Left Hand Guitar
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We frequently asked for advice from left-handed guitar players both on the best way to teach guitar left-handed and for stockiest of left-handed guitars.
As with most things left-handed, the answers are never as direct as one would wish. If you are thinking of purchasing a left-handed guitar you will find that the choice is very limited indeed. Whether it is acoustic or electric you are looking for, you may find there are no left-handers at all among the glittering display or with luck, perhaps two or three may be tucked away behind the right-handers. As with pricing equipment for many hobbies or activities the economics of guitar output and sales draws it impossible for most stores to provide the range of quality that right-handers enjoy.
Unfortunately, reversing the strings on a right-handed guitar is not enough, since the entire instrument must have all its parts reversed to develop an acceptable tone. We have only two options: to purchase from the few left-handed versions available even if they are not completely acceptable to order a left-handed version of a right-handed model you have seen. The second option may seem a reasonable compromise, but actually carries a number of pitfalls. Firstly, evaluating the merits of a right-handed guitar by playing it left-handed is far from ideal as you can get only a challenging idea of its tone and action. As any guitarist knows even two guitars of the same model can vary slightly. Secondly, and most seriously, most manufacturers insist that once a guitar is placed by a customer to be specially made, the customer is then obliged to buy it even if it turns out to be less than ideal.
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