Guitar chord forum - chordie — lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (captainsadler67) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:26:22 +0000

burck188 wrote:

Most of us leftys have, at an early age, just learned to play right handed. All media caters to the right handed. Leftys think it all through and adjust their brain to accomodate the twisted information. Handedness has nothing to do with final outcome. If one has the burn, he/she will find a method and develop. The gift will force it's way out and the added result will be a natural bent to think outside the box. An asset for creative people.

I'm happy to say I'm one of those lefties who play right handed guitar. To me it makes more sense to play the standard setup as a lefty. I mean, my left has more dexterity than my right, so I play the fretboard with my left. Makes sense kinda... At least for basic rock rythym guitar.

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (ApeDoctor) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:14:33 +0000

I saw the Rifles last night. The lead singer / Rhythm Guitarist was a lefty, and he played one or two right handed guitars (one was an acoustic)....

Decidedly average band though. It felt rather unspectacular throughout. Unlike Elbow who i went to see a week or so back, who were rather brilliant.

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (Radchael1975) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:28:06 +0000

I'm a lefty, but i find it actually helps when it comes to playing my 'standard' guitar! My left hand is the ones that is 'used' to taking instructions... so when it comes to shaping chords, etc, i find it easy. Maybe, i'm just a natural guitar player, & it has nothing to do with being left-handed...?

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (slaya) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:30:17 +0000

The Sg isnt SYMMETRICAL.... but its an cool idea anyway

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (tubatooter1940) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:36:48 +0000

I'm a rightie and I was amazed to see a lady pick up my guitar, turn it over and play it left handed.
Most of her chords were limited to four stringers but she played (reggae only) rhythm quite well. Her voice was very hoarse from yelling at her kids.

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (bswyers) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:07:21 +0000

my son is a a lefty and he has learned to play righthanded. To be able to reverse the strings the nut should be changed and also the intonation should be adjusted. It is possible for some one to do this themselves but if you're not handy using small tools you should probably take it to a shop

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (Wibble) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:17:48 +0000

Yeah, when I learned to play cello it was the same thing - "all bows must move in unison and in the same direction" - as we play bloody Beethoven over and over!

Best thing about it - cello has an awesome spike that retracts from underneath which is perfect for annoying your little sister with

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (DrewDruncan) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:17:24 +0000

My 12 year-old son plays a left-handed strat copy, but school makes him play cello right handed. All of the bows must move in the same direction, they say, to avoid collisions.

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (Wibble) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:10:38 +0000

I'm a lefty myself but play all right handed guitars in a right handed manner. When I was younger(alot) I had a left-handed guitar and I played left handed for the best part of 2 years. Scroll forward 13 years to last year,age 20, when I start playing guitar again - can't play a lefty for love nor money. Can play it right handed though!

Same applies for various things - Cricket, when I was younger, to bat, I batted left handed, now I bat right-handed - I play darts right handed, but I throw and catch predominantly with my left hand. I play Squash right handed but tennis and badminton left handed?! I'm weird, I know.

I don't think that many lefty's now bother with the whole buy a right handed guitar and swithcharoo as there are some pretty good lefty guitars on the market compared to what there used to be

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (Roger Guppy) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:35:45 +0000

SouthPaw41L wrote:

WooHooo!!!!!!!! Like Seal, Air Supply guy/gal(?), Albert King, Doyle Brahmall, and many more.

Air Supply guy!!. Graham Russell, guitarist and vocalist originally from Sherwood, an area of Nottingham. A great guitarist and it is fascinating to watch his style of playing.

Roger

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (SouthPaw41L) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:08:17 +0000

arkalumedk wrote:

hey guys! I'm a lefty, and i just play with a right handed guitar like a lefty, and it's not a problem! the thin E is the highest

- David

WooHooo!!!!!!!! Like Seal, Air Supply guy/gal(?), Albert King, Doyle Brahmall, and many more. Welcome to chordie, looking foward to your helpful contributions for those in need.........

Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (arkalumedk) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:41:27 +0000

hey guys! I'm a lefty, and i just play with a right handed guitar like a lefty, and it's not a problem! the thin E is the highest

- David

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (walklikeamelon) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:58:36 +0000

Sorry to hear that kath628, bummer! ^^

I can tell you that playing lefty sucks, only cause no stores carry a nice variety of leftys! You can usually find 1 or 2 leftys, the basic models, that sound like poo. I am actually right handed but I play left handed. Reason being is that I broke my left arm in an ATV accident years ago and the arm just cannot twist all the way to manhandle a fretboard. When buying my gtr for the first time, the salesman reallllly pushed the righty to me, but it just did not feel right to play, so I went with my lefthander.

For beginners, use what feels good to you. In my case, it was my left hand and i think its pretty cool. So there! Plus my mom is a lefty and she likes that i play lefty.

Back on topic.. I have tried flipping guitars upside down for lefty use but to me, the knobs and such get in the way. Also, doing pinky volume swells is tough!!!

My 2 pennies worth..

-melon

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (webby2k7) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:02:27 +0000

i hate to be a bore but handedness isnt a word...the actual term is dexterity i believe!!! however i feel us lefties deserve to be able to choose from all the guitars that the "righties" can. to say there is no demand is obviously evidence of poor market research on the behalf of the guitar manufacturers.

in a 21st century world of equal opportunities...why are we still discriminated against..

ok, rant over

i thank you

Re: lefthanded people with right handed guitars.

null@example.com (kath628) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:36:03 +0000

Yea Detman...it does make things difficult. He knew I played when we met, but I kinda put it on the back burner for years. Now that I've picked it up he doesnt understand and is jelouse and so on. Its actually creating quite a riff between us. If I had it to do all over again(not regretting my kids and all of course) I wouldve picked a guy to marry that eat, sleep and breathed music. I am soooo not really very happy anymore, and like your siggy line says...therapy is being locked up all day with my guitar too.