Inspecting a used guitar thats been converted to left handed

Inspecting a used Jasmine by Takamine.

This guitar has been partially converted from right-hand play to left hand play.

The nut doesn’t sit quite right. This results in high action on nut end. I think sanding the bottom of the nut would allow it to set a little deeper and fix the string action/ nut alignment.

Not sure if the nut is a deal-breaker right now, so may just leave nut as-is.

Also not too sure i want to mess with the bridge /saddle intonation

The bridge / saddle intonation is still set for right handed.

Jimi Hendrix played Woodstock with a right hand guitar, flipped over and strung upside down and played left handed.

But Jimi Hendrix’s guitar saddle intonation was still left set up for right handed.

Just a bit of trivia to help illustrate that not all adjustments, repairs, modifications are deal-breakers...

Changing bridge is probably going to be a big can of worms that im not sure im ready to open today.

Probably the same reason the previous owners never messed with the bridge.

However it should be mentioned that with the bridge intonation so far off, it would probably not sound a single note correctly,

When i sound not-so-good on guitar, i have to remind myself to check my tuning, and usually this is the root cause for sounding “off”.

However with a guitar with intonation like this, there is no way to get it to sound like a western scale,

which if you are a music student trying to attenuate your ears to certain notes (perfect pitch) and note intervals (relative pitch), this guitar would make learning the proper sounds, scales, and chords nearly impossible.

The fret ends are sticking out, indicating a fingerboard that has dried and shrunk.

Right now the guitar is in a gig back with a humidor, and a humidity meter / thermometer

I check on the guitar every day, and feel if the fret ends still stick out.

Humidifying guitar may take 7 days give or take. Its been in the bag for 2 days now.

While thats happening, ill probably binge watch videos of acoustic bridge jobs.

This is a great project guitar. Bought it cheap, and the usual strings, maintenance, cleaning are minimal.

The nut and bridge jobs are things i need to have more experience doing, so heres my chance to learn important new skills.

Id like to mention, the reason i got this guitar was *because it was a lefty*, and i have taken a keen interest in left handed guitars.

It has come to my attention, that left handed people are often told to learn to play guitar right handed.

And many left handed people do play right handed and progress,

And so this left handed player has become invested in right handed guitar practice,

And consequently there are very few lefty guitars available for sale at any price,

Some models of guitar will never be available in lefty.

One reason for this no lefty option, is because in order to do a good guitar set up, the person doing the set up has to be able to play the guitar, and have a feel for each unique instrument,

And the odds of finding a lefty guitarist to do the final set up on your lefty guitar is very slim.

Because all of the would-be lefty guitarists are pushed into playing right handed.