Righty Guitars for Flipping

[HowToKillAKing]

I have just revamped an old Tanglewood Strat it was my first guitar and it has been resprayed Daphne blue with a full set up, fret dressing and new pickups....its amazing.

So i was thinking, if i can spend half of what i i would on a Fender and get twice as good of a guitar, why not buy up some cheap righties?
As a lefty prcies can be an issue as is availability.

Always loved the looked of flipped strats but am not 100% sure on pedigree.

So if i was going to buy an old strat not necessarily a Fender what should i get? Squire? Or another model?

Cheers

HTKAK

 

[reluctant-builder]

OK. I think I gathered from that post that you're lefty. If so, welcome. It's always nice to find a fellow southpaw.

Still, I'm not precisely sure what you're getting at. Are you saying that you want to buy an inexpensive Squier and mod it to taste, make it lefty, upgrade the pups, etc., etc. because pretty much no matter how much money you sink into it, it won't cost as much as ... what ... an American Standard? An American Deluxe? Something else?

I was considering buying a righty Squier just to have one around in case a friend came over and so I could learn how to play more proficiently on an upside down and backwards guitar when I go over to their places or in the rehearsal studio (I'm a drummer), rather than hauling one of my guitars everywhere I go. I figure, in owning it, I would eventually get to tinkering with it, upgrading it, etc. If I got handy enough playing it Bramhall II-style.

 

[Cagey]

So if i was going to buy an old strat not necessarily a Fender what should i get? Squire? Or another model?

It depends what you plan to do with your output. Are these flipped righties for your own use, or for resale? If they're for resale, you're wasting your time. If they're for your own stable, and you like Strats, then I'd say the world is your oyster. The supply of used Strat-style guitars is huge. Stay away from the old units; relatively new ones can be had pretty reasonably with much better hardware and electricals. Everybody and their brother makes a Strat, few of them worse than Fender and many of them better. With such a large supply of viable product, pricing is naturally depressed except in certain artificial fanatic markets.

Hell, you can put together the Strat of Doom using top-of-line parts from all the premium manufacturers for about $1,500 or so, and it'll beat the snot out of a Fender Custom Shop Strat that costs $4K+, but it'll still only pull in about $700 on eBay if you're lucky. Most guys end up disassembling their creations and selling the parts piecemeal just to get that much.

 

[HowToKillAKing]

Yeah this is not for resale.

Just something i fancy ! LoL

 

[Torment Leaves Scars]

I have a righty that's f/s.  It's a Jackson USA KV2, and I'm asking about $1600.  Not cheap, though.  :toothy12: