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Danelectro Longhorn RH to LH Conversion

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Original bass - Right handed.

I finally scored a great deal on a Longhorn here a few weeks ago. After sanding, painting, resanding, repainting, cutting, filling, polishing and waiting for decals.... here is the finished project:

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Refinished and converted to a Lefty. As you can see, I did not change the original angle of the P/U's - just flipped them over so that the wiring would reach.

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Body w/ new handmade pickguard.

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Headstock with new LH bone nut - by yours truly.

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Back.

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Close-up. Just a cool sticker I found and put on under the clearcoat.

My first guitar conversion/restoration work ever - I'm pretty darn pleased and learned somethings that I'll remember the next time I get the itch to do this sort of thing.