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jps wrote:

paologregorio wrote:

heinpete wrote:...as a leftie waiting for a Rick, you might as well meanwhile train yourself to become a righty!

There are no left-handed pianos....

Um, Paulie?

Do the research before saying anything!

Which brings to mind an interesting question. How many piano players are left handed in their lives?

Me for one, but I never had a left handed piano... Or guitar/bass for that matter either...

johnallg wrote:

jps wrote:

paologregorio wrote:

There are no left-handed pianos....

Um, Paulie?

Do the research before saying anything!

Which brings to mind an interesting question. How many piano players are left handed in their lives?

Some smart*** innovator had to go and ruin a perfectly good example, just to make a point......

Are they commercially available? If so, how much more do THOSE cost, and how long's that wait?

chrisdski wrote:Maybe you can shoot Ric an email and inquire which dealers in the UK have lefties on order, then contact one of them.

Good idea chrisdski, I might just do that.

I've phoned who I consider to be the main 3 guitar/bass stores here is the uk who regularly advertise the full range of Ric's (Right Hand), and all have told me the same story in that they haven't got any on order and I will just have to keep looking on their web site periodically.

Rosetti are the Distributors for the UK, this may be the best route to go down to try and find out?

Luckily I dropped on a 1978 4001 Lefty a couple of weeks ago which has tamed my GAS temporarily, but the mapleglo 4003 lefty is still very much on my mind!

All a left handed person would have to do to have a left handed piano, is turn it upside down.

rickenbrother wrote:All a left handed person would have to do to have a left handed piano, is turn it upside down.

So all the piano players are lefties in Australia???

Re sightings on TV ---- The guitarist playing with John Fogarty guesting on the Americal Idol finale last night was playing a 3 pickup model, maybe a 370. There were no real good close-ups of the Rick as the camera was focused on the Idol contestant and Fogarty singing.

8mileshigher wrote:Re sightings on TV ---- The guitarist playing with John Fogarty guesting on the Americal Idol finale last night was playing a 3 pickup model, maybe a 370. There were no real good close-ups of the Rick as the camera was focused on the Idol contestant and Fogarty singing.

I believe the guitarist was Fogerty's son (the "Fortunate" one! ). At least it looked like the same guy (and same guitar) he introduced as his son last year at the Doheny Blues Festival in Dana Point, CA.