March 2008

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Dear lefties,
it´s time again to inform you about some news which reached me last weeks. Hope they will find your intrest.
But first I´m lucky to welcome lefty bassplayers from Europe and the USA.

Thanks to

Beppe Calmonte / Italy

Rusty Brigand / USA

Sebastien Van Poucke / France,

Derrick "Bigrick" Sharpe / USA

Roland Prüfer / Germany

Andreas Pohl / Germany

for your support.
Please check out the websites of

Dave Edwards / USA

Bart Bruno / USA

Sam Manise / Belgium

as well. This websites got an update.

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However, this website lives with your informations and so it´s a big thing to get the following news.

Bart Bruno: Lefty Fenders made in the USA

"I learned that Fender is making both left handed American Precision and Jazz basses for 2008. Needless to say, the only colors they offer is black and sunburst, and rosewood is the only option for fingerboard. They just don't get it! "

Lefty bassplayer from Finland at the "Eurovision Song Contest"

Jarkko "Jakke" Ahola!

Wonderful news from Ali Kulhia / Finland!

Hello!

Great news!

Finnish heavy-rock orchestra "Teräsbetoni" have won tonight Finland´s Eurovision song contest and will perform in Serbia Eurovision song contest. (Teräsbetoni= steel concrete). Bass player, lyricist, composer and lead singer Jarkko "Jakke" Ahola is from Viiala and I´ve played with him in our Via Crucis- performance a few years ago in our church.
He is a great rock singer "loud and high - and long, everlast heavy vibrato!"
Greetings

Ali Kulhia

(Thanks Ali! One reason more to watch the contest! Arni)

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Have you ever seen something like this? I don´t think so!

1960´lefty Fender Jazz Bass with "Stacked Knobs Pots (1960-1962)"

This will be the first lefty Fender Jazz Bass ever! Needless to say that such an offer will come never more!
This Ebay auction has reached a price of $ 29.000 It says more than words.

Details are comming soon

Forum

Because of technical problems I have to close the forum. I´m sorry about that! I try to find a alternative soon.

Rare Lefthand basses

The critic´s will say: "It´s a inconsistent with it self!" I know! Lefthanded basses are rare enough, but how would you discripe a rubric with lefty basses you can see nowhere else? Like this wonderful 1960 Fender Jazz Bass below?! I´m intresting in your feetback!

Your basses

This rubric is growing up very rapidly. I´m looking forward to see your bass there!

www.leftybass.com

This small website is online now for 9 years and it´s outfit hasn´t changed very often. Some had asked me for some changes or for a complete new outfit for it.

I´m sorry to tell you that I´m not a professional in music and webdesigning. I have a dayjob which costs me a lot of engagement, so I can´t spend more than 1 or 2 hours a day for our website. I hope of your comprehension and I promise you to find a way for a new face of www.leftybass.com next months. Okay?

That´s it for now. Stay in tune, have a good time and see you later!

Your lefty friend

Arni

www.leftybass.com ---------------------------- Arni`s Lefthand Bassplayer Community ---------------------------- News from the world of lefthanded bassplayers---------------------------- This website needs your support---------------------------- Email: ArniBi@gmx.net

13.01.2008

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Dear Lefties!

This year isn´t beginning so good for some of us!

I got a cry for help today from the Netherlands and I want to ask you for help!

This bass was stolen in the night from Thursday (Jan. 10, 2008) to Friday (Jan. 11, 2008) in the area of Massstricht /NL.

Stohlen!!!

discription:

-lefthand Fender Precision

-Made in Japan

-Sunburst

-build in 1970 and 1980

- with Case

Please keep your eyes open for this bass! If you have any information, please contact: Ann-Katrien or me!

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Past weeks I got some news to update the following websites:

Jari Jokirinne / Finland

Jules Meuffels /Netherlands

Alexander Rass / Germany

Please check them out.

I was asked for a lefty 5-string Fender Jazz Bass, but I didn´t know that. Now, a attentive user point me to this Fender Japan bass!

Fender Jazz Bass 5-string (Made in Japan)

Does anybody owned a lefthand Fender Jazz Bass 5-string?

A good start in 2008 for all the users of this website! Please let me know if there is something new or intresting for us lefties! I need your support!

Arni

www.leftybass.com ---------------------------- Arni`s Lefthand Bassplayer Community ---------------------------- News from the world of lefthanded bassplayers---------------------------- This website needs your support---------------------------- Email: ArniBi@gmx.net

Frohe Weihnachten

und

gutes neues

Jahr!!!!

Merry Christmas

and a

Happy New

Year!!!

Hello fellow lefties!

I wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2008!!!

For those of us who are looking for a Christmas gift for me (!!!), here is my modest wish:

A 1974´ Fender Jazz Bass for about 4400 $

This bass is a dream, a jewel, a "must-get-it-bass", offered in Australia these days. I would be grateful for more than the rest of my life!!!

Ok, I will stopp dreaming and getting awake. But truly, that´s a bass which let us get crasy. For this nice Jazz bass I have looked for money in all the corners of my apartment, tried to kill my piggy bank, beg my friends for money, tried to sell my dog, the cat and nude pictures of me!!! But no chance.

But I don´t give up!

But more importend like this nice 74 JB is to get your support! That´s the reason why I´m very happy to welcome

Manos Kondopoulos / Greece

Assaf Hkimi / USA

Hervé Jegousso / France

Philipp Natterer / Germany

Gérald Lopez / France.

And

Frederik Lubitz / Germany

Bart Bruno / USA and

Marc Hohl / Germany

have given us new informations for a update of their websites.

Thank you all!!!

If you are living around the New York City area, Jack Frisch (a lefty of course) can help you to keep your upright safe:

Upright Transport handles discrete and secure transport of individuals and their musical instruments and related equipment in and around New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C., since 1998.

Our services include one way or round trip pickup or delivery to and from private residences, recording studios, event venues and airports.

Unlike the typical "cartage" service, Upright Transport is a 100% custom service handling electric and acoustic musical instruments and equipment that require the upmost personal attention to secure care and handling including guitars, basses, effects and sound processors, amplifiers, drums, percussion, brass, woodwind instrument and more.

We are known in the Jazz industry for our specialized experience in handling acoustic upright basses of all sizes, ages and values in soft or hard shell cases.

Our clients are award winning international artists and businesses in all genres of the music industry such as Jazz, Classical and Rock and have included Marcus Miller, Hiram Bullock, Will Lee, George Mraz, Miroslav Vitous, Joe Sample, Kolstein's Bass Shop of Long Island, N.Y. and Shank Strings of Elizabethtown PA. to name a few.

In June of 2007, Upright Transport was proud to be chosen by Kolstein's Bass shop to handle the shipment of the late Scott Lafaro's acoustic bass, of a priceless piece of Jazz history, to a recording session where it was used for the first time since the bassist's tragic death following his infamous performances with Bill Evan's trio at the Village Vangard in 1961.

Upright Transport is owned and operated by Jack Frisch.

http://www.uprighttransport.com/

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I wish you all the best for 2008! Keep in touch!

I hope for intensive contact to you and intresting reports. I´m grateful for ideas and suggestions.

Peace on earth!

Arni

Nov, 2nd 2007

Please keep your eyes open for this bass!!!!

I got this email from Dave today:

My most recent acquisition, a Japanese made Fender Precision bass in Lake Placid Blue, was stolen from my mobile home in Reno, Nevada, on Oct. 25th. There is a police report. There was only one thing taken, this bass. That is strange, as there are a LOT of other basses, and luthier tools here that the thief could've easily taken.
The bass has had several things changed/upgraded. I installed Gotoh reverse wind tuners, an allthread bridge, thumbrest, Switchcraft jack, and American Fender 250k pots, and they are reversed- on is counterclockwise. I fabricated a mint green pickguard for it. I installed a full tin vintage style ground plate under that as well. I wrote something underneath in Sharpie marker, only I know what it says. It is proof of my ownership. If anyone has seen it, or is offered it to you for sale, please contact me... there is a reward, not that much, as I'm a working musician... I sold a bass to get this, the bass is valued at $1,000.00 U.S. dollars. Please look at the photos, of the pickguard fabrication, and the finished bass...

thanks,

Dave Edwards

If you have any informations to this bass, please let me know!

Arni

ArniBi@gmx.net

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October 2007

Hello to all Lefties,
the last weeks have been busy and stressful. Disappointments and positive experiences, positive negies and total exhaustion. That's why it tokk me more time to answer emails. Sorry for that. If i didn't answer all emails, please push me again. After mamaging alle tasks i grudged myself holidays at the Northsea. I'm sitting in a wonderful old fisher house with dike-view. The fireplace is blazing and i'm updating my side.

Meanwhile there have been lots of new contacts. I like to present you again Lefties sending me detailed information. please welcome with me:

Nigel Joiner / England

Gary Chedore / Canada

Mark Somers / Belgium

Peter Ivanov / Austria

Roberto Iacovacci (Rob'N'Roll) / Italy

Following sides have been updated

Ash Milligan / England

Julian Michel / Germany

Dear lefty bassplayers,

I would like to create a new lefty bassplayer project, as the CD´s we have made in 2000, 2002 and 2004. Something else, but I don´t know what!! If you have any ideas, please let me know and make us your suggestion at ArniBi@gmx.net

Don´t miss the first World Championship of Air Bass!!

If you are intrested in it, please check out

http://www.european-bassday.com

European BassDay 9 dec. 2007 in Viersen, Germany

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Hope to hear from you soon!

Arni

August 2007

It´s time for a new update and I hope you will find intresting informations. At first I´m very proud to welcome new lefties. They were so kind to send me theire profils.

Dan Crancu / Spain

David Petersson / Sweden

Tobias Le Compte / Belgium

Jari Jokirinne / Finland

Keith Mak / China

Alexander Rass / Germany

Doug Odell / USA

These websites are filled with new informations:

Peter Van der Linden / Niederlande

Dan Southard / USA

When I saw this (righthanded-) machinegun bass at first, I was a little bit shocked. Maybe you think different to that.

HK Coustom made AK-47

Reality or utopia?

The owner of this bass wishes to have for it. It´s a lefty Hofner Cavern bass from . I don´t know if someone payed this price, but guitars and basses from the early time of electric music will reach high prices. There are many colector from the USA or Japan who are intresting in this items. I´m often astonished about the great condition of all these 30 or 40 years old instruments.

ORIGINAL 1961 HOFNER LEFT HANDED "CAVERN" BASS

Ali Kulhia told me about a rockfestival in for lefthanded musicans and he got the order to ask me for a presentation of our website during this festivals. I´m sorry, but I´m on vacation that time ad mybe we will find a way next year: 11.8.2007 at Viiala, Akaa (Finland)
If I get some more informations about this event, I will let you know. So please, lefties from Finland, keep your eyes open!


Do you like nice lefty basses? I think you do!

Carlos Guzman pointed me to his website of lovely lefthanded basses he had collected during the years. Please check it out.

Hope to see you soon!

Arni

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