Hollow body - switch hands

mongoose · January 24th, 2008, 09:02 PM

Hey everyone I know this isnt tele related but I very much appreciate your expertise. I have the chance to get an Ibanez artcore AFS75T for a pretty sweet price. My only question in regards to hollow bodys and bigsbys, is can I have this right handed guitar strung left. I understand I would need to get a new nut and have the intonation checked but is there anything extremely awful about my proposal? I think I would take the pickguard off completely or buy one to put on the other side. as for the pick ups, would they need to be rotated? Also the bigsby... would it be in the way to much or could I just remove it ( i dont care too much for it anyway)

Whatcha think?

Robert(og) · January 25th, 2008, 03:09 AM

go for it, personally i think the washburn j-3's are better all around but if you can get it for a good price then do it.
i guess the trem may be a bit awkward but then again playing the whole thing upsidedown must be really awkward.

boneyguy · January 25th, 2008, 04:39 AM

There's no need to flip the pickups around. There is not a bass and treble side, so to speak, with the pickups.

As far as the Bigsby goes I'd be tempted to just remove the 'handle' and keep the rest of the assembly on the guitar. It will work just fine that way.

You might also consider replacing the spring that sits under the handle with something solid. If you are not going to use the Bigsby anyway that would give you more tuning stability as well.

January 24th, 2008, 09:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
mongoose TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 64	Hollow body - switch hands Hey everyone I know this isnt tele related but I very much appreciate your expertise. I have the chance to get an Ibanez artcore AFS75T for a pretty sweet price. My only question in regards to hollow bodys and bigsbys, is can I have this right handed guitar strung left. I understand I would need to get a new nut and have the intonation checked but is there anything extremely awful about my proposal? I think I would take the pickguard off completely or buy one to put on the other side. as for the pick ups, would they need to be rotated? Also the bigsby... would it be in the way to much or could I just remove it ( i dont care too much for it anyway) Whatcha think? __________________ Tokai Love Rock Yamaha F-310 TBS Zoom 505II Danelectro Free Speech Talk Box Randall RX50 LEFTY

January 25th, 2008, 04:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
boneyguy Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: victoria b.c. Age: 50 Posts: 2,951	There's no need to flip the pickups around. There is not a bass and treble side, so to speak, with the pickups. As far as the Bigsby goes I'd be tempted to just remove the 'handle' and keep the rest of the assembly on the guitar. It will work just fine that way. You might also consider replacing the spring that sits under the handle with something solid. If you are not going to use the Bigsby anyway that would give you more tuning stability as well. __________________ "Shut up n' play yer guitar"

January 25th, 2008, 03:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Robert(og) Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: crawfordsville In. Age: 22 Posts: 128	go for it, personally i think the washburn j-3's are better all around but if you can get it for a good price then do it. i guess the trem may be a bit awkward but then again playing the whole thing upsidedown must be really awkward.