A guitar upside down. Not for the pleasure of novelty.
The fruit of a long reflection on the ergonomics of the guitar, aiming above all to remove the footrest that generates an asymmetrical rocking of the pelvis ... and therefore a tension, and often significant pain.

 Invert the neck, to play indifferently on the left thigh or on the right thigh, without footrest or accessory ... The idea was launched.

  It quickly led to a shorter scale, 575 mm or 600 mm to allow a playing position without significant extension of the left arm. With a low impact on the sound (to convince you, try a standard guitar with a capo in 2 ° case while maintaining a 440 HZ A,  capo in place), but a greater ease of play due to the smaller spacing of the frets.

  The right hand is no longer in front of the soundhole, the projection of the instrument is remarkable.

 And of course, access to the high notes is incomparable: 24 frets, new pieces have to be written using this possibility ...

Photos : Jean-Michel Dehalle

Cedar top, lattice bracing, double sides,

ebony fingerboard 24 frets, scale 575 mm, Peghed tuners