Lefties Only
Growing Slowly but Surely with Tons of Exciting, Hard-To-Find Instruments on Order and Constantly Arriving!!
We are growing this section as rapidly as possible by offering some very choice and hard-to-find Left-Handed Electric Guitars.
The only problem we're encountering is that the demand for these guitars is so high that we are selling whatever comes in almost immediately and many are pre-sold on arrival. As problems go, we reckon that this is a pretty good problem to have, but it's also making it difficult to accumulate the broad selection we are striving for!
On order currently are select models from some of the most in-demand, high-end builders around; pieces that have previously been nearly impossible for left-handed guitarists to find.
In Stock or On Order are left-handed models from Collings, Fender® Custom Shop (with our Fat Sound Original™ Spec's), Gretsch®, Grosh Guitars, MotorAve and Ron Thorn.
Be sure to note the "Lefty Upcharge" info for each listing. Whenever possible we try to support builders who do not charge additional fees or a percentage markup for their left-handed guitars. Many builders, however, do actually need to charge more due to economies of scale. The need to re-tool for relatively small instrument runs tends to raise the cost of building these guitars for smaller operations. In these instances we make sure that the upcharge is reasonable based on the added expense involved.
Check back often as this section will become more heavily populated throughout 2012.
Many of the guitars we have scheduled to arrive during the Winter of 2011-2012 were ordered months ago, but take quite a while to arrive once ordered. Please be patient as we build up this section and definitely drop us a line if there's a specific left-handed electric (or acoustic) guitar you've been trying to find!
[12-15-2011] 'Thanks!' to the numerous left-handed players that are showing their enthusiasm for this latest addition to Fat Sound. We greatly appreciate the support!!
[02-12-2012] Our growing number of left-handed supporters is helping us to add some very nice, used inventory!
Grosh Electrajet Dual Humbucker | Mint Green Metallic |
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| FAT PRICE: $3199.00 | AVAILABILITY: In Stock | |
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Lefty Upcharge - No, Grosh Guitars does not upcharge for left-handed models. Fat Sound's Take On The ElectrajetThe Electrajet models are some of the best guitars we have ever played. Both Fat Sound Guitar's owner and manager count Electrajet models among their most prized guitars. A truly amazing, toneful and inspirational guitar design in every respect by which an electric guitar is measured. The variations you can come up with are nearly endless and the body shape somehow contributes to making these guitars more versatile than anything else we can remember having played regardless of the pickup configuration. Of special note for players who like to actually use their guitar's tremolo, this latest "510" design from Gotoh combined with Grosh's nut work and overall alignment and flawless build geometry allows for either subtle, smooth vibrato or complete dive bombs while remaining perfectly in tune 95% of the time. A string or two may occasionally go out a tad under extreme use, but a quick wiggle of the bar almost always brings it right back in tune again. As much as we love the Sunset 79 variant with the Floyd Rose, it is also nice having a truly useable, non-locking tremolo option for the player who prefers the more traditional look and/or tone that this style of tremolo brings to the table. The Gotoh 510 is a vintage style, 6 screw attachment, 6 bent metal saddle tremolo with a modern upgrade via its compression fit trem bar which is easily adjustable to either stay where you put it or fall out of the way when released. It's the best vintage inspired tremolo we have ever come across. Fat Sound's Take on #2783We think this is an incredibly hot looking guitar. Don's choice of the Brushed Aluma-Look pickguard and black painted headstock really tie this guitar together visually. Unfortunately our photos just don't quite do this one justice. They should give you an idea, but its a jaw-dropper in person. This is one amazing instrument! Features and SpecificationsBODY:
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Owner's CommentsMint Green Electrajet # 2641 "Bad Ass. Best EJ I've played period. Set up perfect and sustains all day." Ryan R. Mint Green Electrajet # 2679 "Hey Stu, Got Minty -- freaking fantastic. Unbelievably beautiful work and plays as good or better than my Orange one,....but I still love my Orange one. :D Thanks again for the top notch customer service." Bill H. |
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Grosh ElectraSonic | NAMM 2012 Showpiece |
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| FAT PRICE: $2699.00 | AVAILABILITY: On Hold | |
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Lefty Upcharge - No, Grosh Guitars does not upcharge for left-handed models. Fat Sound's Take On The Electrajet In GeneralThe Electrajet models are some of the best guitars we have ever played. Both Fat Sound Guitar's owner and manager count Electrajet models among their most prized guitars. A truly amazing, toneful and inspirational guitar design in every respect by which an electric guitar is measured. The variations you can come up with are nearly endless and the body shape somehow contributes to making these guitars more versatile than anything else we can remember having played regardless of the pickup configuration. Of special note for players who like to actually use their guitar's tremolo, this latest "510" design from Gotoh combined with Grosh's nut work and overall alignment and flawless build geometry allows for either subtle, smooth vibrato or complete dive bombs while remaining perfectly in tune 95% of the time. A string or two may occasionally go out a tad under extreme use, but a quick wiggle of the bar almost always brings it right back in tune again. As much as we love the Sunset 79 variant with the Floyd Rose, it is also nice having a truly useable, non-locking tremolo option for the player who prefers the more traditional look and/or tone that this style of tremolo brings to the table. The Gotoh 510 is a vintage style, 6 screw attachment, 6 bent metal saddle tremolo with a modern upgrade via its compression fit trem bar which is easily adjustable to either stay where you put it or fall out of the way when released. It's the best vintage inspired tremolo we have ever come across. Features and SpecificationsBODY:
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Collings 290 DC S Dogear P-90 | Vintage White |
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| MSRP: $3175.00 | FAT PRICE: $2857.00 | AVAILABILITY: In Stock |
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Lefty Upcharge - No. Collings does not charge an additional fee or percentage for their left-handed guitars.
Announced at the 2011 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, the new Collings 290 DC S Model (Dual Cutaway, Single pickup) builds on Collings' popular 290 model by offering a single P-90, wraptail bridge, Dual Cut guitar that is, essentially, an homage to the original Workingman's Rock-n-Roll guitars that came out of Michigan in the mid 50's. Slab bodied Honduran Mahogany with beautifully cut and sanded comfort contours for thigh and belly, long tenon neck joint with Mahogany/Rosewood neck/fingerboard complement, Lollar Dogear P-90, impeccable construction. A phenomenal model that should be very high on the wish list of any guitarist who values simplicity and phenomenal tone. A very girthy, ballsy instrument built to satisfy those who live for Rock and Blues. Fat Sound's TakeWhat ingredients come together to create an iconic Rock-n-Roll guitar? If you base your recipe on such greats as the Fender Esquire and the Gibson Les Paul Junior you'd place simplicity at the top of the list. A slab of great wood shaped with timeless beauty, minimal electronics lending girth and growl, a sweetly carved and played-in feeling neck and exceptional balance and comfort. Taking a page from the Book of Greats, Collings introduces their most bare bones, yet possibly most impressive electric model to date.......if you're looking for an ultimate Classic Rock and Blues guitar that is. The 290 DC S is The Definitive, archetype Rock-n-Roll guitar in every respect. A single, dogear P-90 courtesy of Jason Lollar, gorgeously massaged Mahogany from Honduras, the flawless neck carve and overall fit and finish for which Collings is legendary all complemented by a simple yet effective and toneful wraparound bridge. Fat Sound's staff consists of players who are more of the ham-fisted, big string guage, extra heavy plectrum, agro types who like a guitar with punch, bark and meanness, a moody instrument that likes to fight back but that also has a willingness to purr sweetly when coaxed......no feather finger players here. For us, the Collings 290 DC S is about as good as it gets. Highly Recommended! Features and Specifications
Fat Sound Award for Sonic and Design Excellence.™ Customer Comment"Stu, Joe K. |
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Gibson Custom '58 Les Paul VOS | Previously Owned |
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| FAT PRICE: $2859.00 | AVAILABILITY: In Stock | |
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Gibson SG Standard | Previously Owned |
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| FAT PRICE: $899.00 | AVAILABILITY: In Stock | |
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The Gibson SG StandardOriginally conceived as a modern replacement for the single-cutaway Les Paul Standard (the name it still carried for the first couple years of its existence), the SG had several features that made it perfect for cutting-edge guitarists – all of which remain present in the Gibson USA SG Standard – and it became an iconic rock guitar almost immediately. With its light yet resonant solid-mahogany body and neck, a radical looking double-cutaway design that also yields unprecedented upper-fret access, a rock-solid Tune-o-matic bridge and stoptail pairing, and two meaty humbucking pickups, today’s SG Standard is just as sweet a player and as monstrous a tone machine as the guitars that made the name legendary nearly 50 years ago. Features and SpecificationsBODY FINISH NECK FIT FINGERBOARD NUT TUNERS BRIDGE TAILPIECE PICKUPS ELECTRONICS CASE |
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'60 Fat Sound Original Stratocaster® | Fiesta Red NOS |
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| FAT PRICE: $3599.00 | AVAILABILITY: Sold | |
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Lefty Upcharge - Yes. Fender Custom Shop charges an addition $600.00 (msrp) for their left-handed guitars. Fat Sound only passes our cost for this upgrade along to our customers. The Fat Sound Original™As always with batches of our Fat Sound Original™ guitars we had very specific instructions for this most recent group of NOS and Closet Classic '59 and '60's Strats. Our spec's have been developed over the course of nearly two decades of ordering heavily tweaked Custom Shop pieces. Via an extreme amount of trial-and-error based on my personal passion for these guitars I feel we offer the finest Custom Shop guitars you can buy. The folks who end up with these guitars will have heirloom quality Strats that they'll enjoy and be inspired by for the rest of their lives. It took me several years of both "running the racks" and ordering Custom Shop Stratocasters before I found that truly magical guitar. Our local clientele know my personal, 60's Fiesta Red guitar and how exceptional it is. I've owned that piece, my #1, for 15 years now and have developed a serious attachment to it. My goal throughout the development of our Fat Sound Original™ Stratocasters has always been to discover what combination of specifications and tweaks is needed so that we can dramatically improve the odds of being able to provide our customers with Custom Shop guitars that are consistently as excellent as the 60's Custom Shop Strat it took me a decade to find. Some of the specifications we have come up with were relatively obvious and have been a part of our FSO offerings from the very beginning while others were more elusive and took years to discover. We're confident that after many years of gradually getting closer to our goal that this most recent batch of Fat Sound Original™ guitars are so exceptional that the time and effort we've put into this project has finally paid off. No further tweaks are required......the FSO guitar series is now absolutely perfect! I'm not going to give away all of our secrets, but let's talk about the more obvious stuff! We were very specific about the weight spec's and each guitar in this batch came in at exactly 7.6 pounds.....dead center of our preferred weight range for Alder Strats®. We're also very particular about the Rosewood used for the FSO's fingerboards. First of all we specified East Indian which Fender Custom Shop no longer defaults to unless specifically asked and then there is a small upcharge. Secondly, the East Indian Rosewood had to be as dark as possible and our inside guy at the Custom Shop managed to find us a batch of rosewood that is almost black! While ultra-dark rosewood is merely a cosmetic consideration, I consider this an absolutely vital part of getting the look just right I've never seen a pre-CBS, rosewood board guitar that didn't have a dark, oily looking fingerboard. The country of original for the Rosewood however is not merely cosmetic. Also, for our FSO guitars, the fretwork has to be absolutely perfect. Look at the close shots of the edges of the fingerboards for each of these guitar. Beautiful fret end treatment, flawlessly cut fret slot depth and the edges of the fingerboard show that perfect, almost scalloped look between the frets that indicates that perfectly rounded over fingerboard treatment which is so critical for creating that comfortable, played-in feel. After 15 years our Fat Sound Original guitars are now perfect! The fit-and-finish, overall cosmetics and, most importantly, playability and tone of each of these guitars is truly exceptional! Eureka!!! Features and Specifications
Fat Sound Original™ Upgrades
The Flame Maple Neck MythI occasionally hear concerns about potential instability of figured maple necks. I'll take partial responsibility for this misconception since I've been pretty outspoken about avoiding certain types of figured maple necks for nearly 20 years now. But, it's always been birdseye figuring, not flame figuring, that I've spoken out against. It's true that Birdseye figuring can cause less than stable necks. Birdseye figuring is created by small knots in the wood which are imperfections that, while attractive, are best avoided. Not all birdseye maple necks prove to be unstable, but there is a degree of risk that's high enough that I recommend avoiding necks with this particular type of figuring. I've owned several guitars with heavy birdseye figuring and only one was problematic, but the neck on that particular guitar was unstable enough that the truss rod required constant tweaking in order to maintain my preferred degree of relief. Further, the greater the degree of birdseye in a given piece of maple the more likely that piece is to be unstable. This attractive type of maple is best reserved for use in decorative furniture laminates or for automotive interior accents. Flame, on the other hand, has never been shown to cause any notable tendency towards instability. While any piece of maple can prove to be unstable, flame maple is generally every bit as stable as unfigured, flat sawn maple. Where birdseye figuring is, in fact, imperfections/voids in the maple, flame is merely a figuring anomaly created by distortions in the wood that run perpendicular to the wood's grain. It looks attractive while having zero effect on a neck's stability. There is a ton of misinformation out there about flame maple some of which can be found on the websites of very respected builders, but we have centuries of proof about the stability of flame maple as used for the neck wood of a wide variety of instruments. Consider the centuries old violins with flame or fiddle back maple necks as well as nearly a century of mandolins built with flame maple necks. In Summary, we advise avoiding birdseye maple necks as a hard and fast rule, but have zero problem recommending flame maple necks if you like the look and desire to have this beautiful cosmetic element as a feature of your guitar. Stu Carter, tone consultant |
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Collings 290 Model |
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| MSRP: $2950.00 | FAT PRICE: $2649.00 | AVAILABILITY: On Order |
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Lefty Upcharge - No. Collings does not charge an additional fee or percentage for their left-handed guitars. Fat Sound's TakeEver since the release of the Collings 290 model in 2006 it's been one of our best selling electric guitars. Based on the legendary Mahogany, slab-bodied, dual P-90 guitars of the mid-50's, the 290 is Rock-n-Roll stripped down to the most toneful essentials. With Collings' flawless build quality, gorgeous nitrocellulose finishes, buttery playability and fantastic tone, the Collings 290 rivals the best of the vintage 'Special' models in terms of its meaty tone and down right vibe. From Collings' WebsiteYou can't visit the Collings shop in the outskirts of Austin without traveling through the Texas hill country on Highway 290. Named after this highway, the 290 boasts amazing versatility in it's tonal spectrum. Fit with two hand-wound P90 pickups from Jason Lollar, the 290 is a modern day tribute to the original working man's rock'n roll guitar. Features and Specifications
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Customer Comment"I recently ordered a left handed Collings 290 from Fat Sound Guitars and I must say that it has exceeded all of my expectations. The fit and finish are top notch. The playability is amazing and the tone from those Lollar P-90's is incredible. The legendary reports of Bill Collings attention to the smallest of details are entirely accurate. Also, Collings does not demand a left handed upcharge, which is almost unheard of. I also received great customer service from Mike Gallo throughout the entire ordering process. Mike did a fantastic job of describing the feel, the pickups and tone that these fine mahogany instruments create. It's also wonderful to hear that Fat Sound is stepping up to the plate for left handed guitarists by increasing their lefty inventory and by ordering numerous high-end left handed instruments. I recommend Fat Sound Guitars and their extremely knowledgeable staff to anyone in the market for a high quality musical instrument. Thank you!!!" Alex N.
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Grosh Electrajet Dual P-90 | Black Cherry Metallic |
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| FAT PRICE: $2799.00 | AVAILABILITY: Sold | |
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Lefty Upcharge - No, Grosh Guitars does not upcharge for left-handed models. Fat Sound's Take On The Electrajet In GeneralThe Electrajet models are some of the best guitars we have ever played. Both Fat Sound Guitar's owner and manager count Electrajet models among their most prized guitars. A truly amazing, toneful and inspirational guitar design in every respect by which an electric guitar is measured. The variations you can come up with are nearly endless and the body shape somehow contributes to making these guitars more versatile than anything else we can remember having played regardless of the pickup configuration. Of special note for players who like to actually use their guitar's tremolo, this latest "510" design from Gotoh combined with Grosh's nut work and overall alignment and flawless build geometry allows for either subtle, smooth vibrato or complete dive bombs while remaining perfectly in tune 95% of the time. A string or two may occasionally go out a tad under extreme use, but a quick wiggle of the bar almost always brings it right back in tune again. As much as we love the Sunset 79 variant with the Floyd Rose, it is also nice having a truly useable, non-locking tremolo option for the player who prefers the more traditional look and/or tone that this style of tremolo brings to the table. The Gotoh 510 is a vintage style, 6 screw attachment, 6 bent metal saddle tremolo with a modern upgrade via its compression fit trem bar which is easily adjustable to either stay where you put it or fall out of the way when released. It's the best vintage inspired tremolo we have ever come across. About Don's Optional, Black Base Coat, Color ProcessIn 2009 Don Grosh developed a new Black Base Coat technique that has opened a whole new door on color possibilities. As seen in the finish of this guitar, this new process creates an extremely deep, lustrous finish that has an incredible richness and dimension to it. The color shifts subtly with movement giving it one of the richest looks we've ever seen on a guitar finish. Utilized here in under Cherry Metallic to create a deeper, slightly darker color with more movement. The photos do a pretty good job of capturing the beauty of this color, but wait until you see it in person! Features and SpecificationsBODY:
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Thorn SoCal R/S #43 | Ice Blue Metallic | Brazilian |
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| MSRP: $3030.00 | FAT PRICE: $3030.00 | AVAILABILITY: Sold |
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We offer Thorn's brilliant SoCal guitars in left-handed variants with your choice of 2-Tek's Hardtail bridge as well as Ron's proprietary Hardtail String-Thru and Tremolo bridges (right-handed tremolo version only for the 'SRV' setup which is actually pretty fantastic). Ron builds some of the most amazing and desirable guitars on the market, we are his exclusive dealer and we are now offering left-handed versions of his guitars to help spread the love! Production and Availability are very limited. As one of our most in-demand guitar lines, Ron's guitars rarely make it to the shop without being pre-sold. Lefty Upcharge - No. Ron Thorn does not charge an additional fee or percentage for his left-handed guitars. Features And Specifications
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Comments From R/S 43's OwnerHi Stu, Feel free to mark this guitar as sold on your website, as the only way it's going back to you is if you make me an offer for far more than I paid :) It's now just after 2:30am, I've been playing since about 8:30pm. The guitar is wonderful. It looks great. It plays great. It sounds amazing. Just wow. Thank you so much! Eric L.
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Gretsch® 6118T-LTV 125th Anniversary |
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| MSRP: $4025.00 | FAT PRICE: $2825.00 | AVAILABILITY: On Order |
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Lefty Upcharge - Yes. Gretsch® does charge an additional fee or percentage for their left-handed guitars. Gretsch® commemorates its 125th anniversary (1883-2008) and a 50-year legacy of incredible guitars with a very special instrument, the G6118T-LTV 125th Anniversary™. Its bound laminated maple body has a metallic gold-finished back and sides, with a rare mid-’50s Gretsch color—Jaguar Tan—chosen for the arched top. Distinctive spruce “ML” bracing produces rich and open tone. The three-piece maple neck has a tapered heel and ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl Neo Classic™ thumbnail inlays; the black headstock has a commemorative chrome plate (“Anniversary 1883-2008”). Other features include dual TV Jones® Power’Tron™ pickups, three-position pickup switch, three-position master tone switch, “G-arrow” knobs, metallic gold plexi pickguard, deluxe Sperzel® locking tuners, Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and Bigsby® B6C vibrato tailpiece. Features and Specifications
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