left-handed girl with $75

cur · Post by **cur** » Fri May 21, 2010 8:41 pm

Never before did I wish I was a left handed girl with $75. I would

rock this shit.

I love mother of toilet seat.

Not my CL, just happened on it.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri May 21, 2010 8:44 pm

that's super bangin'. i'm not sure that it's totally girly, almost metro.

96.6% WOULD (upside down).

cur · Post by **cur** » Fri May 21, 2010 8:45 pm

I think I am going to get it and string it upside down. Any reason I shouldn't. Not too many knobs in the way.

blacktaxi · Post by **blacktaxi** » Fri May 21, 2010 8:52 pm

do you have to put a new nut if you want to string it upside down, or can you just flip the stock one?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri May 21, 2010 8:58 pm

That could definitely be played right handed. Just take out the switch, and wire a rotary switch for the pickups, with the other knob as a master volume. I don't think that knobs would move around too much under the right fore arm. Maybe I'm wrong.

It is cool though, and a good price.

cur · Post by **cur** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:04 pm

blacktaxi wrote:do you have to put a new nut if you want to string it upside down, or can you just flip the stock one?

I don't know flip the nut, then try and adjust the bridge and saddles to intonate.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:09 pm

On a Fender style guitar, you could just flip the nut, as the Fender nut is regularly shaped. On something like this, if you flipped the nut it would likely be pointing the wrong way. Gibson style nuts usuall slope away from the fingerboard towards the headstock. Could cause intonation problems or open strings would be out of tune.

The bridge wouldn't be a problem. You could just swap the saddles around, but I'm not sure you'd even have to.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Fri May 21, 2010 9:35 pm

I played one of those at guitar center the other day. It was right handed but it played surprisingly well.

I just didn't think I was man enough to rock it.

cur · Post by **cur** » Fri May 21, 2010 11:05 pm

Was this close to pulling the trigger on it when a little voice in my head said, "You fucking idiot, you are having hand surgery on Wednesday and you are going to bring home a left handed girls guitar and try and explain it the wife." So I went out and scored the Guess Who greatest hits and the Best of Lightnin' Hopkins at the used CD store.

Back to reality time.

We can't all be ends.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri May 21, 2010 11:14 pm

cur wrote: We can't all be ends.

The world would be a much more fun place if you all could be.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri May 21, 2010 11:54 pm

how fun would a place be where we all just run around bumming each other?

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat May 22, 2010 12:07 am

portugalwillie wrote:I played one of those at guitar center the other day. It was right handed but it played surprisingly well.

Some fingering about at NAMM confirmed that for me as well.

Judging by the volume pot placement, a Southpaw Venus would make a great palm sweater sweller for us righties, I imagine.

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Sat May 22, 2010 12:41 am

No sugar tonight/new mother nature ftw. Brings back memories.