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making a thunderbird bass guitar left handed?
i got an epiphone thunderbird bass and i play left handed. what should i do to convert it to lefty? ive had converted guitars before that were just the strings reversed but i was wondering about making it so that the knobs and input jack and everything are reversed. would redrilling for the pots hurt tone at all and how would i go about doing all this?
If you’re comfortable routing/drilling new holes for the wiring and knobs I would say go for it.
Don’t let it slip your mind that you’ll need to fill the old ones though as well and match paint.
Go to a music store and ask if they have a left-handed nut for a bass. This is the small plastic/bone piece near the head with notches to hold the strings from vibrating past that point.
Drilling into and moving components around on your guitar will most likely have no significant effect on your tone so don’t worry to much about that.
To make space for the new wiring placement you’ll need a router with a plunge bit and you’ll most likely want to make a jig so you don’t cut away wood that you wanted to keep by accident. (I cant tell you much about how to do that you’ll have to ask someone else or look it up elsewhere)
Past that it’s mostly just reassembling everything.
Additional warnings, by flipping your guitar over you’ll need to get a lefty pick guard and drill new holes for it.
Your bridge measurements will be reversed and will need adjusting.
Your pickup selector switch and volume/tone knobs may become inverted or feel backwards.
Hope this helps. I apologize for kind of just rambling off the top of my head.
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