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Player here, no building experience. I saw an Eastman non-cut 805 listed as a lefty. Other than the nut and saddle, what would make it left-handed? Are the two sides of the top carved differently? Or could you just change the nut and saddle for a "righty?"
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12-12-2024 12:37 AM
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I'm pretty sure most Eastman's are X braced but depending on the maker parallel braced tops sometimes have one of the braces glued at a slightly more radical angle than the other.
Here's an old Gibson.
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Yup.
Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Not a big deal, but the side dots on the fretboard/neck
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And also on some tailpieces the strings don't fit if you turn them upside down, or there is not enough string left because the string slot is too far back.
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I'm pretty certain I've seen asymmetric X-bracing too. Maybe not so much in the X itself but there usually are some additional braces.
Originally Posted by wintermoon
BTW, don't Eastmans have a 1.75" nut?Last edited by RJVB; 12-14-2024 at 09:04 AM.
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On this archtop the tailpiece looks like symmetrically.
Originally Posted by Alter
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The older Epiphone type tailpieces can easily be reversed, and often are.



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