Ah, something fun to talk about! Yes it was a very good price, so not surprised it went fast...
Italia is one of the more interesting "modern retro" brands out there. Headquartered in the UK, but their series and models are all named after beautiful Italian cities and towns. Build quality is quite good- better than say, standard Eastwood level stuff (more comparable to their Rivolta line, if you're familiar with that). PJ is correct- unfortunately their few lefty options have been long, long gone for years with very few units ever produced. But Italia is still around, though U.S. availability has always varied a bit, and along the way several models have been discontinued (including the Modulo, which only makes them even more desirable). So a LEFTY Modulo bass is extremely rare, period... if one comes up for sale, it's gonna go pretty quickly.
Back in the day I was immediately attracted to Italia's cool vintage ’50s/ ’60s European influenced styling- so I jumped on the opportunity when they were introduced, and I've hung on to mine.
I have a Modulo which is the only one I've seen that features the combination of black "Alligator skin" on both the FRONT and back. A lot of folks have asked me how the dedicated Lipstick style pickup for each string sounds. I'd say it looks fantastic and sounds ok if a bit bland, but I wouldn't dare mess with the originality of it. I did upgrade the tuners and knobs, otherwise stock:
Like PJ I also have a Maranello... mine is a black bound silver sparkle body front and pearloid wrap on sides, back and back of neck. And he's right, a cool, good sounding bass, but heavy as hell- including that massive bridge unit with unique string-to-body coupling (and these older ones also have the additional ornamental tailpiece plate, which has since been dropped):
On the lighter side, lastly I have this rare and beautiful Candy Apple Red Rimini! This was one of an extremely limited custom order of left-handed Rimini basses commissioned by Adirondack Guitars in 2015. I love the warm woody tone of this bass:
