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

Eastman T486 Classic left handed guitar 10/9/18

The customer who bought this says It's a work of Art". I won't argue. Sold.
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Eastman T486 specs webpage.

Eastman AR371CE Sunburst left handed guitar 10/9/18

Wow, I just checked and I haven't had one of these in the shop for over 3 years. This one is sold.
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Eastman MD515 Classic M02 left handed mandolin 10/9/18

After a nearly two year absence, a couple of lefty MD515 have been built.
$1250 list, $999 MAP
Condition: New
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Eastman MD515 specs webpage.

Eastman MD515 Classic left handed mandolin 10/9/18

It's been nearly two years since Eastman has made any lefty MD515s. Good to have them back in the shop. $1250 list, $999 MAP.
Condition: New
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Eastman MD515 specs webpage.

2011 Taylor 856e 12 string left handed guitar 10/5/18

Taylor knows how to make 12 strings. And easy to play 12 strings at that. Mint condition. $4378 list, $3399 street price. My price $2495.
Condition: 9.9
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Collings 02H Custom Sunburst left handed guitar 10/5/18

I think I've sold more Collings 02H and 01 than all the other models combined. You know why as soon as you strum a few chords. This one has Adirondack braces, no tongue brace, and a 1 3/4" nut, and Collings built case. $5500 list, $4950 MAP.
Condition: New
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Collings 02H spec webpage.

Collings 290DC TV Yellow left handed guitar 10/5/18

The first 290DC I've ordered in a few years. These are great guitars. I'm ordering some more! Sold.
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Collings 290DC specs webpage.

2014 Gretsch Limited Edition 5622 Surf Green left handed guitar 10/5/18

Remember these? I did a one time run in 2014 of 24 of these. Besides the US they went to five other countries. Only Surf Green Gretsch semi-hollows ever made. Rightys didn't get any. $999
Weight: 8.1 lbs (lighter than the 2 pickup version I did later)
Condition: 9.9
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Video demo from my shop.

Fender Elite Stratocaster 3 Tone Burst left handed guitar 10/5/18

Fender has updated the Strat without screwing it up (robot tuners anyone?) Better tuners, noiseless pickups, redesigned heel. $1995 street price. My price $1549.
Weight: 8.1 lbs
Condition: 9.9
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Fender Elite webpage.
Video demo

PRS Custom 24 Wood Library Blood Orange left handed guitar 10/5/18

Absolutely perfect condition. Another of the beautiful Wood Library Custom 24s. This one has a solid rosewood neck! 85/15 pickups, Pattern regular neck shape. Street price $5250, my price $3995.
Weight: 7.7 lbs
Condition 9.9
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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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