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Hello! I'm new here at this forum. I'm a cartoonist from Minneapolis and I've been playing bass for about ten years. This is a wonderful forum! It's informative, intuitive, well-designed, and friendly. What more could you ask?

Nice to have you here!

Welcome!

A bassist AND a cartoonist. How cool is that? Do you do strips or animation? Any work on the web we could see? I did some cartooning in high school/college for the school papers, but now I'm down to just doodling for my kids, LOL.

It's pretty damn cool except for when the time comes to pay the bills! I mostly do indie comics, but I also do illustration and I've done animation in the past. My website is http://www.reynoldbot.com and my comic Kingwood Himself can be read at Top Shelf Publications' web site here : http://www.topshelfcomix.com/ts2.0/artist/361

Welcome to the forums! I went to your websites to see your drawings, and liked them very much. Read the Kingwood Himself comic, and like the underlying message. Any plans to have more adventure with Emily and the Animals over the fence?

In the meantime, enjoy the forum....this is the best lefty forum you'll find, and there is a lot of comeraderie here that at times can be lacking in other bass forums.... so, enjoy!

Aloha,
Ian

Thanks for the kind words! Kingwood Himself was meant as an introduction to a larger story, but I was only interested in drawing it if I could get it published. I shopped it around a bit, nobody picked it up, so that's probably it for the short term. I love the characters though, so I might incorporate some of them into future stories.

I have very much been enjoying the forum! As you pointed out, the sense of camaraderie here is palpable. Most forums are either polite or honest (or just downright mean), but this one is both (with no meanness). I think I'll be pretty happy here!

Hi guys !
Great to be part of your site.
Will posted a photo as so as I figure out how to ... lol
Looking forward to taking part in lefty topics.

Playing a Lefty Sivcak Bass (sollarguitars.com)

Have a Blessed New Year.
Steve ... Bpt CT

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Hello!

My name is Mariusz. I'm from Poland. I play bass since 6 years. My bass is a 1984 Tokai Hardpuncher made in Japan. I play in band called Brew! (it means eyebow in polish) No compare to australian The Brew:)

http://www.myspace.com/brewpl

Thats me:

Hi Steve, nice to have you here, welcome!

Hi Mariusz, welcome aboard. Cool bass, I've heard good things about the Tokai Hardpuncher basses.
Nice to have you here.

Hey everyone, my name is Moses (you may know me from Talkbass, but as M0ses) and I've come to join the ranks.

I play a MIK P and a far-from-stock SX.

Welcome to the forums. How far over stock have you taken the SX?

Hi, guys!

Just tuning in from Norway, after getting a tip from the Warwick Forum.

I currently own a following lefthand basses:

-96 Yamaha RBX 350


Coxx J60, $250, but works as hell:


...and this beauty, a 5-string Warwick Vampyre SN, now discontinued:



Cheers

Hey everyone,

I'm new to the LB forums. I live in Sheffield England and I've been playing bass for 16 years now!

As you'll see from the pic I'm a lefty! I play bass / write songs for a hard groove rock type band called Asylum-49 here in the UK.



I look forward to chatting to you in the future!

Welcome Charmand G, and Asylum 49, you'll like it in here!

Hi everyone,

I'm basically here to get my bachman gibson copy as I read on Arni's page.
I'm playing a Japan Fender Jazz from the end 80ies and recently bought a steinberger spirit XT2(which I will sell again as it's not my thing) and a SR800L from the mid 90ies.

I will search the Bachman thread now.

jetlutz666

Hi there,

Cool forum!

Joined to be part of the lefty bachbird groupbuy but now that I found this place I will probably visit more often

My current basses include:

- Nordstrand NX6. Though I had to wait 2 yrs, Carey built me a stunning 6 string 'grandson' of a P-bass. It has one huge splitcoil pu, alder body with walnut top and maple neck with cocobolo fretboard. Amazing bass. I'm managing but I'm still learning to find my way on its 6 strings
- Celinder Classic repro of a '62 P-bass. Sunburst finish on an alder body, cocobolo fretboard on a thick maple neck with 'traditional' P-bass width. Probably gets me close to the real thing than anything else on the market...
- Human Base ClassX 4string fretless. You don't want to hear me play this bass yet...

My basses are passive only and strung with Thomastik or LaBella flats.

Currently my daytime job as Controller and family are consuming a lot of time, but I do have two bands (1: vintage '60s/'70s style funk 2: blues/funk/pop/rock power trio).

Take care

Welcome to the board, ratsla. You have good taste in basses. Would love to see pix of your basses, especially the Nordstrand.

I have an old face, but I have never been here before.... I recognize a few names here from TB, HCBF, and ebassist, and they'll know me, too.

Lefty through-and-through, big B on top - the way God intended!!! Been working in clubs and bars since age 14 or so (state laws allow that for musicians) and really just got older but not better. I have five lefty basses:

1987 G&L SB-1 (split pups) (4-string) redburst
1994(?)Carvin LB75 (stacked humbies) natural mahogany
1998 Alembic Orion (4-string) vermillion top
2003/4(?) MTD Kingston (5-string), active, black
unknown p.o.s. Hohner acoustic/electric that I use in "acoustic" or bluegrass gigs (4-string) black "tiger stripe"

I currently work in two projects: classic rock/country band (fairly successful...for many years), and a community orchestra/choir/church thingy complete with two violins, two flutes, cello, trombone, trumpet, euphonium, piano, but also acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle (state champion bluegrass fiddler), drums or djemba, and me on electric bass, in front of a 16-20 piece choir. Very diverse music, from showtunes to semi-classical to contemporary Christian to just plain bluegrass (think "Oh, Brother"). One group requires a good memory and numbering system, the other group requires sight-reading sheet music, where I fail miserably.... Lots of fun - keeps me on my toes and keeps me quite busy.


EDIT: I laugh about the Hohner...I have replaced all four tuning keys after the second one stripped, had to do some patching on the input jack, had to do some patching on the pre-amp, and I noticed recently that the nut is cracked and must be replaced. But, I paid $250 delivered (used) and I really have grown fond of it. It is my "knockaround" bass that I grab first, unless gigging. Funny how we get attached to the least expensive things sometimes....

Hi folks,

I joined this fine forum a few days ago, and forgot to say hi in this thread...so a belated Hi to fellow lefties! I'm still trying to find the ideal bass for me, and so far this site has been awesome for info, and friendly, helpful replies.

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