Ain’t You gon hafta rout the body for the LH PICKUP orientation ? Maybe not if you have a swimming pool route on the body.
It probably does, along with the reverse headstock, which results in shorter plain strings and longer wound strings.
Not a swimming pool, but I've got a Player II hollow 'hog body presently serving as the Stretchocaster II that I've routed H-H-H for the TV Jones Classics. I was going to shoot it with Lake Placid Blue, but I've run into too many projects so that's on hold until this fall (also waiting for humidity to drop as we're now in that part of the year where it's staying well above 50%).
Yes to all thatNot a swimming pool, but I've got a Player II hollow 'hog body presently serving as the Stretchocaster II that I've routed H-H-H for the TV Jones Classics. I was going to shoot it with Lake Placid Blue, but I've run into too many projects so that's on hold until this fall (also waiting for humidity to drop as we're now in that part of the year where it's staying well above 50%).
Probably enough room for the reverse single - and if not, I can always route out enough additional space.
I just got it. I really dig it for a lot of reasons. It looks so bad-ass. Sounds killer. Roy loaded mine with their hotter/fatter 'Fat Daddy' pickups which make it a bit more of a rocker than a standard Strat. I also had him put in a 'Blender' pot, so I can mix in the Bridge pickup to any switching combo for all or neck/bridge tones. Nice. The reverse headstock is weird, but you get used to where the correct tuner is. It does feel a bit different in that the bass strings have a longer headstock length. I'm not a big Strat trem guy, so that's fine being backward. RS is so easy to work with, you can have the trem normal or reverse. (Not everyone realizes, SRV had a reverse Trem on his #1) Why I love RS, they just feel so good. The necks are amazing. Nice rolled fingerboard edges and a silky nitro finish. To me, if it doesn't 'feel' good, forgetaboutit. I won't play it.
This has become my favorite Strat layout: Master Volume, Master Tone (wired 50's), Blender (technically half-blender to work the neck into the bridge or all three). Incredibly versatile but without complicating the normal intuitive Strat layout.
Thinking further about a similar build, I believe the novelty of the lefty trem would wear out quickly, FOR ME, but as @kizanski mentioned, the feel of the low E string is appreciably looser with the lefty headstock. So, I may try to conjure up something just like @santellavision did (congrats on a Beautiful guitar by the way), *except*, keeping the RH TREM. A traditional right handed pick guard, OH, and a LARGE JIMI approved headstock, also.
I haven't bought from very many different pickard companies, Cause I am pretty much a loyal customer, but Dave Chandler from "Pickguard Planet" and "Chandler Guitars" has been doing this since forever... great guy with an awesome product...
@The Shark: Good lawd & cheese n rice! The dude just took possession.
