The more I study this thing, the more weirdness I discover. It's 3x2, with the knee levers on the right. The fretboard has these god-awful alien head decals, and they're facing the opposite way I'd expect them to be.
There are plenty of old screw holes underneath. All this makes me think that this was set up for a lefty at some point.
One of the fingers is broken off, and two are pretty bent. I think I'll do the same thing that was likely done with that string 1 finger and swap out 9 and 7's straight fingers for the bent ones.
Then comes the big project: Moving the knee levers from right to left knee. I think I should be able to get LKL to raise my E's and LKR to lower them. Given that each finger only has two holes, string 4 E could be a problem - it seems that LKL and C should be able to work off the same rod, using locking barrels to set the tuning. I'm worried about there being a bit of a traffic jam on that 4E, but I'll figure it out when I get to it I guess.
Would love to hear any insights y'all may have on the history of this guitar (google only shows hits from this forum in '19, '15, and '04). Would also love to know if I'm setting myself up for disaster with this project. I would like to have this replace my Carter Starter as my travel steel. It's about as light as the Carter, feels way more solid, I love the pickup sound, and it obv has way more mojo. I don't use my right knee levers much on my Carter, so I think I'd be fine to lose them. Thanks y'all!
