Southpaw Soldier
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Hi all; new to forum, new to building, and new(ish) to guitar in general.
Being a lefty, I've had hard a hard time finding exactly what I want in a guitar, though I also have issue with *knowing* exactly what I want as well.
At first, I wanted a hollow body baritone, which got me started down the road of a Mooncaster body with baritone neck. But the baritone scale length on offer is a bit longer than I was wanting; I was leaning closer to a 27" scale, since I have short, thick, sausage fingers, but the only option on offer is a 28 5/8". Also not a huge fan of Mooncaster control layout.
Then I got to talking with some folks and hit on the idea of a Strat conversion body with reversed Tele controls, putting the volume knob closer to picking area for easier swells; conventional neck (maybe a Gibson scale conversion?).
Yesterday in a shop the tech showed me an interesting Tele he was working on, with a additional 3 way that changed the neck humbucker from series, parallel, and single coil wiring. INTERESTING stuff.
What I do know is that I have a ton to learn. I have vague Ideas of what I want, but some of the details are beyond my knowledge at this point.
Excited to tap into the knowledge on offer here. "Stop learning, start dying" is a motto of mine; life is about growth, not stagnation.
Being a lefty, I've had hard a hard time finding exactly what I want in a guitar, though I also have issue with *knowing* exactly what I want as well.
At first, I wanted a hollow body baritone, which got me started down the road of a Mooncaster body with baritone neck. But the baritone scale length on offer is a bit longer than I was wanting; I was leaning closer to a 27" scale, since I have short, thick, sausage fingers, but the only option on offer is a 28 5/8". Also not a huge fan of Mooncaster control layout.
Then I got to talking with some folks and hit on the idea of a Strat conversion body with reversed Tele controls, putting the volume knob closer to picking area for easier swells; conventional neck (maybe a Gibson scale conversion?).
Yesterday in a shop the tech showed me an interesting Tele he was working on, with a additional 3 way that changed the neck humbucker from series, parallel, and single coil wiring. INTERESTING stuff.
What I do know is that I have a ton to learn. I have vague Ideas of what I want, but some of the details are beyond my knowledge at this point.
Excited to tap into the knowledge on offer here. "Stop learning, start dying" is a motto of mine; life is about growth, not stagnation.