Rather than continuing in the "Wanted" section, I thought that I would start this in the Photo Gallery section. Not sure if this correct either, but what the Hell!
From the first time that Paulo pointed this bass out to me on Ebay, up until this past week, I have been trying to figure out why this bass came to be. I have been searching everything from A to Z to see if there was anything at all about this bass. This past week I had a Duhh moment and decided to look up the band, "The Outlaws." The series that this bass came from was the Electra Outlaw series after the band, well....The Outlaws. Electra as far as I am aware of never offered a left handed bass or guitar in their MPC line, or at least none that I can find online that is.
A couple of things about the bass made me think that it could be a one off and I began thinking who would Electra have made this bass for. This leads me back to this past weeks search of the band. Checking Wikipedia for the band, at the bottom are a list of past and present band members. The Outlaws high point was between 1975-1980, the bass being made in 1978 narrowed the list to two possible bass players. When I seached the two, the fist person was a hit! The bass player for the band between 1976-1980 was a gentleman made Harvey Dalton Arnold. Harvey is indeed a left handed bass player!
After some more searching and a lot of luck, I have been able to contact Harvey and have been talking with him about the bass. He has said that his memory is not crystal clear, but he remembers playing this bass back stage at one of the shows! He did not take ownership of the bass, but does seem to recall the guys from St. Louis Music bringing a couple of guitars. He said that they were more interested in Hughie and Billy, the guitar players. Harvey told me that he was very much into his P-bass at the time and was not that interested in anything else. In truth, I didn't see this bass as a Southern Rock type bass anyway. Harvey is really a Very nice guy and has been a pleasure conversing with. I will share more from him as I get it.
Next on the list is the new Electra Guitar company. I have an email out to Mick Donner over there to see if he can help collect more information. Right now though, as it stands, it looks like this may be the only one ever made! More to come as I get it and Thanks if you made it this far!
Bill
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