I get a call today , about a Guild 12-string that is used. Now i'm a lefty, so it would have to be turned around. The only thing is it has a cutaway on it. Should I turn it around or should I keep looking. One will turn up sooner ,or later. I want a Guild , so I'llhave to make one a lefty. :lol:
SHOULD I BUY IT
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West R Lee
Venerated Member
Tone,
Keep looking! I think you'd have to replace the bridge, cutaway on the wrong side, pickguard on the wrong side.....unless you'd want a double pickguard. Just too many guitars out there. Even a few for lefties.
West
Keep looking! I think you'd have to replace the bridge, cutaway on the wrong side, pickguard on the wrong side.....unless you'd want a double pickguard. Just too many guitars out there. Even a few for lefties.
West
plaidseason
Senior Member
No way. Don't do it.
Bing k
Senior Member
I'm still working on what it would cost to turn a GAD G-212 around. We've been so swamped in the repair shop we haven't had time to sort it out.
I looked into the gad 12-string to turn around, but Fender said if I do that I viod the waranty. Their words were you can turn the bridge around, but not the nut if the nut is turned around the waranty is void.If I had a right handed one, and want to put a differant kind of nut at the top , I don't get it . People switch these out all the time.You used to be able to get anything you wanted from Guild lefty at no extra charge.I bought 2 D-25's ,one a 12-string years ago. I say offer the 12 as a lefty, or let us turn it around, as long as it is done by a Fender service guy ,and the bracing would hold up . The bracing question never came up as an problem . If I got one the store were i buy it from has a Fender service guy who can do this. :wink:
Righty to lefty
You can't just turn it around. Don't forget that right handed guitars are braced to be just that-right handed. Not only would you have to replace the bridge to fix the intonation problems, but the tone will probably be effected. Not a good idea---especially for a 12 string.
You can't just turn it around. Don't forget that right handed guitars are braced to be just that-right handed. Not only would you have to replace the bridge to fix the intonation problems, but the tone will probably be effected. Not a good idea---especially for a 12 string.