Jerry's Lefty Guitars newest guitar arrivals. Updated weekly!: May 2012

Suhr Pro M7 Trans Black left handed guitar 5/24/12

The very first lefty M7. John Suhr added the flamed maple cap to the Pro M (Modern) line so you can have the great top without having to go the custom route.
Pro M7 Trans Black pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Anderson Short Drop Top Tortoise left handed guitar 5/24/12

Tom Anderson's Drop Top in the Short Scale 24 3/4" version. Chocolate Maple neck, Tortoise finish.
Short Drop Top Tortoise pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Santa Cruz 1929 000 Sunburst used left handed guitar 5/24/12

The biggest bottom end of the great 1929 series guitars fro Santa Cruz. A mint condition 000.
1929 000 Sunburst used pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Larrivee Bakersfield Trans Red left handed guitar 5/24/12

Larrivee's wonderful new Bakersfield. This is the 2nd Trans Red lefty I've received. It only weighs 6.6 lbs. All the traditional mojo and sound with belly and forearm cuts. Excellent guitars.
Bakersfield Trans Red 2 pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Gretsch Country Gentleman Chet Atkins 6122-1959 used left handed guitar 5/24/12

Just got this from Gretsch. Being sold as used even though it has never been used. Selling for less than 1/2 of list price. Perfect.
Country Gentleman Chet Atkins 6122-1959 pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Gretsch Chet Atkins Nashville 6120-1960 used left handed guitar 5/24/12

I just got this from Gretsch. It is being sold as a used guitar even though it has never been used. Perfect. For sale at less than 1/2 of list price.
Chet Atkins 6120-1960 Nashville pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Collings 290 DC Crimson left handed guitar 5/24/12

Classic Rock anyone?
290 DC Custom Crimson pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Cole Clark FL1AC Bunya/Blackwood left handed guitar 5/24/12

The performers guitar.
FL1AC Bunya-Blackwood pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Fender American Deluxe Strat used left handed guitar 5/24/12

Perfect. As new Deluxe. I like the mint green pick guard with the cream covers and knobs.
American Deluxe Strat 3 Tone pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Eastman T86MX Classic used left handed guitar 5/24/12

Very nice, excellent condition T186 Classic.
T186 Classic used pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

PRS is making a run of Lefty Custom 24s.

Ever since the lefty Custom 22s were made last summer, I have been lobbying to get another run of leftys done. PRS has wanted to do these large runs of leftys every few years instead of letting me (and other dealers) order leftys when we want to. This is sort of a compromise. They are letting us order all the leftys we want in a 30 day period. We can order any color available and special order colors (a first for lefty). These are the specs:

25" scale, 24 fret mahogany neck, rosewood board, "old school" abalone bird inlays, PRS Tremolo, PRS low mass locking tuners, hardshell case

Neck Profile: pattern regular

Electronics: uncovered 59/09s, volume and tone, redesigned 5-way blade switch

Options:

Hybrid hardware

Special order finishes (a first for leftys!)

Gold hardware

10 top flame or quilt

Finishes:

Amber Black

Armando's Amethyst Black

Black Gold Burst

Blue Crab Blue

Gold Burst

Charcoal Burst

Eriza Verde

Faded Blue Burst

Faded Gray Black

Fire Red Burst

Gold Top

McCarty Sunburst

McCarty Tobacco Sunburst

Purple Haze

Santana Yellow

Scarlet Smokeburst

Solana Burst

Teal Black

Trampas Green

Whale Blue

Here is the link to color chart:PRS Guitars | Custom 24 Colors

Bourgeois Ray LaMontagne Signature Dread left handed guitar 5/8/12

#5 of 30 Ray LaMontagne Signature Dreads. Dana Bourgeois and Ray LaMontagne worked together for more than a year developing this guitar. Ray is one of the most electrifying, mesmerizing singer songwriters of this generation.
Ray LaMontagne Signature Dread pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket Ray LaMontagne - Jolene (Elvis Costello's Spectacle) - YouTube

Fender American Telecaster 1973 (used) left handed guitar 5/8/12

Played professionally and continuously toured for the last 39 years. A road warrior of thousands of songs, miles, and gigs. It's ready for more!
1973 American Telecaster pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Gibson Les Paul Special Double Cut (2004) used left handed guitar 5/8/12

Gibson DC Special TV Yellow. Excellent condition.
Les Paul Special Double Cut TV Yellow pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Suhr Pro T2 Vintage White left handed guitar 5/8/12

All of John Suhr's Pro T style are a laser measured copy of a 1957 Telecaster body. Add modern 9" to 12" compound radius, stainless steel frets, locking tuners, and John's perfect vintage pickups, and you have a great Tele.
Pro T2 Vintage White pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Suhr Modern Custom 2 Tone Tobacco Burst left handed guitar 5/8/12

A beautiful Modern Custom.
Modern Custom 2 Tone Tobacco Burst pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Collings 290 DCS Vintage White left handed guitar 5/8/13

We are so fortunate that Bill Collings decided to substantially upgrade the great guitars from the '50s and '60s.
290DCS Vintage White pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

Collings O2H left handed guitar 5/8/12

This is Jerry's Lefty Guitars best selling Collings acoustic and my favorite model from Collings.
O2H 4 pictures by jerrysleftyguitars - Photobucket

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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