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tallboybass
 Post subject: What is the earliest lefty bass made?
PostPosted: March 21st, 2009, 12:52 pm 
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I was thinkin', did Leo make any lefties in the early 50's? When did he start?

I want a '56 P cuz that's the year I was born....willing to sell my house. (:

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 Post subject: Re: What is the earliest lefty bass made?
PostPosted: March 21st, 2009, 7:36 pm 
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You might have to sell your house to get something like that.

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 Post subject: Re: What is the earliest lefty bass made?
PostPosted: March 22nd, 2009, 1:05 am 
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That's it!!! How much?
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AzWhoFan
 Post subject: Re: What is the earliest lefty bass made?
PostPosted: March 22nd, 2009, 10:12 am 
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tallboybass wrote:
That's it!!! How much?

Not as much as Macca's 58 Les Paul ...
For some reason I never understood basses don't sell for as much as guitars...
I'll bet it would fetch between 50 and 75K
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Yail Bloor
 Post subject: Re: What is the earliest lefty bass made?
PostPosted: March 25th, 2009, 5:02 pm 
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Not a bass, but did anybody see the (I'm reciting this from memory so bear with me) 1962 Lefty Strat that someone had on Antiques Roadshow a couple of weeks ago?

I think they said it was worth around $48K. Dern.

Edit: quick google search confirms my memory was correct:

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pjmuck
 Post subject: Re: What is the earliest lefty bass made?
PostPosted: March 26th, 2009, 11:05 am 
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The earliest lefty bass I've seen was a 1938 German upright (I forget what brand) that was supposedly not a righty conversion.
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tallboybass
 Post subject: Re: What is the earliest lefty bass made?
PostPosted: March 26th, 2009, 8:33 pm 
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pjmuck wrote:
The earliest lefty bass I've seen was a 1938 German upright (I forget what brand) that was supposedly not a righty conversion.
I shoulda said 'bass guitar'. Really interested in the earliest lefty Precision....not that the '38 upright isn't interesting though.
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 Post subject: Re: What is the earliest lefty bass made?
PostPosted: April 22nd, 2009, 10:40 am 
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wow, the earliest lefty that i have seen is a 1964 Fender Precision which is on ebay right now... i would sell my soul for something like that :twisted: just kidding lol
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PostPosted: April 22nd, 2009, 11:47 am 
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I saw a '59 Precision on ebay a few years ago.

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PostPosted: April 22nd, 2009, 2:12 pm 
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danomite64 wrote:
I saw a '59 Precision on ebay a few years ago.


Yep, I remember that one. Norm's Guitars was selling it and asking $6000 at the time. It was a sunburst with a slab board neck.
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