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Location: Omaha | I was checking on my L-777 that was getting it's fingerboard fixed, and I asked John Budny if lefty LX's would be coming any time soon.
If you're a lefty player who's waiting for one of these (I'm not; I actually think my 'old' new 1777 sound as good if not better than most of the LX's I've played), the news is not good. John said that there are no plans in the immediate future, and that it will probably be AT LEAST another year before any lefties are made...
...so you other southpaw players will have to be satisfied with the older models for now...mine seems to get the job done - mostly using it on Sunday mornings.
I didn't post on John's Worship post, but I did do the survey - I'm another pastor who helps lead worship every Sunday, switching back and forth between electric and acoustic (we have another acoustic player, so I mostly play electric). |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Mike, you just have that 'more left-handed than thou' attitude down!
We need to have lunch soon, rather than meeting like this. |
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Location: Central Florida | If they're saying it's gonna be at least another year before we'll see any lefty LX's, consider this: It took Ovation nearly twenty years after introducing the cutaway body before they were made available to us leftys. Heck, I'm still waiting to see a left handed Viper!
Personally, I'm not in the market for any new O's at the moment as my "oldies" serve me extremely well. But still I find this news a bit disheartening simply because it furthers my perception that the lefty market just isn't very important to them. Well, FWIW I'm a guy that's been playing Ovation acoustics and A/Es exclusively for the last 34 years, and all the while with the neck pointing in the opposite direction from everyone elses.
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Location: Omaha | Paul,
It's because 'the system' makes those of us with birth defects suffer so greviously! Oh, the oppression and derision we must endure!
Oh, well, it was worth a try...yeah, let's go have lunch, but it will have to be in a place that will serve 'my kind.'
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Location: Upper Left USA | It's a sinister conspiracy! |
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Location: England | leftys. tis the sign of the devil! nah i'm just kidding, my old bassist was a lefty. but still left handed axes just look so straaaaaaaaange
love matty |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | I've been friends with Mike for more than a quarter century. He has good taste in guitars, and in annoys me that I can't play them. He has a beautiful wife, too..... :D |
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Location: SoCal | I've got a good buddy, Clark Byron, who lives in Kansas City. Whenever either of us travels to visit the other, we both have to bring guitars. He's right handed and plays lefty, and I'm left handed and play right.
Last year he had Ovation build him a left handed Folklore. He wanted the wider neck. He had the neck glossed and upgraded the tuners. It has the tradional inlaid Ovation rosette. It's all he plays now. And the price was very reasonable. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "Heck, I'm still waiting to see a left handed Viper!"
Note to self: Potential Aftermarket Market! Put a router on your christmas list! Hoard all the Viper necks you can. Flip the schematic over. Look for figured Koa lumber on Fleabay.
What about the #%$*!@ cases?
Hm-m-m-m! |
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Info on Lefty LX's - for those who might be wondering
