AnDroiD, sorry, i probably misunderstood you.
eyeballkid wrote:
I guess what my hangups is is if it's strung normal as opposed to center out then all the chord structure and fingering placement for notes are reversed from the natural hand shapes and note placements for all the instructional materials online.
Not really, because the whole instrument becomes one big melody side, so you apply melody side learning material to it. Of course, now you have 2 hands available for the melody region, which brings new possibilities, easier chord and melody playing, healthier technique, and you can still play 2 independent parts if you want.
Chords for the left hand take on the shapes that occur on a standard guitar, so are still playable.
rclere, i get the impression that eyeballkid actually wants a full range instrument, not a double bass instrument (?).