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03-23-2008, 01:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | Lefty Neck On A Righty Bass
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I'm hoping to buy a lefty neck for my right handed bass soon. For looks obviously. I think a reverse headstock would look amazing. Anyways, what kinda tuners would I have to buy? Would I just buy left handed tuners, or right handed tuners?
And would I need to get a string retainer if the headstock is reversed? |
03-23-2008, 10:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | Anybody? |
03-23-2008, 10:43 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pittsburgh | | | i dont think you would really have any problems doing it, i dont think you would need a string tree or odd tuners.
all you would need is longer scale bass strings because that e string, if its a fender style head, will have to get pretty far out there. |
03-25-2008, 07:45 AM
| | | | you would have to get a new Nut too, or possibly file down the one on it otherwise your E - A is gonna be moving all over and it MAY deaden your D - G,
Sure its right. Thick string small slot, small string big slot. not sure it will sound great.
Thinking about it, a new nut would prob be the better option, and if your going to replace it you may as well get one made of bone so it doesnt break easy like plastic types do. Better sustain too.
IMHO
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03-25-2008, 08:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: League City, Tx | | | most modern nuts are square on both sides. You can simply pop it off and reverse it. I do it all the time.
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03-27-2008, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by lug  most modern nuts are square on both sides. You can simply pop it off and reverse it. I do it all the time. | NOT(!) if the nu has been cut correctly!
on a correctly but nut, the witness point (where the string first comes into support contact) is at the leading edge of the nut so that you have both accurate pitch between the open string and fretted notes, and so that you don't have the string vibration inside the nut (which would cause damping on open strings) ... the string slot inside of the nut should gently taper down towards the headstock.
flipping a nut will put the witness point at the trailing edge of the nut and the nut slot would then gently taper towards the fretboard ... and you will have intonation and open string sustain issues with properly setting up your bass (not to mention the potential for a buzzing noise in the nut that is caused by string vibrations where they shouldn't be)
sure you can do it this way, but this is an incorrect methodology that should not be promoted
all the best,
R |
03-28-2008, 12:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Singapore | | | Well technically the nut on the old neck would still be cut the correct way, so pop the nut off the old neck, pop it on the new neck, minor filing to adjust height, and presto, its done.
Get lefty tuners for a lefty neck, i think.
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03-28-2008, 01:10 PM
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Owner/Builder: Regenerate Guitar Works | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Upper Left Corner (Seattle) | | | ummm ... no
this would only be true in the lefty neck was strung backwards with the low E-string down towards the ground. a lefty neck has the low E-string high away from the ground - just like on a righty - making this a complete rotation of the nut that places the side originally facing the headstock towards the body ... which then has the witness point on the wrong side of the nut
all the best,
R |
03-28-2008, 06:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southampton | | | He's talking about removing the nut that is currently being used from the old neck, and putting it on the new one. If the hat fits... |
03-28-2008, 10:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: League City, Tx | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodent NOT(!) if the nu has been cut correctly!
on a correctly but nut, the witness point (where the string first comes into support contact) is at the leading edge of the nut so that you have both accurate pitch between the open string and fretted notes, and so that you don't have the string vibration inside the nut (which would cause damping on open strings) ... the string slot inside of the nut should gently taper down towards the headstock.
flipping a nut will put the witness point at the trailing edge of the nut and the nut slot would then gently taper towards the fretboard ... and you will have intonation and open string sustain issues with properly setting up your bass (not to mention the potential for a buzzing noise in the nut that is caused by string vibrations where they shouldn't be)
sure you can do it this way, but this is an incorrect methodology that should not be promoted
all the best,
R | I've flipped several nuts and every one was a flat cut. It may not be "correct" but that's they way I always find them on basses I buy.
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03-30-2008, 03:04 PM
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