Comments on: Left handed guitar

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hi, Andrew.

Skylark were brilliant and managed to fit the required bits to order. However, I fixed my guitar synth the same week and don’t need a twin-neck anymore. So I didn’t go for it. However, I would like a classical guitar for stage use and I think I’ll go for a Skylark skeleton one when I decide its time to get it.

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

hey mark,
I was just interested as to whether the Skylark dude was able to make that specified guitar.
The bass/lead guitar? Any comments would be MOST welcome
Thanks
Andyroo.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry this isn’t a very formal e-mail. I’m a teenager, what do you expect, haha. I just wanted to say thanks for the tips and everything you have sent to me. i just wanted to comment on the left handed guitar player thing. A few years ago my grandmother gave me my dad’s old guitar, and my cousin had a educational tape that taught you how to play that he actually gave me. When I started to try and teach myself, something wasn’t right. The notes the tape was saying were completely opposite of those I was playing. It took me weeks to finally figure out it was a right handed guitar. Both of my parents are right handed, and I’m “oddball,” but I don’t mind. My friends have come to commonly call me backwards. I love being different. Thanks guys!

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I have 2 seagull guitars and I ‘m happy with both
http://www.seagullguitars.com

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Which left-handed guitar under 500$ do you guys recommend? I did some intensive research but I still have no clue what to buy. Im trying to convince my parents to add 99$ so i will grab Taylor 110 dreadnought, or if impossible i take Martin DX1L at Southpaw, but I’m not sure. Anyone helps

Thanks in advance

By: nathaniel

nathaniel — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

hei acually im a right handed guitarist but my teacher told me that im holding cord crooked sooooooooooooo i have 2 play left… and now im good at it….hei yeah i forgot one more thing im finding a guitarist 4 my band pls coment…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

By: Noel

Noel — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

If you want to see a couple of left-handed guitarists in action (and a third left-handed guitar in the background), take a look at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pl13h_m81s

Cheers and Happy Christmas,

Noel

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hi, My 13 year old is naturally right handed, but plays the guitar left handed. His Dad is quite a good musician (right handed), has given him one of his guitars and swapped the strings around. We have never forced him to play right-handed nor has his guitar teacher. We are in the process of buying him a left-handed guitar.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hello Lefty’s

I found a cool website that I think you’ll like

You can find songs with the chords
It gives you the opportunity to change the chords to a different key
AND! Change them to Lefty chords

So
Go to the site, http://www.chordie.com
look up the song you want to learn and click
After you find the song you will notice the chords noted on the right
below the chords are options to transpose the song.
And then there is tuning – Guitar
Under the tuning option is Lefty guitar

I also have noted a concern about finding a good teacher.
Search youtube for beginner lessons and they will keep you busy for long time

Enjoy

Gary

PS
(If you watch lessons through a mirror they will look left handed)
That works for for other things too.
Want to see what Tiger Woods looks like as a lefty?
Look through a mirror at your TV

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I am SO in agreement with you Gary!!! Righties tell me that all the time that I should be able to play a right handed bass and fret better. My response is that I have people hold my lefty bass and try it out. They find it feels very awkward to them. I then tell them that’s how I feel with a righty and they finally get the message.