Can any fellow lefties recommend somewhere reliable to buy preloved/preowned/used/secondhand electric guitars? I've been looking for a few weeks now, they're like rocking horse wotsit.
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Posted 7 months ago #
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EBay fills the criteria except 'reliable'
At least leave search running for local stuff, you can view and judge the seller.
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There's usually a few in places like Cash Converters.
You can't buy them, but conversely, you can't get rid of them either.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Not going down the ebay route again.... Cash Converters seem to want top dollar for anything they sell (bet they don't pay that!)
Just want a decent guitar in reasonable condition for around £300 from a real shop!Posted 7 months ago # -
http://www.lefthandedguitars.co.uk/ don't do secondhand but have a large selection of reasonably priced new ones. Got a good Les Paul copy for my son which has had 10 years of heavy use.
Posted 7 months ago # -
holiday music / strings direct in rochford essex - specialise in left handed guitars - new and used.
What you after Im about to sell 4 of mine...??
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If I remember correctly,Jimi Hendrix did alright with a regular guitar, just had it restrung...
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What kayak said - in fact once he (Hendrix) got a bit of success and could afford to buy a lefty, he said he preferred the "wrong" switch / whammy bar positions and stuck with a restrung righty..
IIRC Dick Dale (the twangy guitar thing from Pulp Fiction) plays / played a guitar strung the wrong way for him - i.e. high E at the top, not bottom. Can't remember if he's a lefty playing a normally strung (for a right hander) guitar flipped over though, or indeed if I'm imagining the whole thing.
Sorry to be no help whatsoever
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I have some nice lefty guitars I want to get rid of
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If I remember correctly,Jimi Hendrix did alright with a regular guitar, just had it restrung...
Got to fit a new nut really too. I think if lefty's had been available to him Jimi would have played one, but unlearning guitar habits are a nightmare once you're off.
Right about Dick Dale too, partially contributes to his sound, that twatting the life out of the low E that's now at the bottom.
Can't believe it's that hard to find one though - where are you? Denmark street is worth a walk. I bought my Twin in Birmingham (Music Exchange??) that shop was MASSIVE. I assume it's still in business. Must be loads like it dotted around the country.
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Cheers all.
plumber, bigdawg - can you mail me andybuATgmailDOTcom or ring me 07545 786862 - ta
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