belikerick Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Taken a lefty T-51/Tele and used it right handed or visa-versa? I know this has been done with strat type axes but never heard of anyone doing it with a Tele. What would stringing it backwards with an angled Tele bridge pickup do to the tone? In fact what does the angled pickup do for a normal tele anyway?? Would it effect the neck pickup tones in any way? Why do I care you ask? II'm not trying to be like Jimi or and thing. I've been jonesing for a t-51/Tele for a while now and may be able to get a killer deal on a lefty and was thinking that could be the cure... IF it sounded good reversed! AND if the volume/tone knobs won't be in the way of playing in that configuration. Am I on drugs to even consider this?!?! Let me know what you think.
kizanski Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 A lefty USA T-51?I've never seen one. Or a lefty USA Daytona for that matter.
belikerick Posted December 28, 2007 Author Posted December 28, 2007 Just threw in the T-51 for some Hamer content, really looking at Teles and Robins
kizanski Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Well, there's an older lefty Robin Ranger on eBay right now, if you're interested in that.Robin hasn't made instruments for lefties in years, so used is your only option for them as far as that goes.If you really need to do this, then do what I did when I had the same jones: Get yourself a used Mexican Fender (in my case it was a Strat), flip the nut, play it for a while, realize how incredibly inconvenient and uncomfortable it is to play upside-down, make a back-handed compliment toward lefties like "Boy I'm sure glad I'm not evil like lefties are" and then - it being out of your system - sell it.Option 3: Skip it altogether.
teleman Posted December 28, 2007 Posted December 28, 2007 Kiz..Hilarious but oh so true. i did the same thing with a strat. Option #3 is the best advice.
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