Originally posted by Ron Thorn
By flipping it, the angle would be reversed placing the string's breaking point at the back of the nut...no good.
Just out of curiosity, does it annoy you that Fender wire their left-handed guitars 'left handed' but use normal right-handed knobs (so the numbers read backwards) and normal Log pots so the taper is useless?Originally posted by Ron Thorn
"Reversed" pots wasn't an issue since he has no prior knowledge of the correct rotational direction. I just popped the knobs and centered "10" TDC.
Or maybe the lefty had a flipped righty nut on it in the first place...Originally posted by Chiba
Excellent point, Ron. Could be that the few I've done were older - I know my personal lefty-to-righty conversion was on an early-80s Strat.
Originally posted by John Phillips
Or maybe the lefty had a flipped righty nut on it in the first place...
Originally posted by Ron Thorn
I just converted a 3/4 Mini-Strat from righty to lefty for a good friend's 9 year old.
I had hoped to just flip the nut until I realized the slots were filed at a slight downward angle towards the tuners. By flipping it, the angle would be reversed placing the string's breaking point at the back of the nut...no good. I had to cut a new nut.
I also added a matching third strap button to the shorter horn since moving just one of them left a hole in the horn.
A black sharpie gave "replaceable" side dots on the lefty side of the neck.
Lastly, the intonation screws on the high E and B were longer. Those had to be swapped for the low E and A once converted, then re-intonated of course.
"Reversed" pots wasn't an issue since he has no prior knowledge of the correct rotational direction. I just popped the knobs and centered "10" TDC.
It ended up taking about an hour total.
Ron