| Author | Message | ||
| tmoney61092
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 384 Registered: 9-2008 |
pretty cool looking in my opinion http://cgi.ebay.com/1988-ALEMBIC-ELECTRUM-CUSTOM-SHOP-GUITAR-/270603345833?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Guitar&hash=item3f01375fa9 ~Taylor | ||
| bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 2485 Registered: 3-2004 |
I'd be waiting at the door to buy it when the store opens tomorrow if it were right handed. Good looking deal! | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 740 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yeah - especially since it's from the Custom Shop, and not the regular production line  Peter | ||
| tmoney61092
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 385 Registered: 9-2008 |
the only problem i see is that the d-tuner would get in the way if you pulled back on whammy ~Taylor | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9440 Registered: 5-2002 |
Cool guitar! Beautiful top! | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6815 Registered: 6-2000 |
Just one minor clarification - this guitar is the Electrum shape. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9443 Registered: 5-2002 |
I would have noticed that if I had only held my laptop up to a mirror. These left handed instruments are so confusing to my poor little mind. | ||
| tmoney61092
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 387 Registered: 9-2008 |
oh sorry, i didn't know that was a standard shape for guitars ~Taylor | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6816 Registered: 6-2000 |
It's the standard shape for the Electrum guitar, which we haven't had in the catalog for years, I mean it's not like we make things easy (but I am working on model pages for even things that are not in the current catalog). Plus, I too find that left handed instruments are harder to identify. We just flip the templates over, so they are totally mirror images, but they still look a little funny to me since I'm so used to seeing the right handed ones. | ||
| thoughtjewel
Junior Username: thoughtjewel Post Number: 13 Registered: 7-2009 |
would it be difficult to turn it over if the nut was switched and the bridge reset for righty? any other problems other than knob locations and having the whammy bar on top? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6818 Registered: 6-2000 |
Please don't attempt to change a left handed guitar to a right handed guitar. Also, please don't try to change a right handed guitar into a left handed guitar. It's really not even a slightly good idea. Stringing a left handed guitar right handed while still playing left handed is of course OK. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4488 Registered: 7-2004 |
Mica: Huh? Are you sure about that? What's the difference between stringing a left-handed guitar right-handed and playing it left-handed vs. playing the same re-strung guitar right-handed? Isn't it all the same to the guitar? Bill, tgo (Message edited by lbpesq on July 13, 2010) | ||
| hydrargyrum
Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 820 Registered: 3-2004 |
Hendrix would have tended to disagree. | ||
| apdavis
Member Username: apdavis Post Number: 94 Registered: 5-2004 |
In my country you are still free to make poor choices. At least for a little while longer, then the government will corner the market on making poor choices for you. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6819 Registered: 6-2000 |
Bill, what isn't the same is the phone calls I get wondering what to do to reduce the discomfort of playing a left handed guitar right handed, as your upper arm does battle with rows of switches and knobs. "Can we move the electronics to the other side?" Oh, or "how can I make it balance better?" since the short horn is the strap anchor now - love those calls. So while to the guitar it's sort of the same, to me it's a world of difference. I'd rather just make a right handed guitar for right handed people and a left handed guitar for left handed people. It's sort of why we make custom guitars. I simply see no benefit in fighting the nature of the instrument. If you play with it hanging left handed, and you learned upside down, then restringing right handed doesn't fight the nature of the bass. It's sort of like trying to get a bright sound from a solid Koa Alembic bass. I'm sure some can do it, but it's really going against the instrument's warm nature. I suppose if you want a fight, you're free to do so. I've been down this path before. And in my country you're still free to offer advice from experience. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4490 Registered: 7-2004 |
Mica: The knobs! The switches!! Asymmetrical horns!!! Of course!!!! Makes eminent sense. I was thinking about the hassle of a new nut and bridge pieces for the re-stringing. Though it certainly did work for Hendrix. Bill, tgo | ||
| bshwery
New Username: bshwery Post Number: 2 Registered: 7-2010 |
well-i'm putting it to the test-i may be just wrong-but for a chance of a mere mortal getting to play an alembic-i'll flip da bugga ova and play it right-if that doesn't work i'll learn to play lefty-i'll let ya know how it goes | ||
| sjhoffma
Intermediate Member Username: sjhoffma Post Number: 158 Registered: 5-2008 |
I want!! If this thing were right hand, it would have been gone in under a minute | ||
| tmoney61092
Senior Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 425 Registered: 9-2008 |
congrats Brian! let us know how it works out ~Taylor | ||
| bshwery
New Username: bshwery Post Number: 3 Registered: 7-2010 |
omg-i mean-OMG-i was surprised at how easy it was to play upside down -but eventually (after 2 hrs) i flipped it over & granted the nut spacing is wrong-but it still kicks ass on my parker fly or prs-i thought i would just push the tone nob through cause i never use them on my guitar but this one actually does something -its be u ti ful-i cant believe the tone-the playability-i thank the powers that be 4 letting me live 2 see this day-the tone -the feel- the tone -OMG- im gonna play help on the way now -bye bye |
