Beatles1909 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Hi everyone, I bought a lefty 2011 (2008) standard & I have to say it is an awesome playing/sounding guitar! (will get a photo on here as soon as possible just got it last night) The only question I have is, the controls are wired righty which is opposite to all my other guitars. Does anyone know if they can be rewired lefty? Being on a pcb I may just have to get used to it. I feel it is an over sight on Gibson's part if they are all like that! I'm not complaining, just asking, after all we lefties are always being challenged so what's one more? thanx, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Adams Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Look forward to seeing your lefty beatles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beatles1909 Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eracer_Team Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 not many lefties here on the site as far as I know but. are you saying that your lefty controls wired with the neck volume pot at the bottom and the bridge volume pot at the top? while most righties are wired Neck volume on top and bridge volume on bottom if it is on a PCB, why don't you just disconnect the neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibSinCity Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 not many lefties here on the site as far as I know but. are you saying that your lefty controls wired with the neck volume pot at the bottom and the bridge volume pot at the top? while most righties are wired Neck volume on top and bridge volume on bottom if it is on a PCB, why don't you just disconnect the neck At first, I also thought this was about volume and tone pot pickup assignments. I could be wrong, but now I'm thinking this may be more about how the pots are wired and how the pot rotation on a lefty would be the opposite of a righty. With a righty, when you rotate a volume pot that's under your thumb towards, let's say the end of your thumb, the volume decreases, with a lefty guitar and a righty pot, the volume would increase. Just swiching the wire harness at the PCB wouldn't fix this. "Lefty" pots are called for. Allparts.com http://www.allparts.com/Left-handed-Parts-s/342.htm?searching=Y&sort=7&cat=342&show=20&page=1 Guitarpartsresource.com http://guitarpartsresource.com/electrical_ctspots.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman82 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 All of my left handed guitars are wired lefty. But I have played a lefty Gibson SG that was wired like a right handed guitar. It was kinda weird when I first played it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eracer_Team Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 now I'm thinking this may be more about how the pots are wired and how the pot rotation on a lefty would be the opposite of a righty. Just switching the wire harness at the PCB wouldn't fix this. if this was a standard wired guitar and not a pcb guitar all he'd need to do is attach the wire to the other terminal (pots do swing both ways) and of course switch the ground to the other terminal. if this is a pcb (he he stated) just use a sewing pin to push on the connector lock that holds the wire in. slide back the two outer wires and swap their sides. That should change the direction of the sweep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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