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Concerning myself! Or maybe not?

Dear friends!

For the past 10 years I buy now left handed basses on the Internet. So far no problems.

But what I have been experiencing for a few months has disappointed me and makes me angry!

Either the proceedings for a bass stop for no recognizable reason and the seller is no longer reachable via email, or even more frustrating, they don´t want to ship the bass to Germany!

But the worst thing of all is that we will agree on trade, I send the money and nothing happens! Before I will make a report I want to ask you for help!

This bass has been offered to me from Italy:


Yamaha TRB 5 II L

Here is my question to you:

Was this bass sold back in times to Italy? If yes, to whom?

The seller used advantage of the following email address: Lele <musicbyfriend@aol.it>

Email: ArniBi@gmx.net

What´s your experiences with those deals? Please let me know and use this forum: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Arni/forum/726741/

Arni

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I´m sorry to tell you

Wayman Tisdale

passed away

on May, 15th 2009 after a long battle with cancer.

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I met Jimmy Haslip and the Jellowjackets on May 24th 2009.

He was a friend of Wayman Tisdale for a long time.

A report of this meeting will follow soon!

Börjes!

Wellknown basses from Germany!

I met luthier Ralf Börjes in May 2009. A report will follow soon!

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May 2009

It´s me again!

This is the second update for this month! The reason for it are the informations I got past few days:

1. Philippe Ciron / France and Christian Hirschauer / Germany have joind our website with detail informations! Thank´s! Check it out!

2. Now it´s there! An informative website for "Vester" guitars and basses: http://vesterfansite.nl/! Gerrit needs support of all "Vester" owners, so please get in touch with him!

3. CMS is working hart for the 1. Lefty Bass Day! The first results will go online very soon! Be curious!

4. I met a wonderful bassplayer and good friend! Nick Douglas, bassist (Doro Pesch) and a lefty of course!

Nick Douglas and Doro Pesch

Enjoy it and have a great time!

Arni

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May 2009
The preparations for the „1st Lefty Bass Day“ on 19th Sep 2009 in the Musikhaus „CMS“ in Duisburg are well on their way and are taking shape. On 1st May there were for further talks about the event with Jürgen Weidner in Duisburg. You will report about the developments in the “Forum•. Here are my impressions.


First of all I would like to welcome new registered lefthand-bassplayers with you:

Turlough Moore / Ireland

Frederick Peeters / Belgium

Adolf-Cristian Vegh / Romania

Adrian Biggs / England

Carlo Lambertini / Spain

Josef Trestl / Germany

Vesa Makkonen / Finland

Anthony "T-Bone" McEwan / USA

Hamish Edward Gordon / Scotland

These websites got an update:

Philipp Natterer / Germany

Almir Neri / Brazil

Ingi Ingason /Iceland

Thank you all very much!

As I learned at my visit to „Schwalbe Bass“, there are still lefthand-bassplayers, that haven’t contacted me yet

Dear Colleques, contact me, please! We can only reach our aims, when we stand together strong. That’s why we need your support.

CMS-Guitars present the Dead Butler 4-String lefty (5 strings are available as well)



Schwalbe Bass / Germany


On 19th April 2009 I went to Herford, to meet the luthier Wolfgang Schwabe due to the opening of his new workshop. You will find a report on the opening in “
Meetings• or directly here.


The companies
Regenerate Guitar Works (USA),

Tino Tedesco (Switzerland)

and Gaskell Guitars (Australia)

contacted me to let me knoow, that they also build handmade lefthand-bassguitars without extra charge. I visit to their websites is well worth while.

That´s for now. Stay in touch,
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

April 2009

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March 2009
Dear friends,
if somebody would've asked me a year ago, what kind of highlights there would be for lefthandbassplayers in 2009, I would've told them the following with pride:
"Arnis Lefthand Bassplayer Community" is celebrating it's 10th anniversary.
But I would never have dreamt, that things would develop like they have in this jubilee year.

What happened:

1. Due to generous donations the Jubilee-celebrations can take place in style and the chances for the contestants on a winning have multiplyd.


Win a lefty bass guitar and other wonderful things!

2. Stefan Fulde, Chief Editor of "Bass Quarterly", has given me the opportunity, to publish an article about lefthandbassplayer in every issue.

3. The Musicshop "CMS" in Duisburg will host the probably first LeftyBassDay ever in cooperation with "Arnis Lefthand Bassplayer Community"




You see: 2009 is our year!


That our website is still receiving support and recognition even after years of existance is made clear by the following new members of your community:


Leander Grooten / Netherlands

Tobi Wettstein / Germany

Ingi Ingason /Iceland

Alexander Degraf / Germany

Raimond Ulrich / Germany

Denis Kolmer / France

Michel Gilles / Belgium

Sylvain Bolduc / Canada

Lennard Franken / Netherlands

Following website got an update: Paul Simpson / England and Alexander Rass / Germany


I would like to thank you all very much!



Mike Bub from New York City let me know, that the company ESP, is launging the first lefthand-bass-modell (F-104).


On the 02nd April 2009 I will be visiting the "Frankfurter Musikmesse" (Music Exibition in Frankfurt) and I will be keeping a look out for all kinds of new developments. I will report later.

Till then: Take care!
Arni

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