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

Nik Huber Krautster II Exceptional Top Amber Burst lefty guitar 4/11/19

If you know the Krautster II, then this is sort of an anomaly. A flamed maple top on a Krautster? I didn't even know he did that until he did. This one also has twin hum buckers instead of the usual P90/Humbucker configuration. Think of this like an Orca 59 Jr. $4495.
Weight: 6.9 lbs
Condition: New
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Krauster II specs webpage.

1971 Martin D12-20 12 String lefty guitar 4/11/19

I think this is likely a one of a kind. Slope shoulder, 12 fret, 12 string that was ordered in 1970 and delivered to the single owner in 1971. Been played as rhythm guitar behind some of the finest bluegrassers in the world. Was at Bryan Suttons house early this year for a jam. Perfect neck, perfect action, and gorgeous sound. $2000. On hold.
Condition: 8.7
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Collings 360 Special Ferrari Red lefty guitar 3/27/19

Collings made a small run Special Edition Ferrari Red 360, and they made me the only lefty! $4700 list, $4230 MAP.
Weight: 7.8 lbs
Condition: New
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Collings 360 Special specs webpage.

Paoletti Nancy Black Leather Top SS lefty guitar 3/27/19

Paoletti's are all made from 150 year old chestnut. Classic designs with an Italian twist. $3799
Weight: 8.4 lbs
Condition: New
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Paoletti Nancy specs webpage.
Phil X demos the Nancy.

Paoletti Richard Fortus Signature lefty guitar 3/27/19

Designed with Guns & Roses guitarist Richard Fortus. I saw these at NAMM and had to have them for the shop. These are rock guitars! $3899
Weight: 8.6 lbs
Condition: New
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Paoletti specs webpage.

1976 Fender Stratocaster Vintage White lefty guitar 3/27/19

Don't you love the color these old Strats turned after 43 years? Replaced pots, knobs, and tuners. New nut also. Light weight for a 70s Strat. $2249
Weight: 8.4 lbs
Condition: 8.3 Plenty of dents and dings, replaced pots and knobs. Original case.
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Collings 290 Tobacco Burst lefty guitar 3/27/19

Beautiful 290 in classic Tobacco Burst. $2049.
Weight: 7.7 lbs
Condition: 9.7
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Collings 290 specs webpage.

2002 Martin D35 lefty guitar 3/27/19

Musician's touring guitar. Classic D35 big bass tone. $1549
Condition: 8.4 some dents, dings, and scratches. Structurally sound, tonally big.
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Gibson Custom Shop 1956 Reissue Les Paul Goldtop lefty guitar 3/21/19

Players condition R6 for those who want to play. Some lacquer checking, scratches, dent and dings. Replaced Klusons with Schaller tuners. Great P90 rock and roll guitar. $2299.
Weight: 9.5 lbs
Condition: 8.5
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Danelectro Vintage 12 String Dark Aqua lefty guitar 3/21/19

More colors from Dano. This one looks great! $479.
Weight: 6.9 lbs
Condition: New
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Dano 12 video review
Dano 12 video review

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

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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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