Jerry's Lefty Guitars newest guitar arrivals. Updated weekly!: September 2018

Goodall Aloha Koa Grand Concert left handed guitar 9/6/18

A perfect condition used Goodall Grand Concert. Great action and the sublime sound that James Goodall manages to coax from every one of his guitars. $5400 street price, my price $3349.
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Goodall specs webpage.

Eastman E20P Sunburst left handed guitar 9/6/18

The ever wonderful E20P Adirondack/Rosewood parlor guitar. $1650 list, $1319 MAP.
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E20P specs webpage.

Eastman MD315 Classic left handed guitar 9/6/18

Three MD315s came in last week. Two sold and one is on layaway. This one is sold.
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Eastman MD315 Classic left handed mandolin 9/6/18

This one is sold.
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Eastman MD315 Classic left handed mandolin 9/6/18

Eastman's satin finish F style mandolin. On layaway. $875 list, $699 MAP.
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MD315 specs webpage.

Eastman MD815/v left handed mandolin 9/6/18

Eastman MD815/v varnish Adirondack/Maple F style F hole mandolin. $2199 list, $1759 MAP.
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MD815/v specs webpage

Eastman MD814/v Black left handed mandolin 9/6/18

Eastman's Adirondack/Maple F style, oval hole mandolin in Black. This varnish series instruments have the feel and the sound of vintage instruments. $2199 list, $1759 MAP.
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MD814/v specs webpage.

Eastman E40D (JO2) left handed guitar 9/6/18

Eastman's top of the line E40D. I added a K&K pure mini. Sold.
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Eastman E20 OMCE left handed guitar 9/6/18

I finally get the E20 OMCE and they are discontinued. Why? Adirondack/Rosewood cutaway with electronics. Get one of two leftys ever made. $1850 list, $1479 MAP.
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E20 OM specs webpage.

Eastman SB58/v Amber left handed guitar 9/6/18

Eastman's new solid bodies are every bit as good as their semi-hollows. $2299 list, $1839 MAP.
Weight: 7.8 lbs (and not chambered!)
Condition: New aged.
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SB59/v specs webpage.
Gibson R8 vs Eastman SB59/v video demo.
Guitar Magazine video demo.

ALL THAT'S NEW AT JERRY'S LEFTY GUITARS!

Visit us at: https://www.jerrysleftyguitars.com

This is a way for me to immediately let you know what has arrived on a weekly basis. I will be posting all new guitars first on this blog with links to Flickr and pricing. They go on my website soon after if I did not sell it directly as a result of someone seeing it on this blog first. It usually takes about a week for a guitar to go from blog to website. Please direct inquiries about buying guitars you see on this blog to my email or phone. I've sold hundreds of guitars from the blog that have never made it to my website or the "sold guitars" pages on the website. If you see something you are interested in, email or call. Whomever asks about a particular guitar gets the first refusal on the guitar. You can subscribe to this blog so every time I post you get an email. That way you know the day anything new arrives. I'll likely be posting weekly, letting you know what's up in the lefty guitar world (or my little corner of it anyway).

There will probably be some growing pains (certainly on my part!) with this blog, but I'll figure it out eventually.

Click on any photo in this blog for a LARGE photo.

I've now subscribed to Flickr to host my photos. They present the photos much better than Photobucket. I currently have over 2200 guitars (over 44,000 photos) on Flickr. Click on "Albums" to see all the guitars on the account. I'll be keeping the Photobucket account as I have over 1800 guitars on there already.

On Photobucket, you can click on the "view all albums" under the 10 albums shown on the right (bottom of Sub-albums list) and access all the manufacturers (about 70 right now) files that I have photos for. Beginning 7/30/11 I have started adding sub-albums to all the albums so you won't have to search all the photos in an album to find the specific one you are seeking. You can find the sub-albums on the left hand side of the album page. For example, if you want to see the Collings MF, you click on the Collings album and then click the MF sub-album. I started doing this when I realized some of the albums were getting so massive. Who knew I would have over 60,000 photos of ONLY lefty guitars!

My Guitar Story...

I'm Jerry Welch, owner of Jerry's Lefty Guitars in Sarasota, Florida.

I bought my first guitar (a right handed Martin Vega V845, because I'm right handed) in 1975 just before my 21st birthday. Two weeks later I cut off my left index finger in a construction accident (I was a full time carpenter since age 17). I thought my guitar playing days were done.

A few years later, I decided I really wanted to play and it seemed playing left handed was the answer. Having a full hand to fret with seemed more important than a full hand to strum with. So I became a lefty player. I banged around on that turned around Vega for years before deciding to find a factory lefty. Any lefty knows what happened next, frustration. Not even 1% of guitars built are lefties, even though 8% to 10% of the population are lefties.

I eventually accumulated a large collection of lefties but was unhappy with the limited choices all lefties have. I wanted more choices so I spoke with many manufacturers about making more models available. I was told pretty unanimously that they would be happy to make me lefties if I would order them in quantities that would make production feasible. So I did, and here I am a dealer.

I'm finally getting to play a wider range of instruments. I'm having guitars built lefty that have never before been available. I'm working every day to expand the lefty playing options.

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