Jerry's Lefty Guitars newest guitar arrivals. Updated weekly!: February 2014

Collings UT2 left handed ukulele 2/22/14

A trim upgrade and a gloss finish are what makes this a UT2. $2100 list, $1890 MAP
Collings UT2 left handed ukulele - a set on Flickr
Collings UT2 | Handmade Instruments from Austin, TX

Collings UT1 left handed ukulele 2/22/14

Collings ukes are voiced just like their guitars, big, loud, take no prisoners. $1600 list, $1440 MAP
Collings UT1 left handed ukulele. - a set on Flickr
Collings UT1 | Handmade Instruments from Austin, TX

Prestige Heritage Hollowbody Sunburst Quilted Maple left handed guitar 2/22/14

$1560 List, $1199 MAP. 7.6 lbs.
Prestige Heritage Hollowbody Sunburst Quilted Maple left handed guitar. - a set on Flickr

Prestige Heritage Elite Sunburst Quilted Maple left handed guitar 2/22/14

Both of these Prestige solid bodies weigh in at 8.6 lbs. $1480 list, $1099 MAP.
Prestige Heritage Elite Sunburst Quilted Maple left handed guitar. - a set on Flickr

Prestige Heritage Standard Sunburst Quilted Maple left handed guitar 2/22/14

I was impressed by the one hollowbody Prestige I had a few months ago, so I got the three models they make in lefty. $1200 list, $899 MAP.
Prestige Heritage Standard Sunburst Quilted Maple left handed guitar. - a set on Flickr

Eastman MD514 left handed mandolin 2/22/14

The F style oval hole in the 5 series. I ordered this more than two years ago. $1250 list, $949 my price.
Eastman MD514 left handed mandolin - a set on Flickr
MD514 F-Style Mandolin

Eastman MD604 Sunburst left handed mandolin 2/22/14

Eastmans' oval hole A style in a beautiful sunburst. I've been waiting on these mandolins a few years now. $1050 list, $799 my price.
Eastman MD604 left handed mandolin. - a set on Flickr
MD604 A-Style Mandolin

Eastman MD815 left handed mandolin 2/22/14

Eastmans' Adirondack and highly flamed Maple MD815. This is the mandolin that established Eastman as a serious contender in the mandolin world. $2000 list, $1499 my price.
Eastman MD815 left handed mandolin - a set on Flickr
MD815 F-Style Mandolin

Eastman MD315 left handed mandolin 2/22/14

The F style MD315 in satin finish. If you've always wanted an affordable, great sounding F style, here it is. $875 list, $649 my price.
Eastman MD315 left handed mandolin - a set on Flickr
MD315 F-Style Mandolin

Eastman MD305 left handed mandolin 2/22/14

Eastmans newest additions to the mandolin line are these satin finished models. No less impressive sounding than the higher spec models, but at a great price. $600 list, $449 my price. This one is on layaway, more coming soon.
Eastman MD305 left handed mandolin - a set on Flickr
MD305 A-Style Mandolin

Eastman AC508 Custom left handed guitar 2/22/14

The second of the AC508 Customs (the mother of pearl block inlays are the custom items) that I ordered a couple of years ago. Very nice guitars for those looking for a smaller. more comfortable size. $1525 list, $1149 my price.
Eastman AC508 Custom left handed guitar. - a set on Flickr
AC508 Grand Concert Acoustic

Eastman AC330 12 String left handed guitar 2/22/14

You will not find this guitar in Eastman's catalog. It is a Jumbo 12 string in Sitka/Mahogany. All solid woods, lacquer finish, bone nut and saddle, case included of course, and Eastman's great build quality. $1050 list, $799 my price. There is no 12 string anywhere near this price that can compare.
Eastman AC330 12 String left handed guitar. - a set on Flickr

Eastman AC122CE left handed guitar 2/22/14

Eastman least expensive guitar with cutaway and electronics. Already sold.
Eastman AC122CE left handed guitar. - a set on Flickr

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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