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Need left handed guitar recs
Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:22 am
Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:22 am
I'm a lefty. I've tried a right handed guitar and tried to learn upside down and failed misererably...I'm not hendrix. I want an electric acoustic under $500. Any help would be appreciated!
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Posted on 1/14/19 at 10:07 am to patnuh
You do know he re-strung the guitar for a lefty, right? You can do the same thing.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 11:48 am to PillPusher
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You do know he re-strung the guitar for a lefty, right? You can do the same thing.
You have to change the nut. It's not as easy as it seems
Posted on 1/14/19 at 11:49 am to Broke
Try Southpaw guitars in Houston...all leftys there.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 12:12 pm to Broke
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You have to change the nut. It's not as easy as it seems
And the bridge.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 12:25 pm to PillPusher
Yes it's not as easy as flipping the strings. I'm dumb but not stupid.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 12:34 pm to patnuh
No I was just seriously asking if you knew he didn’t play “upside down” as you were trying to learn. I don’t know what level guitar player you were and didn’t want to make it any harder on you than you were making it yourself.
Wasn’t trying to insult your level of intelligence.
Wasn’t trying to insult your level of intelligence.
This post was edited on 1/14/19 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 1/14/19 at 6:06 pm to PillPusher
Another vote for Southpaw's.
But I can help with that righty to lefty conversion should you need to go that way. Here's a LTD Viper that recently got a 180 layout overhaul ...
But I can help with that righty to lefty conversion should you need to go that way. Here's a LTD Viper that recently got a 180 layout overhaul ...
Posted on 1/15/19 at 12:38 pm to patnuh
I'm a lefty and got mine at a pawn shop. Got a good used speaker there, too. I've had it or many years.
For 500 you can get a pretty good one as opposed to buying new. Most major guitar centers only have like 1 or 2 lefties in house, so even though they are hard to find, you mind as well look at the pawn shops. You may get lucky. That's always fun.
I still remember the day. Didn't know how to play. Dude at the pawn shop demonstrated it for me and amused himself by saying, "Hey, look I'm playing upside down and backwards!" Must say, he was pretty good.
For 500 you can get a pretty good one as opposed to buying new. Most major guitar centers only have like 1 or 2 lefties in house, so even though they are hard to find, you mind as well look at the pawn shops. You may get lucky. That's always fun.
I still remember the day. Didn't know how to play. Dude at the pawn shop demonstrated it for me and amused himself by saying, "Hey, look I'm playing upside down and backwards!" Must say, he was pretty good.
This post was edited on 1/15/19 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 1/15/19 at 4:32 pm to TheFretShack
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eta: Hey FretShack, what's it take for an electric?
Just curious on acoustic it'd seem bridge. nut, and maybe a pick guard? Yep, me know nothing about non-acoustics. I can see a 'floyd rose bridge" (that correct) being a pain!
eta: Hey FretShack, what's it take for an electric?
Just curious on acoustic it'd seem bridge. nut, and maybe a pick guard? Yep, me know nothing about non-acoustics. I can see a 'floyd rose bridge" (that correct) being a pain!
This post was edited on 1/15/19 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 1/15/19 at 4:59 pm to awestruck
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I can see a 'floyd rose bridge" (that correct) being a pain!
Maybe not, provided you're willing to live with the trem arm being in the "wrong" place. You might only have to adjust the bridge saddles for the neck radius and re-intonate it. Fret Shack may know of some reason that it isn't that simple, however.
That said, if you don't like the whammy bar on the wrong side of the bridge plate, then you'd need to replace it with a lefty model. And that would be a fairly big deal.
This post was edited on 1/16/19 at 11:54 am
Posted on 1/15/19 at 6:00 pm to MountainTiger
Converting a righty to lefty ...
Nut: Sometimes you don't have to replace the nut, you can reslot the existing nut instead. But it depends on the headstock design and if there's enough downforce at the nut so that the plain strings don't rattle sideways in what used to be the wound strings' nut slots. In the guitar above's case, a nut replacement wasn't needed, just boring out the once-plain-string slots to take thicker, wound strings ...
Bridge: The traditional intonation pattern will be reversed for a lefty. Sometimes I have to manipulate saddles to make it work right. Look below, I had to flip the saddle for the low E string around in the bridge to get that itty bitty bit of extra backward movement. But if it works, it works.
The biggest hassle is control layout. Knobs, switches and trem bars that were positioned out of a righty's hand's way are now absolutely in the way. If you take the plastic knobs off the potentiometer posts, it makes them less prone to be knocked around by the player's hands. Then again, harder to turn works to your disadvantage too.
You typically can't drop a lefty trem into a righty body without cavity modification via a router or a high-speed rotary tool. AKA more $$$ for the conversion. My advice is if you can get used to the bar, just leave it. Heck, SRV put a left handed trem in his righty strat so he's be MORE like Hendrix in his technique. Look closely at Number One's bridge and where the bar screws in ...
You don't "need" a pickguard, or an extra one, or a moved one. It's cosmetic and your choice/taste. I vote no :)
Nut: Sometimes you don't have to replace the nut, you can reslot the existing nut instead. But it depends on the headstock design and if there's enough downforce at the nut so that the plain strings don't rattle sideways in what used to be the wound strings' nut slots. In the guitar above's case, a nut replacement wasn't needed, just boring out the once-plain-string slots to take thicker, wound strings ...
Bridge: The traditional intonation pattern will be reversed for a lefty. Sometimes I have to manipulate saddles to make it work right. Look below, I had to flip the saddle for the low E string around in the bridge to get that itty bitty bit of extra backward movement. But if it works, it works.
The biggest hassle is control layout. Knobs, switches and trem bars that were positioned out of a righty's hand's way are now absolutely in the way. If you take the plastic knobs off the potentiometer posts, it makes them less prone to be knocked around by the player's hands. Then again, harder to turn works to your disadvantage too.
You typically can't drop a lefty trem into a righty body without cavity modification via a router or a high-speed rotary tool. AKA more $$$ for the conversion. My advice is if you can get used to the bar, just leave it. Heck, SRV put a left handed trem in his righty strat so he's be MORE like Hendrix in his technique. Look closely at Number One's bridge and where the bar screws in ...
You don't "need" a pickguard, or an extra one, or a moved one. It's cosmetic and your choice/taste. I vote no :)
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