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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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    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.

    Left-Handed Non-Cut Carve?-fender-pre-refret-015-jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woody Sound
    Or could you just change the nut and saddle for a "righty?"
    Yup.

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by wintermoon
    I'm pretty sure most Eastman's are X braced
    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.

    BTW, don't Eastmans have a 1.75" nut?
    Last edited by RJVB; 12-14-2024 at 09:04 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alter
    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.
    On this archtop the tailpiece looks like symmetrically.

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    The older Epiphone type tailpieces can easily be reversed, and often are.