Originally Posted by sherpa (Post 5591727)

... Hendrix played a Right Hand guitar restrung Left handed.

Originally Posted by L20A (Post 5591759)

Unless you have a reason to keep this guitar guitar, it will be much cheaper to sell it and get a different guitar that is left handed.
Many makers have left hand models but you may have to order it.

Originally Posted by sherpa (Post 5591727)

Here's my question; Can I buy a Left Hand guitar and string it Right Handed without effecting the intonation? Do most guitars have a slanted 'compensating' saddle? I think Hendrix played a Right Hand guitar restrung Left handed.

Originally Posted by John Arnold (Post 5591729)

A slanted saddle is necessary for correct intonation. The saddle slot can be filled and recut to reverse the stringing. The nut also must be modified or replaced.

Originally Posted by sherpa (Post 5591775)

I already have a house full of Right Handed instruments and play them all upside down. I am not interested in learning to play all over again. Just looking for an easy out without having to have a custom made guitar.

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton (Post 5591782)

After Sherpa wrote:



John Arnold replied:



Exactly. As John pointed out, the slant of the bridge saddle is what makes an acoustic guitar play more or less in tune with itself, and if you're converting a right-handed guitar for left-handed playing, you'll get the best results if you have the saddle slot filled in and recut for left-handed intonation. This is obviously more involved than dialing in an adjustable bridge saddle on an electric guitar, but it's really worth doing.

Something you should be aware of, Sherpa, is that for some unknown reason, there's something deeply disturbing about playing guitar left-handed that rattles a surprisingly high percentage of right-handed players and even some lefties who've learned to play right-handed. So prepare yourself for a flurry of posts about how "there's no such thing as a left-handed piano" and other attempts to shame you into playing the guitar "correctly." By which they mean right-handed.

Why on earth this should matter to any of them, I haven't a clue. But it's evidently a "hot button" issue, because anytime the subject arises on this forum, there will inevitably be lots of posts yammering about how much "better" it is to play right-handed, including how much easier it is to find right-handed guitars than left-handed instruments.

Which would be laughable if the people writing those posts weren't so deadly earnest about it. Again, why it matters to them, I have no idea. But it does.

My own opinion is that players should do whatever makes their playing easier, and not feel obligated to listen to and follow unsolicited opinions from strangers on the Internet.

Hope that makes sense.


Wade Hampton Miller

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton (Post 5591797)

Sherpa, I just read this post of yours. If you're playing right-handed guitars upside down, there wouldn't be any advantage to having the guitars re-intonated for left-handed playing. Your guitars should already be correctly intonated for the way they're strung.


whm

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton (Post 5591797)

Sherpa, I just read this post of yours. If you're playing right-handed guitars upside down, there wouldn't be any advantage to having the guitars re-intonated for left-handed playing. Your guitars should already be correctly intonated for the way they're strung.


whm

Originally Posted by Seagull S6 (Post 5591844)

He wants a Lefty strung R/H.................

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton (Post 5591782)

Something you should be aware of, Sherpa, is that for some unknown reason, there's something deeply disturbing about playing guitar left-handed that rattles a surprisingly high percentage of right-handed players and even some lefties who've learned to play right-handed. So prepare yourself for a flurry of posts about how "there's no such thing as a left-handed piano" and other attempts to shame you into playing the guitar "correctly." By which they mean right-handed.