I'm a lefty in a right hand world!!! Lefty's Unite!

[Lefty Robb]

Originally Posted by judasbane

btw... are two-handed tap players considered ambidextrous?

Reg

Are all Piano players considered ambidextrous? Because its the same thing really.

[LuredMaul]

I play a right handed guitar ..........."Left handed" exclusively, don't even change the strings.

Screw left handed guitars.

[jim777]

When I saw the title of this thread, I remembered a shirt one of my brothers used to have that said "Dyslexics of the World - UNTIE!"

And Steve Morse is a lefty who plays righty as well (to stay on topic)

[Eggy]

Originally Posted by andy7jem

Check out a member here called Eggy. He is the perfect example to you that you can achieve an unbelievably good level if you stick with it

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0InWsod4CJc

Plus....as a right-handed player you will have a vastly superior range of guitars to choose from purchasing

When I read the original post I was all ready to post up a "oh, me too!" reply but Andy got here first

The give away with me that really shows up on videos is that I have my right hand pinkie touching the body (or scratchplate) nearly all the time. I use it as a loose anchor to keep a check on where my right hand is all the time. I also hold the pick with my thumb and first two fingers to keep it under control.

If you fancy sticking right handed playing I'd fully recommend searching out some of Paul Gilberts' instructional videos (there's some examples on youtube). I've seen him do a lesson on right hand alternate picking where the left hand only plays four notes over two strings and the rest of the concentration goes on the right hand. Not only is Paul a fantastic player but he's a realy great teacher and has helped me loads.

Eggy

[wjs1820]

Thanks for the support. I've been working at it for a few weeks now. I've got a home DVD course and it's coming along pretty well. I still get mad at my strumming hand when I miss a string but working with a metronome has helped because it keeps me from trying to play to fast and helps me focus on coordinating fret-n-strum. I think fo me its a simple case of wanting to play better than I am.

[wjs1820]

In case your curious, I've now been playing for about 6 months as a righty. I find that my strumming hand is a little limited but I do enjoy the extra dexterity on the fretboard. Bar cords are hard and my pinky still floats around on its own most of the time but I do find that making cords is more difficult than strumming. I dont finger pick and I'll probably have difficulty doing that too. If you are lefty playing right, keep it going. As hard as it was to strum the high E string on the first fret in lesson 1. Practice and time will get you playing pentatonic scales and bar cords. I've got lots to go but I dont even think about palying lefty anymore.

[Ryan350DX]

Originally Posted by Left Lane

There was a big shop in Texas years ago called Southpaw guitars, Only dealt in left handed instruments. Also special runs from companies just for them. Im sure they are still around. I'm righty so I dont know much more than that

Kind of like the Leftorium that Ned Flanders from The Simpsons owns, I think he specializes in Left handed Can-Openers. Sadly Probably not guitars my friend.

[al.]

im right handed and play left, im a little ambidextrus i guess

i play left handed cause it was a lot more comfortable to play this way and when i picked up a gutiar for the first time thats the way i held it naturally and started to play, even tho the guy in the shop said i was playing it wrong! ...u hold it the other way, but yeah i said no way jose im playing it like this.... feels a lot better, so i did, i didnt know about the lefthanded awkwardness at the time, and even if i did i wudnt care, i had to play left handed regardles of anything.

Go with whats natural above all else is my advice anyways, never mind how many guitars u get to choose from, i dont think id be as good if i played right handed... i never looked back playing this way anyways... so much better