Which bass do you most wish would be offered lefty?

andrew · **Posted:** March 24th, 2008, 10:24 am

Other than the control plate issue how much did building a '54 P/Tele bass cost Peter?

Seems like there's a demand for such a bass among lefties. It and the T-Bird are the two basses mentioned most as wishing a lefty version existed.

Rodent · **Posted:** March 24th, 2008, 4:14 pm

I saw this image in a discussion board ... could it be a real '51P lefty, or is it simply a mirror image?

nice bass either way

all the best,

R

mcnaughty · **Posted:** April 3rd, 2008, 6:13 am

I wish Gibson had made the "Grabber" for leftys.... ah well.

pjmuck · **Posted:** April 3rd, 2008, 7:30 pm

andrew wrote:

Other than the control plate issue how much did building a '54 P/Tele bass cost Peter?

Seems like there's a demand for such a bass among lefties. It and the T-Bird are the two basses mentioned most as wishing a lefty version existed.

Totally missed this post until now.

This is going back a few years ago, but I tallied up the charges to be under $900.

pjmuck · **Posted:** April 3rd, 2008, 7:35 pm

mcnaughty wrote:

I wish Gibson had made the "Grabber" for leftys.... ah well.

Actually, I wish they made the Ripper or the G3.

andrew · **Posted:** April 3rd, 2008, 10:01 pm

A Ripper would be my first choice but I like the sound of all three.

Basshappi · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 2:28 pm **Posts:** 965

pjmuck wrote:

mcnaughty wrote:

I wish Gibson had made the "Grabber" for leftys.... ah well.

Actually, I wish they made the Ripper or the G3.

Yes to all three!

I wish they had offered the RD Artist lefty.

I had one, it was my first quality bass. The tone was amazing. Heavy, heavy bass though,all maple and ebony, mine weighed almost 14lbs!

I traded it for my first true lefthanded bass, my '75 Precision.

Vandelay · **Joined:** March 19th, 2008, 11:39 am **Posts:** 9

I wish Sadowsky made its Metro line for lefties, because then I'd have a better shot at being able to afford one.

odysseios · **Joined:** April 7th, 2008, 1:54 pm **Posts:** 13

I wish a Telecaster II bass (or reissue), but i'd like to own also an American Vintage (57 and/or 62) or simply a Classic 50 mex.

Basshappi · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 2:28 pm **Posts:** 965

Agree about the SCPB and 70's Tele basses I've always loved them and was disappointed when the Squire model wasn't offered lefty.

I think that a 70's Tele style using a Darkstar pup would be tremendously cool! 8-)

Zimmy · **Joined:** April 14th, 2008, 1:10 pm **Posts:** 6

Gibson RD. I'd kill for one.

I'd also kill for a white one, eventhough this isn't the RD you get the point.

Lefty ATK's are impossible to come by (wouldn't necessarily kill for one) , part from the butt ugly slipknot version.

MysticBoo · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 2:36 pm

No need for a lefty ATK - that's what a Stingray is for. :mrgreen:

andrew · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 3:11 pm

Zimmy, have you seen the First Act Delgada bass that looks pretty RD-ish? They will do a lefty version of it.

http://www.firstact.com/Products/Limite ... _bass.aspx

Also, talk to Rod (Rodent) here in the Blueprinting+Bondo forum, he could probably put together a pretty sweet RD-ish style bass for you.

pjmuck · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 11:12 pm

Wow! That First Act Delgada looks great. Never seen that before. What a weird company they are. I though they only made cheapo toys and instruments for starters (I always see their stuff at Toys R Us).

Andrew, where'd you hear that they're making lefties? And how much are they?

Zimmy · **Joined:** April 14th, 2008, 1:10 pm **Posts:** 6

I want a Delgada now..

but I've filled up my bass quota, for the time being.
Thanks for the info.

andrew · **Posted:** April 15th, 2008, 7:50 am

pjmuck wrote:

Andrew, where'd you hear that they're making lefties? And how much are they?

Hey Peter, I spoke to them directly and they said they'd make a lefty Delgada. They aren't cheap though, their pricing is all mid level cost range. the bass was $1500-ish in price, after the $200 upcharge for being lefty (booo!), so not terrible.

Scroll through their gallery, they have a few different bass designs not shown in their regular line.

ED2STRINGS · **Joined:** April 18th, 2008, 8:36 am **Posts:** 17

I too would love a lefty Thunderbird, I've even chased after the Tokai version of it but to no avail. One day maybe it'll happen.

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