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PRS only made lefties for four years.

I'll never understand why a company as big as PRS can't manage to reverse the tooling, or whatever they have to do, to do a few large batches of lefty guitars each year.

Any idea what the percentage of lefty guitarists and bassists is?
 
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I'll never understand why a company as big as PRS can't manage to reverse the tooling, or whatever they have to do, to do a few large batches of lefty guitars each year.

Any idea what the percentage of lefty guitarists and bassists is?

It has always been a complete mystery to me why they stopped (and also why it took them so long to make lefty models in the first place).

Making a left-handed guitar with CNC machines couldn't be simpler: create a mirror image of your pattern, and you're done.

Every major brand makes at least one or two lefty models. Gretsch, who hand builds hollow-body guitars fer chrissakes has plenty of lefty models. You have to wait a while to get one, but they can be had. Gibson makes lots of lefties both production line and custom shop, even hollow and semi-hollow guitars. There is a Gretsch Duo Jet and a Gibson ES-335, both left-handed, sitting in my local shop. Those are nice, hand-crafted guitars, and if those guys can do it I don't see why PRS can't.

I don't get why Paul thinks he's so special. Did a lefty **** his wife or something?

I wouldn't give half a crap if this were Ibanez, Schecter, Dean, or some other brand I don't care about, but I've wanted a PRS since I was 14.
 
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With a price like that I'd be giving Warmoth a call...

Actually, Carvin's the way to go for a PRS clone IMO. Warmoth can only do bolt-ons.

Check out the CT-6:

http://www.carvinguitars.com/catalog/guitars/index.php?model=ct6

I got to play one in Carvin's Hollywood store back in March. The stock pickups were trash, but it was a great looking, great sounding, and great playing guitar. I liked it enough to consider buying one someday.
 
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If I was a lefty I'd follow Jimi's model and turn a strat or firebird upside down

Strats are absolute bastards to play upside down. They're neck heavy with no high fret access and extremely inconveniently placed control knobs. They're just not much fun to play, in my experiance.
 
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