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I am a 39 years old bass player from the Netherlands and I also belong to the
exclusive club of left hand players.
I first bought a right hand bass as left handed bases were hard to get and I wanted
to try it. This was 22 years ago. It was cheap and bad, even worse. I still own it
and the only way to get rid of it is to throw it away but then some sentiment comes
around.
My second bas (first lefty) was a beautifull Ibanez roadstar II Sunburst, I still
have a bad feeling of selling this one. Unfortunately everybody makes mistakes in their
lives.
The second lefy I owned was a Soundgear (by Ilbanez) SR 800 in the beautifull (shit)
colour black. It sounded okay but used to a wider neck of the Roadstar this neck was
way too slim for me, not really a succes.
But where to find another bass. I wanted to start playing 5 string but this quest
was even more difficult in Holland. A lot of music shops, okay but with only one or
two lefties and 5 string, don’t even think of that.... . Remind this was the age
before internet (sort of stoneage as I see it now) Three cheers for the inventers of
internet.
After a search of several years I finally found a Pedulla Series II 5 string blue
coloured (Hmmmm) with Bertolini soapbars, This is awesome !!!
Some years later, to be more precise last year I’ve got the nerves again, I
wanted something else so I started looking around through the internet and i’ve
found something I always wanted to own. A Warwick bass and I am proud to own a 2002
Neck Thru Thumb bass 5 string. Man, this thing is heavy but the pain in the back dissapears
as soon as you hear the sound. THE GROWLL !!!
My first amp with the Ilbanez lefties was a Peavey TNT 130. Later I’d found
an Dynacord BS412, the legendary bassamp. Since then I started to cut my hear short
as it was always in my eyes as soon a I started playing, damn this thing was loud.
Getting older and playing 5 string for some times and owning a Warwick (and a Pedulla)
I wanted to complete my young boys dream so I’d bought a (pre Gibson) Trace Elliot
stack. An AH500X amplifier with a 1 x 15• cabinet and 2 x 10• + tweeter cabinet.
I don’t know if I’m can say this but since then I found it very hard to
play with a hard-on. This is heaven.
I’ve played in a band in Delft for 15 years. Due to a tragic accident our guitar
player died, unfortunately the band fell apart and now I’m starting up another
band playing covers the Hardrock / Metal songs we grew up with end 70’s beginning
80’s.
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