So I'm going to rip off Hendrix.....Sort of

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 12.24.2007, 10:39 PM

So As most of you know I play guitar but I'm left handed so it makes for hard selection when it comes to cheap guitars. The guitar I've got now is a left-handed gibson epiphone but I've also got an acoustic which is right-handed and I play it upside down, high-E on top. For some reason I find it easier to form chords. So I was thinking about taking my lefty body and putting a right-handed neck on it so that I will have half lefty and half righty. It'll be like playing a right-handed guitar but I wont have any knobs or anything in the way of my strumming hand. I don't know just seems like it might be neat.

StevOK · 12.24.2007, 10:55 PM

Be sure to turn your pick-ups around as well!

jakeonguitar · 12.24.2007, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by StevOK

Be sure to turn your pick-ups around as well!

Or he could keep the pickups on his guitar in the same position. Gritty highs, melting lows. Nice Hendrix sound. But then again, it's Hendrix's sound. Maybe you want your own?

atsonicpark · 12.24.2007, 11:05 PM

Hot Seat Can't Sit Down
Hot Seat Can't Sit Down

shentov · 12.25.2007, 05:32 AM

go for it Sheriff

ZEROpumpkins · 12.25.2007, 05:43 AM

Was this before or after i tried to plug my MIDI keyboard into my throat? Because even if it does fit, it does not guarantee that it will work.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 12.25.2007, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

Was this before or after i tried to plug my MIDI keyboard into my throat? Because even if it does fit, it does not guarantee that it will work.

Ha.

ZEROpumpkins · 12.25.2007, 05:55 PM

Shit, I don't remember posting that.

max · 12.25.2007, 06:35 PM

quite safe to assume that if the guitar body's cheap the pickups won't be changing their sounds much if turned the other way...

ZEROpumpkins · 12.25.2007, 06:53 PM

Hmm I didn't consider that.

jakeonguitar · 12.25.2007, 07:00 PM

I'm pretty sure the Fenders and Gibsons Hendrix used were pretty decent.

In Sheriff's case, depending on the model, Epiphones aren't that bad quality-wise. The wood is probably decent.

Anyways, it would be a cool experiment.

12.24.2007, 10:39 PM	#1
Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	So As most of you know I play guitar but I'm left handed so it makes for hard selection when it comes to cheap guitars. The guitar I've got now is a left-handed gibson epiphone but I've also got an acoustic which is right-handed and I play it upside down, high-E on top. For some reason I find it easier to form chords. So I was thinking about taking my lefty body and putting a right-handed neck on it so that I will have half lefty and half righty. It'll be like playing a right-handed guitar but I wont have any knobs or anything in the way of my strumming hand. I don't know just seems like it might be neat. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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shentov expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 1,223	go for it Sheriff __________________
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ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	Was this before or after i tried to plug my MIDI keyboard into my throat? Because even if it does fit, it does not guarantee that it will work. __________________
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ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	Shit, I don't remember posting that. __________________
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max expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: sardinia, italy Posts: 1,263	quite safe to assume that if the guitar body's cheap the pickups won't be changing their sounds much if turned the other way... __________________ A Dance Of Shadows - Kingdom Of Night
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ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	Hmm I didn't consider that. __________________
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jakeonguitar bad moon rising Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Posts: 181	I'm pretty sure the Fenders and Gibsons Hendrix used were pretty decent. In Sheriff's case, depending on the model, Epiphones aren't that bad quality-wise. The wood is probably decent. Anyways, it would be a cool experiment.
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