An option with acoustics is to buy a RH dreadnought-type and have a LH bridge/saddle/nut fitted. I'm not a guitar tech/luthier but I looked into this maybe 10 years ago and researched the tech drawings/construction for quite a few different makes of dreadnought and non-dreadnought. IMO a dreadnought should be able to be re-strung without any problem; their bracing is totally non-biased for either hand orientation. Cut-away acoustics are braced for one side only and cannot (or, should not?) be swapped over. At that time I was already mid-50s and a very mediocre player, and after much dithering I stuck with my cheapish Yamaha lefty.

I got this as a gift for subscribing for a one year universal audio subscription, but I’m selling it to get the one input version with a compressor

What about us guys that play upside down and string our electric lefty guitar as a right.lol i play acoustic upside down and have my electric guitars redone as a right hand string guitar.

If you just want to strum chords then playing righty if you're left handed is fine. But if you want to progress to guitar solos, fast/intricate licks & riffs and of course, shredding then you'll shorten the learning curve considerably by taking advantage of your natural handedness. Which means if you're a lefty get a left handed guitar.

Wow. I feel like I watch a lot of videos on YT, but this was the most professionally done video I have seen. It made it so easy to follow along and understand what was being presented. Nice job!

For me, there is no question that the Burstbuckers are superior. So glad that's what my LP has. The 490r/498t sound bad by comparison.

It's okay... if you don't have amp instead

I actually ran into a used lefty SG and a Jackson in my guitar center the other day. I can see why some complain about not being able to walk into a store and choose from 250 guitars like righties do...but my Gibson acoustic was way easier to get logistically than the 90's Samick I started with. Its never been easier to find a good instrument if you do your homework and don't "need" it in some rare Pokemon color.

I haven’t played through either, but trying to decide which one to get during the Black Friday sale. Leaning towards the Morgan. I use my Fractal for just about everything but would like to have a few clean amps for my new M4 MacBook Pro.

I haven’t played through either, but trying to decide which one to get during the Black Friday sale. Leaning towards the Morgan. I use my Fractal for just about everything but would like to have a few clean amps for my new M4 MacBook Pro.

That AC20 sounds so good

again as someone else has said, thanks for taking the time to do this, good work,helps a lot

What a great way to approach this question, especially for me, since I also play through the Egnater tweaker in small venues! I'll agree there is little to write home about. I'm hearing a subtle difference in the lower midrange where the 18v seems to be just a bit chunkier. It's at best subtle, and nothing a small turn of the bass knob wouldn't address. By the way, on that amp, I kind of like the hot mode with British EQ and gain up halfway for some great singing tone with no pedal at all. I re-tubed mine with New Sensor Tubes: 12 AX7 Tung-Sol in V1 and Mullard in V2 (for sweet overdrive) and Tung-Sol 6V6 for power tubes. It really comes alive! A little hard to get Russian tubes right now though. :(

There are many social situations where someone brings along a guitar or maybe there is spare guitar nearby. You may be asked to to pick it up and play and sing - but you’re a lefty. You just have to throw your hands up and say sorry, I can’t play that guitar. I feel for lefties in social situations. Lefties who don’t restring never miss out. Worth a mention in your video next time?

Man, what a video. That was awesome. Thank you so much 😊

Did not know Paul was left tony would be the most famous 😭

Here’s something I wonder about. How come the bridge is backwards from most stock L.P.s does it matter

I’m Left handed, but I think the classification isn’t entirely correct. As a guitar and piano player I find I have the same dexterity in the fingers on both hands. The real issue is coordination of the arm and eye. Trying to catch a ball with my right hand is ten times as hard as my left hand, because I have trouble moving my arm to the right place. When it comes to playing the guitar, my right arm is anchored to the neck that allows my right fingers to fret. This allows my more dominant arm to strum or pick in time with accuracy. If I was strumming with my right arm I would have real trouble.

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If I write left handed, this should means I should try left handed guitar first?

I like the mids on the JB and the fullness. The BB is more open, but definitely more scooped. Playing at home it’s personal preference obviously, but the mid range push of the JB would cut through way better in a band setting.

If you’re good enough to be a professional guitarist, handedness no longer matters as you can have what you want made for you. If you are learning and the color of the instrument is the difference between wanting to play or not, then maybe you just wanted a piece of furniture and you weren’t serious about playing itself. As someone who is possessive about my stuff, not having to say no to my careless friends who want to borrow or try out my guitars is reason enough to consider myself privileged to be left handed. Price cuts both ways, I’ve found deals on lefty guitars in pawn shops and mom and pop stores that just sat too long and they wanted gone.

The thing with the Gibson pickups is I always need to turn the tone control down to reduce that top end. You want some of that but not as much as the pickup is giving you, it’s just to shrill. The JB has just the right amount with a little more mids to punch through the mix. However the Gibson pickups are more dynamic so depending on how hard you pick you can really benefit from that

Left-handed here I remember getting guitar lessons trying to get me to play a left-handed guitar picked up right-handed and played everything he had been teaching me on a left-handed so I'm left-handed but can only play right-handed don't understand why just is

I think the orientation of having that fat string on the bottom makes the most sense anyway. The chord diagrams, too. If I look at the fret board, it looks exactly as on the diagram. Everything left for me. 👍 This was s interesting. I was trying to find a left hand emoji and almost all of them are the right hand. Not the thumbs up though. How fitting.

I'm a lefty I don't have the rhythm in my right hand that I do in my left for strumming. The left is way stronger and rhytmic so I'm thinking of switching to a left handed guitar altogether

Great video! I have a question: I’m a left-handed guitarist with two guitars - a Gibson SG and a Fender Stratocaster. I’ve noticed that the volume knobs on each work in opposite directions, and it feels like Gibson just used the right-handed potentiometers rather than adapting them for a left-handed guitar. Is that actually the case? Does Gibson offer left-handed potentiometers for replacement?

i am left handed but started playing guitar right handed because it felt sort of better but i have to say that i am weird, i throw things with right, i play soccer with my right foot and all around my right hand is dominant except for writing for some weird reason

Im a lefty player, and love it. But my good friend, Michael Spencer, former bass player for Flotsam and Jetsum, and current bass player for Trauma is a lefty who plays bass right handed. He constantly gives me a hard time for not learning righty!! But i love the look, i love the thrill of sight unseen guitar buying, and custom ordering. My newest guitar is a 2021 lefty Mod shop Stratocaster hardtail HSS, with roasters maple neck, locking tuners and a custom color. Love that thing! Also, i do a lot of trading, which is great fun, because lefties care a lot for their guitars, and many ive met also love trading…. I recently traded a Korean Mustaine Dean Angel of Deth for a Les Paul Tribute with Phat Cat P-90’s. Great trade- we both love our new guitars!

I'm left handed but I do a lot of things right handed. I recently bought a new left handed guitar and then discovered I actually play better right handed. I get the advantage of being able to form complex chords far easier. My right hand is going to adapt and I don't believe I would even notice any disadvantage. When I did the clap test both of my hands are moving together. There isn't one dominant hand.

You neglected to mention availability. The MIN Player II Strat is available in 11 colors right handed, and only 3 left handed, and on many models only one color is offered left handed. You also didn't mention how some left handed people, Mark Knopfler being one example, that play right handed, because then their strongest hand is the fretting hand, which does the majority of the work.

Burstbucker wins on this setup.

14:33/14:51.....15:10/15:25

The CV is much better all round.

I liked the 490R and the $98T, both over the Burstbucker pickups. They are a little hotter and deliver. I would say your playing is a lot better than Medium . I really liked your videol

Burstbucker for me they cut through hard the 490s seem more suited for rhythm fuller sound

I’m Left handed but learn’t to play Right Handed. Been playing right handed Guitars and Basses for 30+ years but then other things in my life I’ve adapted to being ambidextrous for some thing and for others I do them right handed - you have to adapt and fit in to a right handed dominated world. I’ve tried left handed guitars just didn’t feel natural.

I would rather have heard your opinion to be honest! Nice vid though man

Both the B-Buckers and 490/498 sound great; the 490/498s sound solid and a little hairy, while the B-Buckers sound more focused, especially in the mids. I have always had Gibsons with490/498s, but the next will have B-Buckers.

Fantastic comparison; you totally let these pickups show their vocal differences

This is the one pedal that I just can't seem to replace. This is my go - to pedal. I absolutely love hearing and watching harder rock and metal guys say repeatedly that this pedal isn't for metal tones. I disagree. Just have to know how to use it. Also, I do hear, but mostly feel the difference in dynamics and touch response, especially while digging in. This is just simply one of the best overdrive pedals ever built. That's just my opinion, of course

I play mostly hard rock, the 490/498 has always been my favorite Gibson pickup set, but I just got the new LP Studio with the Burstbucker Pros and I'm really liking these more. They hold up better with high gain.

I hear the diffrence , B is warmer and richer and less highs and i think sustain is longer. B is the new wiring and A is PCB. With A this guitar squels too much. I have it with my gibson and i need to change that PCB, also broken switch. this squeling was the reason i swap bursbucker with alnico V to custombuckers alnico3. they are more natural. now only PCB out with groover machines and I will have a real LP :D

If morgan amp suite has chorus in it then im sold but...

490/498 for me.

this is what i needed to get started. thank you. thank you. thank you.

Kurt Cobain is not really a good example because Kurt Cobain was right-handed but played guitar left-handed by choice. Mononeon is the same thing. He's right-handed, but plays bass left handed strung right-handed. The whole aspect of left handed instruments being harder to find makes sense considering only 5% of the world population is left handed.

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I'm not ready to say i necessarily like A better but it def sounded brighter and clearer with better string separation. B sounds muffled and a bit fuzzy. A sounds tighter and open.

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