NBD -Eastwood

[Blue Stooge]

Beginning of the year, Eastwood came out with a limited edition of this bass, right-handed, in metallic red. Limited to 12 basses.
I contacted Mike in early April and asked about getting a lefty. He said if I paid for it up front he'd make me a lefty. I said ok but one more thing, I want metallic blue.

[Greg_L]

Cool, but it's strung like a righty.

So do you play it lefty with the upside down strings, or do you play a lefty right handed?

[Blue Stooge]

Like this:

[Greg_L]

Haha, cool man.

What about the nut? How does that work out? Did the builder know you were gonna string it up reversed?

[Blue Stooge]

Not the Eastwood. Some manufacturers will set it up my way, some don't.
I've got 30+ years swapping/cutting nuts.

[BRRanger]

Hey Blue Stooge...
I checked out your basses on your photobucket site...nice! I have a RH Rickenbacker 4005 bass also ('67), and a 4001 V63 (as I recall) and a circa '68 Hofner "Beatle Bass" though I can't really play much on them. Heck, it's all I can do to play guitar! I noticed the moniker "Eggheads" on the drum kit...what all do you guys play?
Scott

[Blue Stooge]

That's great, I've got a few Rics, I'd probably have more but lefties are hard to come by. One is a rare 4001CS, it was limited to 1000 basses, of which only 3 were lefty.
The Eggmen do Sixties tunes, mostly British Invasion stuff. We're in our 23rd year. We've won Best Cover Band at The Austin Music Awards 11 years.
Here's a little clip from one of our orchestra shows.
http://youtu.be/v6g65SvpxRc?list=UUA4Mb ... SMfpqLeENw

[stl80]

Good stuff.
Jim

[BRRanger]

The Eastwood site now lists a side jack bass-lefty in metallic blue.
Scott

[Blue Stooge]

Yep, that's a pic of mine.