Mishas Sig?

[Yul Brynner]

Idk why people expect a left hand version. It's a signature guitar and the guy is right handed.

 

[LeftyJuggernaut]

Idk why people expect a left hand version. It's a signature guitar and the guy is right handed.

I don’t expect one at all, but it would be a sign of good faith to make them. Just like I mentioned with the new Schecter John Browne signature, he’s right handed and they make his guitar left handed, same with Keith Merrow and pretty much everyone else on their roster. It’s really just a sign that the company cares about all their potential customers, same with Solar (which is a much smaller company) actually having an adequate left handed line of guitars, Jackson making 5 left handed guitars that are all under $500 shows they absolutely don’t care, and that’s a real shame considering it’s the only guitar I actually want

 

[Yul Brynner]

I just don't understand why anyone would even learn to play backwards. We all start out the same. My picking hand was ok when I was learning but my fret hand was just super stupid and needed lots of training. I would think it would just be the other way around for people who are left handed. Seriously, you have to train your hands to play anyway because nobody is born with guitar skills. Why would anyone train themselves to play backwards guitars to be so limited in choice of instruments?

 

[LeftyJuggernaut]

This is an age old debate in the guitar world but it wasn’t an intentional choice for me, it just happened to be the way I picked up a guitar, nobody ever told me it was wrong or incorrect, so that’s just how I learned. I’m also completely left handed in general, I play all sports left handed, write left handed, everything is left handed. It just so happens that the guitar is the one thing where I’m severely punished for being left handed, and that sucks cause I’m very passionate about it

 

[somethingsomething]

All these years later and the Juggernaut is still the only guitar I dream of having but man, the price is now almost as much as they were charging for the original one-off lefty build so I can’t even imagine what a USA lefty build would be now, and unfortunately there is almost no hope of a lefty Pro Series in the near future (which I would be more than happy with for what it’s worth, I’d buy a 6 and 7 and no one would ever hear me complain again). I guess I’ll always be dreaming about this guitar, in the meantime I’m about to buy the Schecter John Browne Tao, it’s specs are almost exactly like the Juggernaut and Schecter is great to left handed players and makes the 6, 7, and 8 left handed and in fact they make a large majority of their lineup left handed, meanwhile I just checked Jackson’s website and they have only 5 left handed guitars and all of them are cheap garbage…

Honestly, you're not missing much with the Misha Sig. I had one for a while (snapped up a good deal used at Guitar Center) and, while it's a decent guitar, I was surprised by how cheap it felt. The finish was especially chintzy--it was the satin silver one and it felt like a toy. I can't believe Jackson is selling this guitar for $5K. That price is a total joke.

You could probably spec out something close enough through Kiesel and it would be half the price and much higher quality.

 

[LeftyJuggernaut]

Honestly, you're not missing much with the Misha Sig. I had one for a while (snapped up a good deal used at Guitar Center) and, while it's a decent guitar, I was surprised by how cheap it felt. The finish was especially chintzy--it was the satin silver one and it felt like a toy. I can't believe Jackson is selling this guitar for $5K. That price is a total joke.

You could probably spec out something close enough through Kiesel and it would be half the price and much higher quality.

There are definitely better guitars well under it’s price no doubt about that, my strong desire to have one mainly comes from just being a Misha fanboy, not much more to it than that, I love the body shape (it’s my favorite body shape ever), headstock, and the specs in general. But at $5k it is absolutely not a financially smart decision to buy one, and having another lefty one custom made would probably push it up to like $8k, that’s why I’m so adamant about seeing a lefty Pro Series, I would be totally content buying one for $1k and then upgrading the pickups and hardware

My desire was never to have a USA Juggernaut, it was to have *a* Juggernaut in general, so a Pro Series might honestly get me the most excited because it’s a much better value and I’d still get the same guitar I’ve always dreamed of

 

[StevenC]

Idk why people expect a left hand version. It's a signature guitar and the guy is right handed.

Wow you're really making me side with the lefty Juggernaut guy?

No one is expecting it. Some people think it would be nice for a prestige brand of one of the biggest guitar companies to offer their most popular model as a lefty. Ibanez had lefty JS and JEMs available, EBMM have usually offered lefty versions of all their guitars.

Jackson is a small shop and the effort to make one left handed guitar would be so negligible.

 

[LeftyJuggernaut]

Wow you're really making me side with the lefty Juggernaut guy?

No one is expecting it. Some people think it would be nice for a prestige brand of one of the biggest guitar companies to offer their most popular model as a lefty. Ibanez had lefty JS and JEMs available, EBMM have usually offered lefty versions of all their guitars.

Jackson is a small shop and the effort to make one left handed guitar would be so negligible.

Thank you, that’s exactly the point I’ve been trying to make, and I’ll continue to use Schecter as an example, they offer a very large amount of their lineup in a left handed version, they certainly don’t have to do that but it’s a sign of good faith and caring about the consumer, same with the other brands you mentioned as well. Jackson could absolutely do a lefty Pro Series Juggernaut and see no profit loss at all, it wouldn’t hurt them in any way, but then not doing it definitely shows a lack of care and concern about their potential customers

 

[Yul Brynner]

Wow you're really making me side with the lefty Juggernaut guy?

No one is expecting it. Some people think it would be nice for a prestige brand of one of the biggest guitar companies to offer their most popular model as a lefty. Ibanez had lefty JS and JEMs available, EBMM have usually offered lefty versions of all their guitars.

Jackson is a small shop and the effort to make one left handed guitar would be so negligible.

Yeah but if companies keep building left handed guitars, more people will start playing left handed and demand more left handed guitars. Then what? Left handed amps? Is that really the kind of world you want to live in?

 

[LeftyJuggernaut]

Yeah but if companies keep building left handed guitars, more people will start playing left handed and demand more left handed guitars. Then what? Left handed amps? Is that really the kind of world you want to live in?

That’s not at all how that would go lol

 

[Choop]

Thank you, that’s exactly the point I’ve been trying to make, and I’ll continue to use Schecter as an example, they offer a very large amount of their lineup in a left handed version, they certainly don’t have to do that but it’s a sign of good faith and caring about the consumer, same with the other brands you mentioned as well. Jackson could absolutely do a lefty Pro Series Juggernaut and see no profit loss at all, it wouldn’t hurt them in any way, but then not doing it definitely shows a lack of care and concern about their potential customers

More like, JERKSON.

 

[Albake21]

Yeah but if companies keep building left handed guitars, more people will start playing left handed and demand more left handed guitars. Then what? Left handed amps? Is that really the kind of world you want to live in?

Now that's a hill I did not expect to see someone die on.

But really, who cares? It's pretty normal to choose your dominate hand in any activity, and most players don't understand the whole right vs left guitar market when they first pick it up, and I would imagine is the main reason most are lefty.

There is and will always be lefty players. Why not sell to them?

 

[LeftyJuggernaut]

Now that's a hill I did not expect to see someone die on.

But really, who cares? It's pretty normal to choose your dominate hand in any activity, and most players don't understand the whole right vs left guitar market when they first pick it up, and I would imagine is the main reason most are lefty.

There is and will always be lefty players. Why not sell to them?

Yep, when I first picked up a guitar at like 9 years old I was not at all thinking about the left handed guitar market, it’s just how I picked up the instrument and started playing

 

[Surveyor 777]

Lefty, I hope you find something you like.

I'm an oddball in that I'm partially left-handed. I write lefty, hold a fishing rod lefty, shoot a gun lefty, hold power tools lefty, etc. But there are some things I do righty - throw a ball, kick a ball, etc.

I started shooting a bow (a cheap one) left-handed but when I was getting more serious (as a teenager), the only decent bows we had around were built for a righty. So I adjusted to re-learning to shoot righty.

With guitars, I really didn't have much choice (late 80's/early 90's). I don't know if guitar stores even carried a single lefty guitar (I never searched them out). I just saw righty guitars so I taught myself to play that way. I'm very happy with that decision, because the selection I have (versus left-handed) - it just doesn't compare.

Not telling you to convert (since that's stupid). Thankfully you have more choices now than when I started.

So again - hope you find what you're looking for or something close.

 

[LeftyJuggernaut]

Lefty, I hope you find something you like.

I'm an oddball in that I'm partially left-handed. I write lefty, hold a fishing rod lefty, shoot a gun lefty, hold power tools lefty, etc. But there are some things I do righty - throw a ball, kick a ball, etc.

I started shooting a bow (a cheap one) left-handed but when I was getting more serious (as a teenager), the only decent bows we had around were built for a righty. So I adjusted to re-learning to shoot righty.

With guitars, I really didn't have much choice (late 80's/early 90's). I don't know if guitar stores even carried a single lefty guitar (I never searched them out). I just saw righty guitars so I taught myself to play that way. I'm very happy with that decision, because the selection I have (versus left-handed) - it just doesn't compare.

Not telling you to convert (since that's stupid). Thankfully you have more choices now than when I started.

So again - hope you find what you're looking for or something close.

Thanks!! I’ve currently got my eye on the new Schecter John Browne Tao, it’s specs are extremely close to the Juggernaut, it’s not that expensive, and I obviously love John Browne as a player, it’s pretty much right up my alley and the closest guitar on the market to the Juggernaut so that’ll definitely be my next purchase, just needs an Evertune and some Bare Knuckle pickups and it’s perfect!!!

 

[ArtDecade]

Got a sick left-handed piano last week to go with my left-handed cello.
Said no one ever.

 

[LeftyJuggernaut]

Yeah yeah yeah, I get it…

 

[StevenC]

Got a sick left-handed piano last week to go with my left-handed cello.
Said no one ever.

Ah yes, famously symmetrical instruments.

 

[ArtDecade]

Ah yes, famously symmetrical instruments.

Just saying.... no one in an orchestra pit is playing a left handed instrument, but there are plenty of lefties playing the instruments. It is really only guitarists that seem to glom onto the idea of a flipped over instrument.

 

[StevenC]

Just saying.... no one in an orchestra pit is playing a left handed instrument, but there are plenty of lefties playing the instruments. It is really only guitarists that seem to glom onto the idea of a flipped over instrument.

I mean, this is just factually wrong. Most string instruments have been played in right and left handed orientations since they've existed. It's just that it's only with cutaways and electronics etc that instruments have been inherently ambidextrous.

Like, lefty cellos and violins are a thing. They just only require a different bridge and but at most.