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Lefty Archtop?
Hi folks,
I'm a lefty. As you know, this is a double edged sword. It's nice that I can't be tempted to go into a store and play 25 guitars, agonizing over which one I lust for the most. However, it is also frustrating when I want a certain type of guitar and find out it's not offered in lefty form. And makers are reducing the number of lefty models all the time. I'm curious: are there any lefty acoustic archtops offered? Eastman has electrics, but if I wanted an old fashioned acoustic archtop, what would I do short of having a very expensive custom made? -John |
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By and large archtops are braced symmetrically so if you find a non-cutaway acoustic archtop you like making it left handed is as easy as a new nut and a new bridge topper. Tip - vintage (as in pre-Gibson) Epiphones have a lot of the compensation at the bridge in the base, the posts are off-set. Most other brands have the posts set equalized in the bridge base, so all you need is a different topper.
Brian
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Brian Evans Around 15 archtops, electrics, resonators, a lap steel, a uke, a mandolin, some I made, some I bought, some kinda showed up and wouldn't leave. Tatamagouche Nova Scotia. |
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Yep, Brian is correct.
Flip the nut, flip the bridge, flip the tailpiece. You should be good to go. |
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DHR Music experience . Dale has them . No need to swap/switch anything .
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