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Sheriff Rhys Chatham 12.24.2007 10:39 PM

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

Quote:

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

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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

Quote:

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.


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