Never knew these existed, although I'm sure the Fender aficionados here know of this...
did they make any lefty models?https://reverb.com/item/1600-fender-bas ... 7-sunburst
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| Author: | fivebass52 [ December 29th, 2013, 5:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Fender Bass V 1967 Sunburst... |
Never knew these existed, although I'm sure the Fender aficionados here know of this... did they make any lefty models?https://reverb.com/item/1600-fender-bas ... 7-sunburst |
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| Author: | pjmuck [ December 29th, 2013, 5:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Bass V 1967 Sunburst... |
I completely forgot about those. They've become nearly impossible to find. I've never seen a lefty. It's my understanding these were the first 5 string basses ever put into production. Strung E-A-D-G-C, so the low B concept was decades away. And only 15 frets! Supposedly John Paul Jones used one on some early Zeppelin recordings, but I couldn't tell you which ones. Very cool. 
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| Author: | fivebass52 [ December 29th, 2013, 6:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Bass V 1967 Sunburst... |
Interesting it was 34" scale, yet only 15 frets... I wonder what the reasoning was behind that. Anyone care to hazard a guess? |
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| Author: | andrew [ December 29th, 2013, 11:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Bass V 1967 Sunburst... |
I've always liked the look of these. |
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| Author: | AustinLeftyBass [ December 31st, 2013, 8:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fender Bass V 1967 Sunburst... |
fivebass52 wrote: Interesting it was 34" scale, yet only 15 frets... I wonder what the reasoning was behind that. Anyone care to hazard a guess? It was "marketed" towards studio players who do a lot of sight-reading, it allowed them to play across the neck instead of up, so they used less hand position changes. Same number of notes as a P or J. Seen a pic of JPJ playing one live, and Jamerson owned one. |
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