converting a lefty to a righty

[AlfredB]

Hi there,

whats involved in converting an ACOUSTIC lefty to right-handed?


new nut?
new bridge (intonation depending on string gauge)

anything else ? ... (I dond mind the weired "looks")

cheers
alfred

 

[apl]

Yep, that's about it. Good luck!

 

[hixmix]

I don't know anything about it but I would think the neck might have to be adjusted because the string tension will be reversed.

 

[Light]

On a flat top, you neither need nor want a new bridge. What we usually do is fill the saddle slot with a new piece of ebony, and rout a new saddle slot. If done right, this is a completly structurally stable and strong process. This is definatly NOT something you want to do yourself, as the fit of the plug is critical. (Of course, a new bridge is not DIY either.)

Take it to someone with experience.

But yes, a new nut.

All of this would run about $150-175 in my shop; $75 for the nut, and $75-100 for the bridge work. And of course, a setup would be part of that (we are, after all, already working on most of the parts which are involved in a setup).


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

 

[Light]

I don't know anything about it but I would think the neck might have to be adjusted because the string tension will be reversed.

If you use the same gauge of strings, and it was right in the first place (yeah right), then probably not.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

 

[dragonworks]

The nuns did that with my writing hand in first grade