Lefty Guitars... Wat's the best guitar to start on?
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LEFTIES UNITE!!!!!! 
artyman:
A true blue lefty here as well
Well, judging from the versatility and the availability, I'd say, go for Fenders... And like what the others said, it really depends on the type of sound/music you want.
For your info, my very first electric guitar is a right-handed Ibanez Artist with double cutaway :lol:
It'd be nice to have all the lefties on this forum unveil themselves here!
artyman: A true blue lefty here as well
Well, judging from the versatility and the availability, I'd say, go for Fenders... And like what the others said, it really depends on the type of sound/music you want.
For your info, my very first electric guitar is a right-handed Ibanez Artist with double cutaway :lol:
It'd be nice to have all the lefties on this forum unveil themselves here!
I think probably you would play better if you use a lefty guitar...cos many times, the righty guitars' cutaways get in the way of reaching the upper frets...the volume/tone knobs will probably get in the way as well...and the body design might not be the most comfortable... the strings tension might be affect too I think (depending on what type of guitar you're using), if you have a righty tremelo, you'll have to adjust yourself to using it upside down...
I used to own a righty Strat and try to play it the 'Jimi Hendrix' way...but unfortunately, doesn't work out...can't reach the highest frets...
I still have my double-cutaway Ibanez Artist though
I used to own a righty Strat and try to play it the 'Jimi Hendrix' way...but unfortunately, doesn't work out...can't reach the highest frets...
I still have my double-cutaway Ibanez Artist though
^(to elias) Yea, I had that problem too. But I got myself an SG, so it wasn't that bad. I didn't even change the strings, just played everything upside down. But soloing at the high e string at fret 22 is still a little tiring (given my short fingers).
To answer the threadstarter's question: Being a leftie is no different from being a right-hander. Start with a beginner guitar first. Actually any of the guitars you mentioned is suitable. Except the Fender. I'd murder you out of jealousy if you got a Fender as a first guitar. Right now I'm still dreaming. -_-
To answer the threadstarter's question: Being a leftie is no different from being a right-hander. Start with a beginner guitar first. Actually any of the guitars you mentioned is suitable. Except the Fender. I'd murder you out of jealousy if you got a Fender as a first guitar. Right now I'm still dreaming. -_-
haha.. actually i realise not a lot of left-handed guitars available here in Singapore.. just went to excelsior just now.. only saw like 2 leftie guitars in davis out of all the stores there.. a$200 samick strat copy and a $450 vantage les paul copy.. it seriously sucks to be left-handed.. hahaha.. its also hard to get leftie guitars online
yes..that's one of the reasons i didnt start off playing lefty.
lefty guitars are more expensive comparing the same model.
adding on...you play it totally opposite? that's way too cool...like albert king.
i think yamaha offers more lefty guitars and they should be good enough to last you a long time if your just learning and playing lefty for fun, unless you are going to more and more higher end ones. like the pac112 and there's one more model which i've forgotten the name in H-S-H config & floyd rose costing about a hundred more than the pac112
lefty guitars are more expensive comparing the same model.
adding on...you play it totally opposite? that's way too cool...like albert king.
i think yamaha offers more lefty guitars and they should be good enough to last you a long time if your just learning and playing lefty for fun, unless you are going to more and more higher end ones. like the pac112 and there's one more model which i've forgotten the name in H-S-H config & floyd rose costing about a hundred more than the pac112
I'M A LEFTY!!!! hahahahahaah we should have a thread to gather all the lefties. cause we're more creative and smarter!! MUAHHAHAHAH.
I've got an aria strat, right handed, but it's been strung the opposite way, and I play left handed, as in, using my right hand for fretwork and my left hand to strum/pick.
I've got an aria strat, right handed, but it's been strung the opposite way, and I play left handed, as in, using my right hand for fretwork and my left hand to strum/pick.
rottenramone
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i'm left handed, but i play right handed. does that count?
i'm left handed, but i play right handed. does that count?
nic1327 said:
I used to play a lefty-stringed righty Fender Strat as well!! Heheh...but not as comfortable as my lefty guitars I owned now, so I sold it off, never wanna play a righty guitar again :lol: (unless it's an SG or my double-cutaway Ibanez Artist
)Hey....I wanna see all the local lefties' guitars or lefties in action
Everyone post pics leh!! I'll kickstart it then :lol: 
Fender Strat and Jaguar
Gibson Flying V, Fender Strat, Jagaur, and my first electric, Ibanez Artist
*lol* pardon the parody on the song
Woodstock 2005?!! *lol*
LEFTIES UNITE!
(Now don't get me embaressed by being the only one pasting my pics all over...hahah...COME ON AND POST MORE PICS :!
