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Relic build for my friend Wes - Wes' is the lefty on the bottom

This was my most fun build by far. Friend Wes Carl had admired my Lord Clinton relic build. I had another box (actually, 2 more) and made him one ~setup for a left handed player.

The bottom of the lid was white and pretty and I asked my nation friends which side to use. The opinions were quite even. My wife said, "If he likes your red one, make his red too." That was the clincher. Red it is.

I sweated that it might not turn out. My righty model is an easy player and sounds good acoustic and electric. There are 1 or 2 videos up using it.

Wes' lefty seems the equal of the righty, only it is louder plugged in. I will keep it a week and do a small bit of tweaking. Lower the bass string a bit at the saddle, and decide if it needs string guides. Right now, it does not seem to.

Oh, the fretting. I set it up how I like mine set up. No 6th, 8th or 9th frets. The omitted 8 and 9 make doing a boogie thing very easy to do. See my video if you don't understand. And I just don't seem to use the 11th. Maybe someday I will learn to.

Thanks for looking and double thanks to those of you who gave an opinion on red or white.

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Comment by Uncle John on September 25, 2011 at 10:50am: Thanks, John B!

Comment by jabes on September 25, 2011 at 7:50am: i like all your stuff, and you always have kind and encourageing cmments on others work ..

Comment by Uncle John on September 25, 2011 at 3:03am: Thanks Jon G, Pick, Tontonsb, Steve and Owl. NightOwl, I would like to hear this in your hands.

Comment by NightOwl on September 24, 2011 at 12:16pm: They are both cool.

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on September 14, 2011 at 5:16am: They both look great UJ, i do prefer the lefty though! (-;

Comment by tontonsb on September 14, 2011 at 5:10am: VINTAGE LOOK BEAUTIFUL

Comment by the anonymous pick on September 14, 2011 at 5:07am: i was hinting i wanted one ;-)

Comment by Jon Grinder on September 14, 2011 at 1:42am: Very cool. I am left-handed, but I play guitar right-handed. Maybe I should build myself a lefty and see if it improves my playing...

Comment by Uncle John on September 13, 2011 at 11:04pm: Thanks, Kreg, Tim and Pick. Kreg, do you mean me or those guitars? Pick, what are you hinting at, I don't get it?

Comment by the anonymous pick on September 13, 2011 at 6:09pm: ahem .... i'm your friend too .. wink wink , nudge ,nudge ... ;-)

lol .. but seriously these are great lookin guitars . red looks like a great choice . ;-)