238 RSW How To Convert A Right Handed Mandolin To Left Hand

If you have a need to convert a RH mandolin to a LH, this video may help you.
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[@davidsims1329]

I’m a left hand man who has been playing right hand for over 20 years, I just bought a left hand Michael Kelly f-5 with a neck fracture and I have to do the dubble scarf joint. Thanks for all work

[@bertrodriguez3087]

Somehow, I missed this one back when. Playing the mandolin backwards, to me, means playing like a guitar. Basically, the top four strings of the guitar. Now you made me want to try it lol.

[@buckhorncortez]

I had to turn my laptop computer upside down to watch you play...

[@charleswass3149]

Retired a month ago and your videos have helped me understand string instruments in a much deeper way , thank you

[@tablature6121]

Your friend, Harry Wagner, plays what I call "upside down" (and I think a few others call it that). The late, great country artist, Dan Seals, played that way and was quite an accomplished picker. Also, Jim Rooney--totally awesome picker. Adam Steffey, who plays right handed, is a southpaw by birth. After noticing him signing autographs left handed, I asked him why he chose to pick mandolin right handed. "Because its cheaper." LOL Slim Whitman was opposite Steffey. He was naturally right handed and learned to play that way until he had an accident that severed the end of one of his fretting fingers, after which he restrung and relearned to play left handed. Paul McCartney, a natural southpaw, credits Whitman with being instrumental in his learning to play guitar and bass left handed, after seeing a poster of Whitman with his guitar properly strung for left handed playing. Great job, as always, Jerry. A joy to watch you work and to listen to.

[@petewalton8085]

Here is a good example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpa7qpeCh8aAgMk

[@petewalton8085]

Dan Seals playing "upside down" 12 string with Jerry Douglas on dobro and mark O'Connor on guitar.

[@janseendiguiseppiThomasMC]

Really amazing content! This is the best video I've found for Converting a mandolin. I'm going to attempt this soon and this video really helped me

[@DLoganFoster]

use a capo to hold the string when restringing mandolin or banjo with those kida taipieces

[@tinkeringwithmark1186]

The mirror does work. Lol!

[@clickbaitcharlie2329]

Leftys are at an advantage, when you get used to mirror image..(especially u toob vids).. rightys can flip the image too, I guess..

[@RandySchartiger]

haha you played it good for it being left handed mando! and nice work as always. I see your channel is really taking off! congrats on that!

[@RosaStringWorks]

Thank you my friend. I'm sure part of that is due to your help.

[@realtodd1969]

My dad (who's left handed) taught me how to shoot a gun, bow and play pool.....all things I do left handed! I'm right handed but for the life of me I can't do those right handed. If you play a left handed mandolin, right handed, you're really just playing guitar :) Thanks for the video, Jerry!

[@ed801975]

Nice! These videos make me feel almost as if I’m in the shop laughing & cutting up with you!

[@jipes]

Like the fact that you're brave enough to go to the Upside down world you're doing fine Jerry Nice work !

[@dlstanf2]

Off point! I once watched a quartet and the lead string was an older gentleman. He played a guitar right handed and then would pick up his banjo and picked it left handed. Never seen that before or after, but it was amazing.

[@Diegozarate]

As a left handed player I love this video and the project.

[@Furtheronmusic]

Really good video. Thanks. Look forward to the lh guitar as I'm really enjoying the current custom guitar build.

[@clickbaitcharlie2329]

Some things are easy, resonators, mando shouldn't be too hard (mines teardrop).. floating bridges, intonation, whatever nut trick you prefer (some you can basically spin around)...you get used to doing it..(edit; got the tailpiece cover off...this is going to take a little work!).

[@63vetteman]

Nice Job Doc!! anxiously await the Southpaw Geetar!!

[@bigsteve9291]

Well done jerry don't forget you was singing as well loved the upside down looking in a mirror bit made me chuckle loved this video strumming singing and playing the wrong way round all at once brilliant 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 😊

[@barbedstar6480]

I was waiting to see if you were going to play it left-handed......by golly, you did it!!!! Thanks for the fun! Really enjoying your beautiful guitar build...it will be stellar when done. How proud your customer will be and it will have a glorious sound..!!! How that wood does ring!

[@floydloonie4880]

+Rosa String Works - You do great work!! A lot of luthiers might not have detected that elusive "humpy dealie" in the nut slot, and then just blamed the resulting poor playability of the mandolin on the LH modified state of the instrument rather than their own less than thorough job skills. I want to thank you on behalf of all us left handed players for the high quality of the work in this video (as well as ALL your work). It's hard enough trying to live in a stupid right handed world, without being told to "just learn to play right handed" by lazy guitar techs.

[@rrrosecarbinela]

Go for it! Challenges are good for the soul

[@wayneshirey6999]

Way to go my ambidextrous friend! One custom guitar in production and another on order. Looking forward to it.

[@jonahguitarguy]

Cool Jerry. That guy sounds like the Hendrix of mandolin. Upside down and backwards.

[@HBSuccess]

Dane - Hendrix played a right-handed guitar flipped over, but it was strung for a leftie. Freddie King OTOH DID play upside down - his "bends' are all pulls - and it sounds unique. Check out this vid with Freddie and SRV kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4HGeH2Xnc-mfrs

[@jonahguitarguy]

OK, so, backwards but not upside down?😉

[@jonahguitarguy]

I think you and Tioga Fretsworks are saying the opposite thing. I was sure Hendrix played a right handed guitar left handed. But I'm not sure about how he strung it. Dang, now I won't sleep to night. And I have to get up in six hours.

[@sjp52047]

That was a lot of fun Jerry. I'm ambidextrous so I usually use which ever hand is convenient, therefore I learned guitar right handed, for lack of a left handed guitar. I have always wanted to have a left handed guitar, but was afraid to just reverse the strings, nuts, bridge,m etc.I look forward to seeing you build the LH guitar. As I expected, their must be some structural differences. Good video as usual. Regards, Solomon

[@agwbcfjc2]

Thank you for another great, fun and informative video, Jerry. And congratulations on the new commission for the left-handed guitar. You should be very proud; a commission is quite a compliment, and deservedly so. I will be looking forward to that new build, for sure.

[@davidcaesar1913]

Good on ya Jerry. These things are certainly worth giving it a go.

[@jeffgrier8488]

Pretty neat Jerry, I have never seen that done before.

[@EmbelekoBand]

Another job perfectly done. Looking forward to the left handed guitar build. I'm a weird lefty. I play right handed and bat right handed. Everything else with my left.

[@jamesrobinson9494]

I like it when you make me laugh and man this one got me good.

[@joelfildes1821]

South Paw !

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

That was fun... 👍🏻 with or without the guitar build👍👍

[@DavidMFChapman]

I was wondering how you’d check it out! Not bad...

[@Newberntrains]

The fact you can chord it was a shocker I was half expecting you to play it like a standard one and have the music sound wonky just for amusing fun

[@Ron_A._Bolton]

Always something new. Thanks

[@andrewreynolds2647]

HaHaHa Great stuff Jerry, this video was fun all the way , super job as usual, i could not play any instrument left handed most of my mates suggest i cannot play right handed either lol. Peace and Love from Bonny Scotland.

[@thomastommy1192]

Great video. You did an awesome job. I have never heard of that brand. But it's a beautiful color. That fact that it's all solid wood is a plus. I am left handed and I play guitar right handed. I always thought if I had started left handed. I would of been a better player. Gerry you did a good job playing that mandolin. As always I gave you a thumbs up. I would like to see you build that new guitar. Thanks for sharing your videos. I hope you have a blessed week.

[@krustybuzzard2477]

It sure makes it. Easier when only. A basdicly simple shape works so much better than the onees that has looks as thair priority. Great and simple thats the way i like it thats the way ii like it.😉

[@SuperReasonable]

How about the side dots Jerry? They must still be on the wrong side?

[@RosaStringWorks]

It didn't have any.

[@matthewb8229]

We southpaws have to do this kind of thing more often than not. There's only one company I have found that sells left handed instruments at the same price as righties, and they are very good guitars. Usually, I get to pay 15 - 20% extra over the cost of a right hand piece.

[@matthewb8229]

Taught myself to play a right handed ukulele, strung right handed, left handed. I also play bass, and can play a rh bass upside down. I don't like to do it, but when I happen into the local music shop and a jam is going on, I can join in on the bottom end.

[@RosaStringWorks]

I'll build you a custom Rosa left-handed guitar for the same price I'm building these others

[@markviereck4547]

Your doing the repair right handed. Lol

[@isaacburdiss]

It's hard for me to know whether or not I should play one left or right handed. I am left-handed, but I am used to plucking with my left hand just because I play violin and there isn't really such thing as a left-handed violin. Just not sure what I would be more successful doing.

[@michaeladamcaira9174]

A LH guitar from scratch?,oh yeah ,I'm there,

[@stevenmiller5366]

Yep pretty fast!!! I'm left handed and play right handed.

[@keng3744]

LH instrument played RH. You might be the first one to do that, Jerry.

[@gianmariagrasso5792]

I m lefty and really interested to know how you will build that Guitar!

[@papaw5405]

I am left handed. I play rightie because there are few left handed instruments available. I have been playing what seems wrong to me for over 50 years and it is too late to change. Right handed people can't understand because everything is built for them.

[@RosaStringWorks]

I do understand I do feel your pain but like you said you have to live it to really appreciate it

[@MrHomeGrown]

You did an awesome job!! I am new to mandolins but I was wondering how would you intonate it? Would it be done on the bridge and saddle like a guitar since it is movable? It seems to me in my mind I would have to to figure out a way to fix the bridge and saddle and slowly file the proper angle? I am just curious is all. I find what you do very interesting. I love the videos.

[@RosaStringWorks]

On a mandolin intonation is simply getting the bridge and saddle in the right position. When it's in the right position the notes will be correct. It's the same way on a guitar it's just that most guitar bridges are not movable.

[@MrHomeGrown]

Thanks for the reply. after thinking about the question I asked and you returning your answer it made perfect sense. Thanks.

[@acmullane]

what happens if you fit one of your saddles in reverse that makes it wrong?

[@RosaStringWorks]

The intonation wouldn't be correct. You could get it close but you wouldn't get it just right.

[@acmullane]

Rosa String Works thanks for that. have you tried nut compensation?

[@kensherwin4544]

At 5:11, apparently everything's a hammer.

[@Furtheronmusic]

Of course left handed mandolin upside down is now like a guitar... as a guitarist I view playing a right handed mandolin as though it's a guitar upside down. Well I know what I mean.... lol

[@philippedelfosse8230]

Could you make one for ambidextrous players ? 😁

[@Scoobadoob777]

My grandfather has an older Gibson dove, could that be converted to left handed?

[@RosaStringWorks]

I suppose it could. The biggest problem would be the pickguard in terms of the looks. I don't think you could ever make that look correct. Mainly because it would leave a scar where the pickguard was at on the right hand side. Also the internal bracing would still be for a right-handed instrument. Bottom line is I don't think I would recommend that.

[@Scoobadoob777]

Rosa String Works yeah for sure, just wondering if there would be any problems with the bracing and sound? Where abouts are you btw and where can I message you pictures to get a quote?

[@Scoobadoob777]

Rosa String Works didn’t see the last part on the bracing, reckon that answers my question, how about a flat iron mandolin? I know it would look a little wonky upside down, but it’s my most prized possession and I wanna play it.

[@grewejames1]

I have a Fender acoustic that I need to convert to lefty. Been putting that job off for a while. Any recommendations for a first set of nut and saddle files. PS Thanks for the video!

[@stratocactus]

Jim Grewe Stewmac’s files are good IMHO. I have tried less expensive files but they were crap. Buy cheap, buy twice.

[@RichM1967]

What size saw did you use on the nut to cut the string slots? I was told you needed to have different sizes for each string -- is that correct?

[@RosaStringWorks]

It's a fret slotting saw and I have my own technique for using it and making the slots different sizes. Been doing it for about 35 years that way. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to anyone else.

[@tombardy3813]

I have a question about acoustic guitar, thinking of upgrading my plastic pins, is there a material that you would recommend for the pins or plastic is just fine

[@RosaStringWorks]

Some people do claim that there's a big advantage to using bone or even brass. To be honest I don't really feel like there's a lot of difference.

[@tombardy3813]

Thank you

[@acmullane]

lol, now do some pickin

[@victorpassarella7069]

welcome to my world, being a lefty you have to learn to play upside down and backwards, since everyone else is a righty

[@chrisbamford2196]

Welcome to the world of left handed people. We have to learn to do everything backwards (and still understand what we're doing) [don't be rude, people] After spending a lifetime learning how to use all kinds of tools and instruments both backwards, or just plain how "everyone" uses it, I can say you have only just started. Isaw you hesitate a few times there, and I can understand the way you have to get your head together. It all comes natural now, but it takes a l.....o.......t of practice, to use circular saws, screw drivers,cordless drills, can openers, guitars, RULERS, etc, etc, etc. with either hand, and understand what you are doing. Sorry, but you are a babe in the woods as that goes.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Thanks for watching.

[@chrisbamford2196]

Just trying to be funny. Love your videos. thanks.

[@marcwire9332]

next time play the ending on a right hand then mirror the video......

[@todhollo1961]

silly man