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chachee99
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Location: Seoul Korea
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 Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 5:40 am Post subject: WTB Left-handed Guitar |
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Hi. I am looking for a left-handed acoustic guitar. Nothing fancy. Just something to play on.
Send me a PM if anyone has one available or know where I can buy one in Seoul. |
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chachee99
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Location: Seoul Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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jhaelin
Joined: 30 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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why not just find a righty guitar and string it lefty?
i think you can get by that way.
you can be the hendrix of acoustic...
goodluck! |
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chachee99
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| Hendrix style is ok with me, but don't know where to get it done. Rock on Jimmy!!!! |
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Masta_Don
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:04 am Post subject: |
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As I said in your other thread:
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Your best bet is to get a right handed guitar, buy a new nut cut for a lefty and restring it. And I know your plight. You see, I too am a lefty.
When I've browsed on auction.co.kr I'll find (I was looking for basses but I imagine guitars too) right handed ones going for 100k-300k (got mine for 90k!!) while the cheapest left handed one was 700k.
For guitars in general I would recommend that place in Insadong. Never can remember the name of it and it's not important. It's the big building that straddles the street next to Old People's Park (watch out, they are some mean drunks). Last time I went I saw one left handed guitar, electric, and it was a decent deal, about 500k for a highly sought after guitar. That was one left handed guitar in a good couple hundred.
Changing the nut and strings costs about 20k total. It's what I'm doing with my newly bought bass. |
That place in Insadong is where you get it done. My last guitar took about 30 minutes to change. |
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jhaelin
Joined: 30 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Masta_Don wrote: |
As I said in your other thread:
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Your best bet is to get a right handed guitar, buy a new nut cut for a lefty and restring it. And I know your plight. You see, I too am a lefty.
When I've browsed on auction.co.kr I'll find (I was looking for basses but I imagine guitars too) right handed ones going for 100k-300k (got mine for 90k!!) while the cheapest left handed one was 700k.
For guitars in general I would recommend that place in Insadong. Never can remember the name of it and it's not important. It's the big building that straddles the street next to Old People's Park (watch out, they are some mean drunks). Last time I went I saw one left handed guitar, electric, and it was a decent deal, about 500k for a highly sought after guitar. That was one left handed guitar in a good couple hundred.
Changing the nut and strings costs about 20k total. It's what I'm doing with my newly bought bass. |
That place in Insadong is where you get it done. My last guitar took about 30 minutes to change. |
are you refering to the nakwon music center near jognro-3-ga or anguk stations on the 3 line?
if so, that would be a good place to start chachee.
they have a buncj of small shops that do custom work, like adding strap clasps for acoustics, lowering bridges, etc.
i'm sure they would be able to find or make you a lefty-nut, lol
sorry sometimes i'm still in grade school.
if you need directions to the place just search on this site "nakwon". |
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Masta_Don
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| jhaelin wrote: |
are you refering to the nakwon music center near jognro-3-ga or anguk stations on the 3 line?
if so, that would be a good place to start chachee.
they have a buncj of small shops that do custom work, like adding strap clasps for acoustics, lowering bridges, etc.
i'm sure they would be able to find or make you a lefty-nut, lol
sorry sometimes i'm still in grade school.
if you need directions to the place just search on this site "nakwon". |
I am referring to Nakwon. I always forget the name and it's not prominently displayed anywhere. My only word of warning is that the prices start high and, for some reason, stay high. I've talked to a Korean - real snotty Korean - and he said they hate foreigners there and would rather not do business with them unless they can rip them off. Who knows, that guy was a bit of an ass.
Also, the first guitar I got fixed up left-handed took a day to do but I got a custom made nut. The next took 30 minutes but all they did was turn a right-handed nut around. But that was included in the price of the guitar (I had just bought it there). |
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chachee99
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
Location: Seoul Korea
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| Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 5:24 am Post subject: |
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| how much is high? I would like to pick up a guitar ASAP. |
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Masta_Don
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Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 9:13 am Post subject: |
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| how much is high? I would like to pick up a guitar ASAP. |
Depends on what you want. If you have no idea go with a price in mind. They'll probably give you a couple in the price range you ask for but then bust out with super-secret-awesome guitar that's way underpriced. Then have them come down at least another 50,000 from that. Depends on how good your haggling is and how much overhead is on the guitar you want. |
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gaelforce
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| If you're interested I've got a lefty electric for sale - v. cheap. Sent you a pm about it but not sure if you received it. Please let me know whether or not you'd like to make an offer. |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Yesterday, I saw an awesome brand new Epiphone left-handed acoustic guitar with pick-up at Shindang Market. The guy only wants 100,000 won for it. It's easily worth 3 or 4 times that amount of money. Must have fell off of a truck or something.
It's Mr. Lee's shop.
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Go out Shindang station exit #1 and take a left. Take your first left up the tiny street and walk up about a kilometer. You'll see his guitar shop on the left. It's about 300 meters before you reach the Cheon gye cheon. Tell them I sent ya! |
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