Well, speaking from a consumer perspective only here...
In terms of having a lefty handy for prospective clients, Martin. I'd say that makes sense to an extent. The risks are that if your client asks for a dread and your lefty demo guitar is an OM or OO, even though the logical part of their brain will be saying 'My dread would sound and feel different to this' the emotional part will be getting a less-than-perfect first impression, and emotions are what sell, unfortunately.
Add to this the fact that almost certainly a lefty player will be used to having to make decisions upon other people playing the righty version of the model of guitar they want. (In fact in this regard I think leftys have a little advantage in a way, most of us righty players make a decision based largely on the sound from behind the guitar, whereas lefties usually get to hear the guitar 'the way it's meant to be heard' and while soundports are helping with this for the rightys, they're still fairly rare in the grand scheme of things).
Anyway, it's still a worthwhile project just to say you've done it I would say :)
@Sam - A lefty-righty's big selling point to me, as a consumer (or guitarist), would be the resale value. Leftys seem to fetch higher prices in the second-hand market, so I guess it's feasable that instead of your ?2000 guitar being woth ?1000 when you sell it on, you could switch the nut/saddle using whatever kit it is you'd provide (although I could see this being an issue for most non-luthiers to do) and get an extra ?500 or more on the resale. Makes the guitar a better investment for the sort of person who buys and sells guitars like they're going out of fashion.
Just my thoughts from a non-construction point of view. In terms fo the technical feasibility standpoint, I would hapily pass that baton onto the more expereienced (so that would be *anyone else* in my case)...
Take care :)
|
