something unique.
i dunno, so far the only stangs i've found around vintage 70's ones.
it's stupid being lefty and some guitars just not being right to switch them to lefty, i always wanted a wal bass mk1, but they're so rare, exspensive...and i've never seen a lefty either.