Stringing a righty for a lefty

[Mononoaware]

What advice/pointers do you have for a lefty who learned right-handed, but wants to experiment by doing the Hendrix-thing?

Please note: I've got a variety of guitars -- including several Fender-styles, which I'm guessing would be much easier to flip the nut on and re-intonate than, say, an LP-- and would rather temporarily convert one of them than lay out cash for a lefty at this stage.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Stringing a righty for a lefty

on a fender youll need to flip the nut over but everything else is just is just set up. saddle heights, intonation etc...

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: Stringing a righty for a lefty

Playing is a pain because you always end up rubbing up against the controls on a strat.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Stringing a righty for a lefty

+1 on the control knobs, selector switch and jack socket nuisance factor.

The nut should be replaced with a new one. Often, the bottoms of the string slots are cut so that they fall towards the machine head posts. In this instance, a simple reversal will not suffice.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Stringing a righty for a lefty

very true if its a well cut nut. lots of the ones i see on production guitars are just straight slotted for size

 

[Wattage]

Re: Stringing a righty for a lefty

Take out the bottom tone pot and knob on a Strat it helps, flip the nut, rock out

 

[regan]

Re: Stringing a righty for a lefty

My serious advice would be, if you can play right handed persist that way, you'll always havre an infinitely better choice of guitars & I'm guessing your fretting hand technique would be formidable.
Otherwise buy a cheap L/H squier or similar to see how you get on before shelling out serious cash, the ergonomics of playing an upside down guitar just doesn't seem an attractive proposition to me

 

[BTMN]

Re: Stringing a righty for a lefty

Cost me $50 to covert a Lefty Dean Z to be strung Righty. New nut and reintonation after turning the bridge around. I had bought the Lefty Z with the intent of learning a song or two and then a Lefty friend bought it and had it for a few years before selling it back. Rather than attempt playing Lefty again I just had it converted. I dig it but the knobs turn backwards. That is the only weird part. Volume is not affected by my arm but I really only play it off and on. It is a conversation when I do bring it out.