The biggest problem for lefties that you didn't point out is that we can almost never try out the nice high-end basses we want in their lefty versions. They're almost always special order, AND final sale, so you have to commit before you even hear what they sound and feel like.
Fender should do a special limited run each year of lefty basses in colours that are not usually available. I'm sure they could afford to do that and those basses would definitely sell straight away
Thank you Johnny for this video. Being left handed, the first bass I bought 30 years ago was … right handed Fender Precision special for obvious reasons. But for the life of it my right hand was unable to stay in rhythm… This said I know play left handed and have 4 basses: - Chevy P (modified to PJ fretless - Rickenbacker 4003 - Bachmusic 51 P bass - Sterling Ray 34
As a left handed bass player myself I take my hat off for you my friend. This video will help a lot of beginner lefties. Thank you so much for this video, I'll be murdering the like button and commenting for the algorithm as always. Cheers!
Thanks for the video from us lefties! After years of being a bass player and lot of struggles on finding instruments i have come to buy only second hands models,i own an Ibanez Musician,a Tokai Jazz bass,a Bacchus Jazz bass,and even a Yamaha BB1100S,but my preference goes to a brand that stopped in the early 2000! I own four Bass Collection SB series build by SGC Nanyo in Japan and they are awesome and affordable! Fell in love with the brand in 1995 when i bought my first one i still have today!
Thank you for the video. As a leftie bass player it can get pretty depressing shopping for an instrument. I already knew about Sire but now i know where to look for more option. Thx again
Thanks for the left handed love Jonny, we don't get a lot of it from our righty friends usually ;-) And as a lefty player that has looked over this kinda thing for years I think you've made a very accurate list of the current market. Ibanez use to be pretty kind to us lefties but they've scaled right back on their offerings, and Sire have undoubtedly the biggest range currently. I have a Fender Player P-Bass that I love, but I need a jazz in my collection and am strongly leaning towards the Sire's for this.
I'm so sorry Johnny. This is Walter mills. I have a Marcus Miller sire P10 4-string Bass. It is all that it's beautiful I love it unbelievable. I wanted to share that with you. Please take care of yourself be safe. Sincerely Walter the left-handed bloke. PS sorry for the short book.
I’m naturally ambidextrous and it comes in very handy. Growing up I had half left handed people around me and half right handed. So when I learn stuff I’ve always followed what someone is doing so from a young age I’ve always learned things both ways. Fast forward to starting guitar I knew and fully intended on playing both ways. Started out on the right handed guitar and a month into playing I strung an extra acoustic I had left handed. Now I have half lefties and half righties and I’ve been playing for off and on 12 years. Testing guitars and basses being ambidextrous comes in so handy. Because you can get an idea of what the guitar will feel and sound like regardless of which configuration you’re shopping for. Often times when I’m shopping for a lefty if I see one I like I’ll try out the right handed counterpart at a guitar store
Thanks for that Jonny! Currently rocking a beloved Ibanez SR but the itch to expand the collection is real! Although there aren't many colour or model options (as usual for us lefties), the SR series is delicious to play. Buttery neck that is superfast and comfortable to play, sleek design and well-built body... Danelectro and Airline (Eastwood) also have left handed basses btw!
You might well enjoy the Schecter SLS Elite and Evil Twin basses, those have really fast necks to get around on. They are some of the most expensive in their "Diamond Series" however, but worth it.
Thanks so much for the lefty love. I often have to walk into a music store and flip basses over to play them. I’ve gotten a lot of looks and questions for playing a bass with the strings reversed. One other brand to consider is Kiesel/Carvin. They are custom order direct to consumer. The options you can choose are endless. They do not charge extra for the lefty option either. But like sandberg an affordable one is around 1200-1400USD.
Thanks for the video mate good to see someone remembered we are out there also! There probably are a couple of issues in actually purchasing some of these though, so whilst they are available technically - you’ll be hard pressed to try one, not be charged more or not have a long wait time for the instrument. One genuine thing that irritates me, is the offering of black/white/Sunburst basses in every range. Occasionally you find an interesting colour, but typically you’re limited to these options - even if the full range has amazing colours, for some reason they don’t paint lefties that way. There are bigger problems in the world sure, but it’s a real shame to see some companies shrinking what they do offer as we move forward.
More thanks from another lefty here. Really good video. A lot of thought and research clearly went into this video. I think my two favourites would be Schecter and Sire. Simply because of the vast choice for us lefties.
You did a edit mistake. You were scrolling on the Schecter webside while still talking about ESP and then talk about Schecter and show the Schecter webside again.☝🏾🤓🤔😉 Beside's that I really liked the video.👏🏾 Great to see you give the lefty's some love.😀🙏🏾😄 Love your chanel.🙏🏾😁
Funny how when the bass is played in the “left handed direction” it’s called a “lefty”. I write, throw a ball with my right, and so I’m labeled a “righty”. Hmmmm. So why do I play in the “left handed direction”? Because my right hand is stronger… and when I do Barr chords on a guitar, I can hold them for much longer than when I try to play guitar in the “right handed direction”. Sure, it did take some time to train my left hand to pick as fast as my right hand can go (still working on it). But I’m getting dare! Great Video Jonny! And yes Sandberg’s are expensive… and ugh I did have to wait a year (to the day I ordered it) to get it, but I love my TM-4! Oh and I just found out that Fender is coming out with a “left handed” active version of their Player Plus Precision bass. There might be some hope yet for us “lefty’s?” LOL
Greetings from Montréal, Québec, Canada !!! I have loved this video for I AM A LEFTY, and shall take a look at all the brand names you have mentionned just to see IF I could find something interresting !!! Thaks again, mate !!! Cheers !!!
The biggest problem for left handers is right handers. We left handers are well aware and accept easily that the world is both handed. Not so with right handers only. They are oblivious that we even exist and are surprised when we show up with our left handed instrument and get very confused when pairing up with us. Let’s face if folks… left handers are more unique and visually creative and right handers are plodders. I’ve made millions hiring left handers to create and right handers to assemble. There are millions of them.
I am left handed, but thanks god when I first picked up a bass I didnt have a clue that lefty guitars are a thing :D its a shame that there are very few option, but I get due to size of the market...
Thank you SO MUCH for mentioning colour range. So many manufacturers have all these wacky and wild colour choices for their instruments ... and then their left-handed models seem to only ever be sunburst brown. Why is it always sunburst brown? I don't want to play a brown bass.
Being a long time lefty, you are pretty close. I find fender the most disappointing. I even called them and begged them to do an American p bass for me in Miami blue. They told me to get bent. And I already own like 6 basses from them, including my 78 p. I now own 2 shelters and 2 sire basses.
KNEW ESP and Schecter would be firmly locked into the Top 3 part of your list! Those two companies could seriously teach Gibson, Yamaha, and especially Fender a few things about how to effectively keep the southpaw community in the loop. Really ticked at Fender for pretty much dismissing their entire LH customer base in recent years, which is why I'll never EVER give them the time of day for as long as they remain in business🖕. Same goes for Gibson, though they get somewhat of a pass for having the unexpected "foresight" to make a good deal of their RH guitars/basses double-cutaways so lefties can adapt a bit more quickly on them (only valid reason why I just might hold on to my recently-inherited 1974 EB-3L soon as I get it fully upgraded with high-end components). Other brands that should've been on that list are G&L (the REAL Fender brand these days, least they don't dwell incessantly on past glory compared to their now completely out-of-touch big-name predecessor 😉) and the small yet intriguing LA-based AIO (All In One), which has a surprisingly diverse and affordable array of 4, 5, 6, even 7-string basses along with fretless options that can even give the likes of Warwick a legit run for their money.
Fender doesn't offer left handed short scale basses - No Mustangs - No Jaguars .... I sent them an email questioning this issue and received a long response explaining that Fender is in business to make money and they don't see demand for left handed short scale so perhaps you would like to custom order one from our chosen venders near your home .. Gibson no longer makes the short scale SG ....Life is tough for lefties
Cheers Jonny. As a lefty player the range is really poor. Not only is the choice lacking, but the cost is always more expensive. My top three at Sire, Schecter & Ibanez (the old SR500L was a beauty!).
I will say that the Hofner Club is very similar to the Violin Bass (which I own), they have almost the same tone and overall sound, and the same scale length as well
People don’t understand the struggle of being a lefty guitarist, it might take someone idk like a month max to find there guitar or bass and order it, for me it took 6 months to find on top of a 1 month shipping overseas from the Netherlands
@@MrCalifornia0 I had it delivered from the Netherlands to the west coast of the US , I honestly don’t know because it was a gift but my guess would be probably in the 50-120 range but I could be off
I think every year their should be like a NAMM kinda thing but for lefties only lefty every instrument. Basses, guitars, violins, drums, trombones and other brass instruments and band instruments. To bad it will never happen because there like 12 left handed musicians and we are all broke lmao
Normal budget bass: 200€. Same budget bass but left handed: 350€. The shop's reasoning was "it only comes if ordered, but if we order it you HAVE to buy it, because no return". (Stupid reason but still annoying, no colors choice, even if the normal right handed version has 45000 different colors available)
Another great video Officer Dibble, you really are the 'Top Cat' 😉😉 Having been left handed for almost 45 years, I can honestly say, I've never played a left handed guitar or bass. I'm not sure I could even play one that way 🤔 However, I always play drums set up left handed 🤷🏼♂️
@@JonnyDibble Indeed! I apparently have many talents. Sometimes, when I talk, I've been told I'm talking out my arrr... Anyway, moving on... You have a good day Squire, I'm going bass shopping 😉
Loved the Vid. I think Fender are a bit up their own arse to be honest. They have a few lefties but won't do a 5 string unless you custom order one and then they'll charge you an absolute fortune for it.
The biggest problem for lefties that you didn't point out is that we can almost never try out the nice high-end basses we want in their lefty versions. They're almost always special order, AND final sale, so you have to commit before you even hear what they sound and feel like.
That's so true.
High end? It's hard enough to find low end.
@@cccorlew High end.
Fender should do a special limited run each year of lefty basses in colours that are not usually available. I'm sure they could afford to do that and those basses would definitely sell straight away
I would definitely buy, so little options
You're hanging out for buttercream, aren't you :D
Candy Apple Red and Seafoam Green
I’ve not clue why I just watched a 10 minute video on lefties. But I did and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Must be the very funny and watchable host!
😆😆 we learnt a lot along the way! Thanks Paul xx
Thank you Johnny for this video.
Being left handed, the first bass I bought 30 years ago was … right handed Fender Precision special for obvious reasons. But for the life of it my right hand was unable to stay in rhythm…
This said I know play left handed and have 4 basses:
- Chevy P (modified to PJ fretless
- Rickenbacker 4003
- Bachmusic 51 P bass
- Sterling Ray 34
As a left handed bass player myself I take my hat off for you my friend. This video will help a lot of beginner lefties. Thank you so much for this video, I'll be murdering the like button and commenting for the algorithm as always.
Cheers!
If it helps one person, it was worth making 😄 Joe, you're a legend around these parts. Thanks pal
Thanks for the video from us lefties! After years of being a bass player and lot of struggles on finding instruments i have come to buy only second hands models,i own an Ibanez Musician,a Tokai Jazz bass,a Bacchus Jazz bass,and even a Yamaha BB1100S,but my preference goes to a brand that stopped in the early 2000! I own four Bass Collection SB series build by SGC Nanyo in Japan and they are awesome and affordable! Fell in love with the brand in 1995 when i bought my first one i still have today!
Oh man that sounds awesome! Going to be looking those up now 😁
This was so helpful because I am a left handed bass player thank you
I'm glad it could help!
Thank you for the video. As a leftie bass player it can get pretty depressing shopping for an instrument. I already knew about Sire but now i know where to look for more option. Thx again
You're welcome! 😄
Thanks for the left handed love Jonny, we don't get a lot of it from our righty friends usually ;-) And as a lefty player that has looked over this kinda thing for years I think you've made a very accurate list of the current market. Ibanez use to be pretty kind to us lefties but they've scaled right back on their offerings, and Sire have undoubtedly the biggest range currently. I have a Fender Player P-Bass that I love, but I need a jazz in my collection and am strongly leaning towards the Sire's for this.
You are very welcome! I get it from a business perspective, but it does suck for lefties that there's such limited choice 🥲 Thanks for tuning in 😄
Ye I have a austin P bass and I love it but I wanna get something like a stingray but teh only one they make is a disgustingly ugly sunburst dealy -.-
I'm so sorry Johnny. This is Walter mills. I have a Marcus Miller sire P10 4-string Bass. It is all that it's beautiful I love it unbelievable. I wanted to share that with you.
Please take care of yourself be safe. Sincerely Walter the left-handed bloke. PS sorry for the short book.
I’m naturally ambidextrous and it comes in very handy. Growing up I had half left handed people around me and half right handed. So when I learn stuff I’ve always followed what someone is doing so from a young age I’ve always learned things both ways. Fast forward to starting guitar I knew and fully intended on playing both ways. Started out on the right handed guitar and a month into playing I strung an extra acoustic I had left handed. Now I have half lefties and half righties and I’ve been playing for off and on 12 years.
Testing guitars and basses being ambidextrous comes in so handy. Because you can get an idea of what the guitar will feel and sound like regardless of which configuration you’re shopping for. Often times when I’m shopping for a lefty if I see one I like I’ll try out the right handed counterpart at a guitar store
Thanks for that Jonny! Currently rocking a beloved Ibanez SR but the itch to expand the collection is real! Although there aren't many colour or model options (as usual for us lefties), the SR series is delicious to play. Buttery neck that is superfast and comfortable to play, sleek design and well-built body...
Danelectro and Airline (Eastwood) also have left handed basses btw!
You're welcome! Yeah Ivanez necks are super nice and fast 😍
You might well enjoy the Schecter SLS Elite and Evil Twin basses, those have really fast necks to get around on. They are some of the most expensive in their "Diamond Series" however, but worth it.
Thanks so much for the lefty love. I often have to walk into a music store and flip basses over to play them. I’ve gotten a lot of looks and questions for playing a bass with the strings reversed. One other brand to consider is Kiesel/Carvin. They are custom order direct to consumer. The options you can choose are endless. They do not charge extra for the lefty option either. But like sandberg an affordable one is around 1200-1400USD.
Sire really has been a blessing for lefties.
20 years ago, I would put Carvin and the custom shop at the top. Everything they had was available left handed with no additional cost.
I really appreciate this video, thank you for making this. Ive been playing a righty fender j-bass upside down. This is really going to help me.
Thanks for the video mate good to see someone remembered we are out there also! There probably are a couple of issues in actually purchasing some of these though, so whilst they are available technically - you’ll be hard pressed to try one, not be charged more or not have a long wait time for the instrument.
One genuine thing that irritates me, is the offering of black/white/Sunburst basses in every range. Occasionally you find an interesting colour, but typically you’re limited to these options - even if the full range has amazing colours, for some reason they don’t paint lefties that way.
There are bigger problems in the world sure, but it’s a real shame to see some companies
shrinking what they do offer as we move forward.
Must be SO annoying. I feel for you 😪 Thanks for tuning in!
More thanks from another lefty here. Really good video. A lot of thought and research clearly went into this video. I think my two favourites would be Schecter and Sire. Simply because of the vast choice for us lefties.
LOL good luck trying to get any left handed basses in Canada an US right now and in 100% agreement on Sire I have a M7 and totally love it
Lacking availability SUCKS. Such crisp sounding basses!
You did a edit mistake. You were scrolling on the Schecter webside while still talking about ESP and then talk about Schecter and show the Schecter webside again.☝🏾🤓🤔😉
Beside's that I really liked the video.👏🏾 Great to see you give the lefty's some love.😀🙏🏾😄
Love your chanel.🙏🏾😁
Whoopsie! It's been a busy week 😭 Thank-you mate
Funny how when the bass is played in the “left handed direction” it’s called a “lefty”. I write, throw a ball with my right, and so I’m labeled a “righty”. Hmmmm. So why do I play in the “left handed direction”? Because my right hand is stronger… and when I do Barr chords on a guitar, I can hold them for much longer than when I try to play guitar in the “right handed direction”. Sure, it did take some time to train my left hand to pick as fast as my right hand can go (still working on it). But I’m getting dare!
Great Video Jonny! And yes Sandberg’s are expensive… and ugh I did have to wait a year (to the day I ordered it) to get it, but I love my TM-4! Oh and I just found out that Fender is coming out with a “left handed” active version of their Player Plus Precision bass. There might be some hope yet for us “lefty’s?” LOL
Thanks for giving us lefties some love! Wondering if you knew about or considered Eastwood, they offer quite a few lefty models?
Greetings from Montréal, Québec, Canada !!! I have loved this video for I AM A LEFTY, and shall take a look at all the brand names you have mentionned just to see IF I could find something interresting !!! Thaks again, mate !!! Cheers !!!
Thank you Jonny for the lefty love. I’m anxiously waiting for the Sire D5 to hit the market.
No worries Ken! Me too. I have one on order 😍
The biggest problem for left handers is right handers. We left handers are well aware and accept easily that the world is both handed. Not so with right handers only. They are oblivious that we even exist and are surprised when we show up with our left handed instrument and get very confused when pairing up with us. Let’s face if folks… left handers are more unique and visually creative and right handers are plodders. I’ve made millions hiring left handers to create and right handers to assemble. There are millions of them.
I am left handed, but thanks god when I first picked up a bass I didnt have a clue that lefty guitars are a thing :D its a shame that there are very few option, but I get due to size of the market...
I take my hat off to you!
Thank you SO MUCH for mentioning colour range. So many manufacturers have all these wacky and wild colour choices for their instruments ... and then their left-handed models seem to only ever be sunburst brown. Why is it always sunburst brown? I don't want to play a brown bass.
Finally someone made a video for left handed players! Jaja I do have a ibanez 200 bass but wanna upgrade by time soon.
I'm looking for a lefty short scale in natural wood. P-bass style prefered. Is there such an animal? I can't find one.
Music Man/Ernie Ball make lefties they just cost a small fortune and good luck finding one now due to supply chain issues.
Being a long time lefty, you are pretty close. I find fender the most disappointing. I even called them and begged them to do an American p bass for me in Miami blue. They told me to get bent. And I already own like 6 basses from them, including my 78 p. I now own 2 shelters and 2 sire basses.
Considering their pedigree, It's such a shame that they don't cater more for the left handed market!
KNEW ESP and Schecter would be firmly locked into the Top 3 part of your list! Those two companies could seriously teach Gibson, Yamaha, and especially Fender a few things about how to effectively keep the southpaw community in the loop. Really ticked at Fender for pretty much dismissing their entire LH customer base in recent years, which is why I'll never EVER give them the time of day for as long as they remain in business🖕. Same goes for Gibson, though they get somewhat of a pass for having the unexpected "foresight" to make a good deal of their RH guitars/basses double-cutaways so lefties can adapt a bit more quickly on them (only valid reason why I just might hold on to my recently-inherited 1974 EB-3L soon as I get it fully upgraded with high-end components).
Other brands that should've been on that list are G&L (the REAL Fender brand these days, least they don't dwell incessantly on past glory compared to their now completely out-of-touch big-name predecessor 😉) and the small yet intriguing LA-based AIO (All In One), which has a surprisingly diverse and affordable array of 4, 5, 6, even 7-string basses along with fretless options that can even give the likes of Warwick a legit run for their money.
Thanks for the video and the love to the lefties out there!
You're most welcome 😄
Fender doesn't offer left handed short scale basses - No Mustangs - No Jaguars .... I sent them an email questioning this issue and received a long response explaining that Fender is in business to make money and they don't see demand for left handed short scale so perhaps you would like to custom order one from our chosen venders near your home .. Gibson no longer makes the short scale SG ....Life is tough for lefties
Cheers Jonny. As a lefty player the range is really poor. Not only is the choice lacking, but the cost is always more expensive. My top three at Sire, Schecter & Ibanez (the old SR500L was a beauty!).
As the choice is limited, they know they can get away with charging more! And I guess the margins are lower from less mass production 😪 Awesome!
Am a leftie bassist and also have a stingray and Ibanez in left handed and took me ages to find! 😅
Great bass too! 🤩
Bringin’ the love for the lefties Jonny, good on ya! 👍🏻
Someone's got to! Haha thanks Dave
Thanks for doing this
I will say that the Hofner Club is very similar to the Violin Bass (which I own), they have almost the same tone and overall sound, and the same scale length as well
Always wanted a lefty b.c rich iron bird bass
Finally I can get my bernie sanders signature P bass... Oh wait
😆😅
Kind of surprised Yamaha was absent from this list.
Schecter, Yamaha, Sire
Fender offers a variety of colors: Red, Black and White.
I want to be a leftie now!
😆😆
People don’t understand the struggle of being a lefty guitarist, it might take someone idk like a month max to find there guitar or bass and order it, for me it took 6 months to find on top of a 1 month shipping overseas from the Netherlands
Hello,
Great Vid, but you miss something about Warwick. Every models of basses exist in LH versions for the same Price !
@Chungus What country did you have it delivered to? I am in the US and have wondering about what the shipping and customs cost would be from the UK
@@MrCalifornia0 I had it delivered from the Netherlands to the west coast of the US , I honestly don’t know because it was a gift but my guess would be probably in the 50-120 range but I could be off
I think every year their should be like a NAMM kinda thing but for lefties only lefty every instrument. Basses, guitars, violins, drums, trombones and other brass instruments and band instruments. To bad it will never happen because there like 12 left handed musicians and we are all broke lmao
How do I get one am left handed from Africa kenya
I was told to stay away from the gio series for ibanez
Normal budget bass: 200€.
Same budget bass but left handed: 350€.
The shop's reasoning was "it only comes if ordered, but if we order it you HAVE to buy it, because no return".
(Stupid reason but still annoying, no colors choice, even if the normal right handed version has 45000 different colors available)
My personal top🎩
🥇Yamaha TRB 1005L💎☝️👑
🥈Sire V7 Alder-5 LH 2nd Gen💣💥👌
🥉Steinberger Guitars Spirit XT-25 Standard Bass BKL🔥👍
Awesome! Yamaha never cease to impress 👌
Another great video Officer Dibble, you really are the 'Top Cat' 😉😉
Having been left handed for almost 45 years, I can honestly say, I've never played a left handed guitar or bass. I'm not sure I could even play one that way 🤔 However, I always play drums set up left handed 🤷🏼♂️
Ayyyyyy 😉 thank-you sir! That is very impressive. Antidextrous talents!
@@JonnyDibble Indeed! I apparently have many talents. Sometimes, when I talk, I've been told I'm talking out my arrr... Anyway, moving on... You have a good day Squire, I'm going bass shopping 😉
Left handed has always been difficult...it's all about risk=money...sadly?
Supply and demand and what not, sucks!
🥳🥳🥳
Party time! Thanks mate
Loved the Vid. I think Fender are a bit up their own arse to be honest. They have a few lefties but won't do a 5 string unless you custom order one and then they'll charge you an absolute fortune for it.
Thanks so much! Yeah they're in a weird place at the moment
Rickenbacker and Ernie Ball Music Man make lefty basses.