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PANCHO’S RANT (per the poisonous pen of Pancho the Polish plectrum player)

I’d like to inaugurate this new blog at Pancho’s Leftys by extending a warm welcome to everyone stopping by and checking out a new web home for lefty guitar fans. This website began as a simple photo gallery for my personal left handed guitar collection. It quickly morphed into a small enterprise as I began to sell a few after receiving unsolicited offers. Being a typically frustrated lefty guitar buyer over the years, it was all too obvious that there is a definite need for another source for buying lefty guitars, whether online or in an actual shop.

My decision to expand the commercial aspect of Pancho’s Leftys was not based solely on the desire to have a home based online business however. Building community is and has been a focal point for me to value and develop within the context of my working life and I saw no reason to change that behavior with the start up of something more than just a photo gallery. For instance, I’ve made numerous friends and amassed invaluable connections by buying and selling at ebay and elsewhere that today act as a solid cornerstone for me to build a larger community foundation on.

Lefties have a lot in common and not necessarily just the side they choose to sling from. There is a perspective we tend to share and point of view we see things from. There is also the common desire to buy specialized gear from someone that treats that desire as a mainstay of business and not a mere afterthought. No token lefties for sale here!

The decision to go from an HTML site to a more dynamic blog format was based on a commitment on my part to be as current and as interesting as possible with my limited web design skills. Here in January 2009 I have dedicated my energies to bring fresh content at least weekly to start. I’m not going the route of having diverse forums as is common for many dedicated sites. Think of it perhaps as more of an entertaining, educational, and commercial site that you’ll be able to interact with in certain areas in real time. For 2009 look here for many more lefty guitars for sale, interviews with industry insiders and luthiers, plenty of gear porn, gear and book reviews, and hopefully video presentations of home built guitar assembly.

Amplifiers will not be left out of the picture either. D’ya hear that righties? I really do hope that I can make Pancho’s Leftys be as bookmarkable for righties too. There may be a ‘slight’ bias toward us southpaws but you lefty challenged fold will just have to make do!

I’ve rambled enough for this week. Time to put my nose to the grindstone and make this happen. Please bear with me as I finish with guitar descriptions and photographing more guitar pix for the gallery. Check here at Pancho’s Rants for weekly columns that I hope you find worthwhile. I’ll try to only make promises that I can keep . . . and that’s a promise. Wishing you all a happy and prosperous 2009.

Peace, Praise, and Thanks

Phil (aka Pancho)

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