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peacock1987 · 10-23-2008, 10:37 PM

hi im left handed and thinking of plunging into buying a gibson les paul. Does anyone know what my lefty options are? my local guitar dealers in newcastle have stopped stocking gibsons so its proving tricky i cannot remember which online stores are good. any ideas?

boogie man · 10-23-2008, 10:43 PM

Peter Cooks are usually very good on price. Try our very own Jamie's site too...Hartnoll Guitars...he's a Gibson dealer.

peacock1987 · 10-23-2008, 10:48 PM

are the lp studios any good

Jamieh · 10-23-2008, 10:53 PM

Peter Cooks are no longer Gibson dealers I am afraid... HOWEVER... they might have some old Rosetti stock as they bought LOADS of it...

Otherwise really you'd be looking at a special order from Gibson via an authorised dealer and an "up to 3 month wait" for delivery, it might be less, it might be more, but that is what Gibson are quoting right now. Gibson do make a LPs left handed, the Standard USA series left handed models available are;

LP Std 08 - Heritage Cherry or Ebony
LP Traditional - as above
Studio - wine red or ebony with either chrome or gold hardware

Then there are SG Standards in either ebony or cherry available.

The chances of finding any of the above in stock anywhere I am afraid is probably pretty slim, not impossible, but slim, so as mentioned a special order would probably be required....

peacock1987 · 10-23-2008, 10:56 PM

why are loadsa places not dealing gibsons anymore? curse my left hand like

peacock1987 · 10-23-2008, 10:59 PM

i wonder if its worth going for an epiphone and ripping the pickups out i hear the build quality its pretty good on them

Jamieh · 10-23-2008, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by peacock1987

why are loadsa places not dealing gibsons anymore? curse my left hand like

Because Gibson wiped out 90% of their dealer base earlier this year in an extremely controversial move... which at first seemed ridiculous, but in fact is proving quite successful because the dealers that are doing them now know a lot more about the products and the product range etc... the downside is that for the time being at least stock availability is scarce and special orders are required, even for Epiphone stuff!

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Originally Posted by peacock1987

i wonder if its worth going for an epiphone and ripping the pickups out i hear the build quality its pretty good on them

They are good, but whatever you do it'll never be a Gibson!

peacock1987 · 10-24-2008, 08:18 AM

are the epiphones good value for moneuy

10-23-2008, 10:37 PM	#1
peacock1987 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 271	what are my options? hi im left handed and thinking of plunging into buying a gibson les paul. Does anyone know what my lefty options are? my local guitar dealers in newcastle have stopped stocking gibsons so its proving tricky i cannot remember which online stores are good. any ideas?

10-23-2008, 10:43 PM	#2
boogie man Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: London Posts: 5,595	Peter Cooks are usually very good on price. Try our very own Jamie's site too...Hartnoll Guitars...he's a Gibson dealer. __________________ Don't blame it on the sunshine, Don't blame it on the moonlight, Don't blame it on the good times, Blame it on Gordon Brown.

10-23-2008, 10:53 PM	#4
Jamieh Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Devon - Barnstaple or Plymouth! Posts: 7,080	Peter Cooks are no longer Gibson dealers I am afraid... HOWEVER... they might have some old Rosetti stock as they bought LOADS of it... Otherwise really you'd be looking at a special order from Gibson via an authorised dealer and an "up to 3 month wait" for delivery, it might be less, it might be more, but that is what Gibson are quoting right now. Gibson do make a LPs left handed, the Standard USA series left handed models available are; LP Std 08 - Heritage Cherry or Ebony LP Traditional - as above Studio - wine red or ebony with either chrome or gold hardware Then there are SG Standards in either ebony or cherry available. The chances of finding any of the above in stock anywhere I am afraid is probably pretty slim, not impossible, but slim, so as mentioned a special order would probably be required.... __________________ Hartnoll Guitars - my guitar shop!

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peacock1987 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 271	are the lp studios any good

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peacock1987 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 271	why are loadsa places not dealing gibsons anymore? curse my left hand like

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peacock1987 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 271	i wonder if its worth going for an epiphone and ripping the pickups out i hear the build quality its pretty good on them

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peacock1987 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 271	are the epiphones good value for moneuy