Telecaster Compensated Saddles - Standard Set / Left Hand
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SillyOctpuss
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I think some of the sets I've seen can be turned upside down and have their intonation spots in different places for left handed players.
But the Grub screws for height adjustment would be upside down!
At least you didn't say flip it the other way, Ha Ha!
The Sets I bought nearly 10 years ago are only on one side, No Left Hand sets were available then!
SillyOctpuss
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I'm pretty sure the gotohs have different intonation points on both sides for this purpose. I also think some of the Wilkinsons are the same
SillyOctpuss
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What model is that @Deperduci? Is it a FSR or a player series?
almondcity
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that's the more modern tele style with the 6 saddles
I prefer the 3 saddle look
I prefer the 3 saddle look
Bricksnbeatles
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The obvious solution is to play in a unique re-entrant tuning of AEgDeb
Bricksnbeatles is right. Once you get used to it it's not so bad - it's worse.
I think the main problem is being left-handed. It's interesting that guitar is one of the few instruments which is available left-handed. The classical world denies the existence of left-handed people. No left-handed pianos, violins or trumpets. As a friend of mine who plays violin has said to me a left-handed violinist would not be popular in an orchestra because they'd be elbowing the guy next to them all night.
Grateful I'm not left-handed. My dad was, and was forced to write with his right hand at school. Even though he was the highest achieving student in every year he was at school I could never read his handwriting.
I think the main problem is being left-handed. It's interesting that guitar is one of the few instruments which is available left-handed. The classical world denies the existence of left-handed people. No left-handed pianos, violins or trumpets. As a friend of mine who plays violin has said to me a left-handed violinist would not be popular in an orchestra because they'd be elbowing the guy next to them all night.
Grateful I'm not left-handed. My dad was, and was forced to write with his right hand at school. Even though he was the highest achieving student in every year he was at school I could never read his handwriting.
been there, done that.. pianos are w/e.. but due an accident when I was 7, I HAD to learn to use my right hand... and it still looks crappy almost 50 years later! 
the big Old School 3 all make lefties these days in each line, Rickenbacker, Fender, Gibson... only the small "boutiques' that don't outside custom jobs.
the big Old School 3 all make lefties these days in each line, Rickenbacker, Fender, Gibson... only the small "boutiques' that don't outside custom jobs.
Feral Feline
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But...
...What if you've got a lefty bridge on a righty guitar?
I was born ambidextrous. My grade 1 teacher found me alternating:
Teacher: "Weren't you writing with your right hand yesterday?"
Me "Yeah, I can do both so I alternate"
Teacher: "Well from now on you'll only write with your right hand."
I took a guitar class in Grade 8 or 9 and the teacher forced me to play righty, even though I was most comfortable playing lefty style, without restringing. I could flip the chord shapes around in my mind easily enough, but she said it would be too difficult for me even though it wasn't at all — never underestimate your student!
Never had a problem swapping front/rear brake-lever sides riding friends bikes, never had a problem driving on the left or right side of the road depending on country I was in (did that for several decades).
Stupid teachers.
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