JuanCarlosVejar Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Guys and Girls check this guy out ... he playing some PM on what appears to be a lefty texan set up for a righty lol ! I never thought someone would do that : JC
j45nick Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Guys and Girls check this guy out ... he playing some PM on what appears to be a lefty texan set up for a righty lol ! I never thought someone would do that : JC The intonation must really suck with that saddle slanted the wrong way!
Rockanrolla Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 When I record on my IPhone it plays back with a miror image, (something to do with the settings, I cant work out how to change it yet) So it appears that I am a lefty but I'm a righty, perhaps its the same with this guy and he is actually left handed.
blindboygrunt Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 When I record on my IPhone it plays back with a miror image, (something to do with the settings, I cant work out how to change it yet) So it appears that I am a lefty but I'm a righty, perhaps its the same with this guy and he is actually left handed. doesnt make your picguard upside down though :-)
JuanCarlosVejar Posted January 4, 2012 Author Posted January 4, 2012 doesnt make your picguard upside down though :-) Yes that is what leads me to believe it's a lefty set up for a righty
ChrisA83 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 doesnt make your picguard upside down though :-) No, but he could be a lefty playing a right handed guitar, then his camera has reversed the image.
ParlourMan Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Probably not though, look at the guitar in the background, it's a righty... either way with the camera it's not the same as the other instrument.
Red 333 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Before Gibson Montana issued the McCartney Texan in 2006, Epiphone had announced that it would be available as a left-handed model set up for righties, so that righty players would be a mirror image of the lefty McCartney playing his righty Texan. I don't know how many they actually made like this, if any (I've only seen regular lefties and righties), but the concept was certainly in their plans when they announced the model at first. Bozeman made 290 McCartney Texans. Forty were the aged and signed Paul McCartney Replica 1964 Texans, that reproduced Pauls' guitar as it is today. Paul had the adjustable saddle on his Texan replaced with a fixed one by the Mandolin brothers, and while it still appears to slant for a right handed player, it was cleverly designed to intonate for a left-handed one. These guitars were signed by Paul on the soundboard. You can see the Replica Texan and it's unique saddle here: Replica Texan on Gbase The other 250 guitars (called the Paul McCartney 1964 USA Texans) reproduced Paul's Texan as it might have been when it was new, with the adjustable saddle. These guitars also featured reproduction, period correct blue Epiphone labels that were signed by Paul (though they say "Epiphone Inc., Bozeman Montana" rather than "Kalamzoo, MI" as the original labels would have), and a certificate showing its release sequence (1 of 250, etc.). If any were actually made as left-handed versions set up for righties, I think they would have been from this batch (otherwise the Replicas wouldn't be replicas). I don't know if they actually did this though. They did make left-handed and right handed versions. The final 1964 guitars were the Epiphone Elitist Paul McCartney Texans. They were made in Japan by Terada, and were also available in right-handed and left-handed models. These guitars had a facsimile signature on the repro blue Epiphone soundhole label (which said "Epiphone Inc., Nashville, Tennessee). The last four digits of the serial number indicate which of 1964 the guitar is. A certificate also indicated its sequence (1 of 1,964, etc.). There are also a handful of overruns from the Bozeman-made batches that have no signed/numbered labels, but have a standard Gibson serial number on the headstock (the other Bozeman and Terada McCartney Texans all have the serial number of Paul's guitar). No doubt there are some overruns of the Terada batch, too. The guitar in the video looks like its strung for a right handed player, but the saddle slants for a lefty. Paul played his for many years before having the Mondolin Bros. properly re-orient his saddle, reporting that the intonation was only really bothersome (at least to him, anyway) past the twelfth fret. Maybe the guy in the video is OK with it, too. I think that's a Terada Texan. The Bozeman-made ones didn't have the dot above the "i" in "Epiphone" as far as I know. If you're still reading this, here's a bit of McCartney Texan trivia: in a small way, the Terada Texans are actually more accurately reproduced than the Bozeman ones: the Terada Texans include the little popsicle stick brace below the soundhole and above the intersection of the x-brace, which is a feature found on vintage Texans (at least everyone I've seen); the Bozeman-made ones I've seen do not have this brace (I don't think Bozeman uses them on any guitars they make). I haven't seen Paul's though, so I may be wrong about who got it right! Red 333
57classic Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 It does look like a lefty guitar but look at the logo on the headstock and truss rod cover. They are for a right handed guitar. Not sure how the intonation is working.
Clayfingers Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Remember the discussion about whether Orville Gibson was as lefty? Check this guys shirt buttons, they're the right way around (left over right), suggesting he is a righty playing as left handed guitar.
blindboygrunt Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 jesus, this is like an episode of columbo
Red 333 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Here's a link to an eBay auction for one of the Bozeman-made, left-handed McCartney Texans: Left-Handed, Bozeman-Made Texan on Ebay Red 333
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