Ron-Rhoades
Joined: Aug 19, 2006
Posts: 958
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Oct 08 2007 08:52 PM
I'm thinking we need a home for lefty's......a place to show guitar photos, share stories and rag on righties!! Nah, just kidding! I'll start with "why do they call us goofy?". Maybe there are no more lefty's....in which case i'll just talk to myself. I know the TomorrowMen have a lefty. There's a lot of lefty's that play music as a rightie!! What's your thoughts on that? For the record, i play upside down......left handed body strung right handed. I don't know why.....i just taught myself to play guitar that way. It was a natural thing and i've never had any lessons. For me it's true that it's almost impossible to play some chords but i wouldn't use those chords anyway so......I've gotten pretty good at reading righties in jams or whatever so i feel comfortable among them. No, i don't have left handed scissors!! Some of the nicest people in the world are righties so i suggest we go easy on them here. They're only human.
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Jon
Joined: Mar 15, 2006
Posts: 1076
Columbus, OH
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Posted on Oct 08 2007 09:37 PM
I play right-handed guitar, but I'm left-handed at everything else. That includes drumming. I have to set up my kit backwards to be able to play it properly.
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WaimeaBay
Joined: Jul 05, 2006
Posts: 969
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Posted on Oct 08 2007 09:42 PM
^^ same here. Buying a lefty guitar was not an option when I started learning. Sometimes I wonder if I would have been a better guitar player if I did it the other way.
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19294
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Oct 08 2007 10:01 PM
I'm a lefty except for guitar and scissors.
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25568
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 12:51 AM
I'm right handed, but I take care of things (if yo catch my drift)
with my left hand.
I know TMI right?
maybe I have some muslim in me????
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Spud
Joined: Jul 23, 2007
Posts: 666
Oz
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 01:01 AM
Jeff, yep, WTMI. 
As for the lefty thing, well, I could think of a song for them, does anyone know that tune about short people by Randy Newman?
How about some new words for our friends left of center...  
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Ron-Rhoades
Joined: Aug 19, 2006
Posts: 958
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 02:35 AM
Spud.....you're killing me with..."As for the lefty thing, well, I could think of a song for them..." That's scarry......all we are is a "them"? (sounds like jive talk)!! I play drums left handed too but i set up right handed and don't cross over to the hi-hat....check out Dennis Wilson sometime.....i play like that...left hand on the hi-hat, right on the snare and i cross over to my ride. I didn't have a left handed guitar untill i was thirty something. I played right handed guitars upside down.....really uncomfortable sometimes and i would have the tendancy to brush the volume/tone controls, changing the sound and in the middle of a session!! I actually used tape to hold them in place once i got a sound during important sessions. Actually, playing guitar and drums like this makes me different, which i strive to be, and makes a good topic for conversation and that's why i never learned "the right way".
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Spud
Joined: Jul 23, 2007
Posts: 666
Oz
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 06:53 AM
Heh, good to see you've got a sense of huma about it all, I was just kidding around.
Although you do have me intrigued with the upside down back the front playing, no matter whether you're a righty or a lefty, that must take some doing.
And of course as always "Viva la differance!"
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MightySurfLords
Joined: Jun 24, 2007
Posts: 384
Sparks,Nv.
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 08:04 AM
I am a lefty, but learned to play right handed. They told my mom at the music store that all my power would be in my left hand, so that's the way I learned.
My drummer is also a lefty, who sets up his kit all left handed. Drives right handed drummers crazy.
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surfer
Joined: Apr 12, 2007
Posts: 428
South Florida
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 09:01 AM
I surf "goofy" does that count?
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Ruhar
Joined: Jun 21, 2007
Posts: 3909
San Diego, CA
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 10:57 AM
Brian
I'm a lefty except for guitar and scissors.
Me too. Seems its not all that uncommon around here.
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11053
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 11:01 AM
Ron-Rhoades
Spud.....you're killing me with..."As for the lefty thing, well, I could think of a song for them..." That's scarry......all we are is a "them"? (sounds like jive talk)!! I play drums left handed too but i set up right handed and don't cross over to the hi-hat....check out Dennis Wilson sometime.....i play like that...left hand on the hi-hat, right on the snare and i cross over to my ride. I didn't have a left handed guitar untill i was thirty something. I played right handed guitars upside down.....really uncomfortable sometimes and i would have the tendancy to brush the volume/tone controls, changing the sound and in the middle of a session!! I actually used tape to hold them in place once i got a sound during important sessions. Actually, playing guitar and drums like this makes me different, which i strive to be, and makes a good topic for conversation and that's why i never learned "the right way".
Ron, why not determine the resistance on the pots that you like and bypass with fixed resistors? No one needs to know.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
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Sonichris
Joined: Mar 06, 2006
Posts: 1892
Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 11:35 AM
I'm a lefty in everything but guitar - scissors included -
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blazinsaddle5
Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 19
Highlands Ranch, CO
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 12:32 PM
I'm a southpaw in almost everything I do. I can strum a few chords right handed, but that's about it. When I picked up a guitar, it felt more comfortable to hold it the way a lefty would play.
I play a 2000 Blonde left handed Fender American Deluxe Strat with Bareknuckle Apache single coils in it. It is a great guitar, however, I would like to get my hands on a left handed Fender AVRI Jazzmaster or Jaguar. Unfortunately Fender will only make a lefty through the custom shop and charge $4000 for it! At this point I am looking at Warmoth to build my own left handed Jazzmaster (they do not offer a lefty Jag). Every once-and-a-while I see a vintage Jag or JM on ebay ('64 jag went for $3500) and the Japanese Reissue Jag or JM for around $750 to $800. I'm a little hesitant to go with the CIJ version. I like the quality of the American made instruments so much better. Have any other lefties dealt with this issue? It just sucks not having the selection righties have. I know we are backwards, but dang, all Fender has to do is flip the jig over and make a few lefty guitars!!! Growing up playing baseball I was considered valuable for being a left handed pitcher and hitter, why can't that be the same for a left handed guitarist?!?! j/k
Anyhow, sorry about going off there....
A good place to check out for left handed guitars is www.southpawguitars.com Right handers should check it out too...there's some sweet custom shop Strats on there.
Also, check out Mark's Guitars here for a look at some nice Fender lefties: http://www.marksguitars.com/4%20Fenders.htm
You know, I guess the one positive thing about being a left handed guitarist is only a select few will ask you if they can play your guitar! haha
Thank God there aren't right and left handed amps.....
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mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5304
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 04:36 PM
surfer
I surf "goofy" does that count?
me too
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Spud
Joined: Jul 23, 2007
Posts: 666
Oz
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 04:46 PM
I have a bunch of left handed hammers and screwdrivers for sale.
Also one slightly used bag of skyhooks.
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Ron-Rhoades
Joined: Aug 19, 2006
Posts: 958
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 05:57 PM
Yo Spud.....i'll take the hammers!! blazinsaddle5.....me too, i just picked up the guitar and played it that way! Except for the C- diminished 4th...i can figure out most chords!! I keed, i keed...i don't know what a C- diminished chord is...heck i don't even know what diminished means. I think my brain is somewhat "diminished" and thus, i'm a lefty. Yup! i'm a goofy foot too.
blazinsaddle5: can you post a picture of your Strat? You also said: "I guess the one positive thing about being a left handed guitarist is only a select few will ask you if they can play your guitar!" That's not true for an upside down lefty.....any rightie can play my guitar but the body is upside down. Jeez, all this backwards upside down stuff is making me dizzy....ahh, what ever happened to Tommy Roe? What would happen if a lefty walked into an audition? Does he/she get a fair chance, or what? Most of the bands i've been in...i'm the one that put it together so nobody ever said anything to me about being a lefty or i could just fire 'em!! hahaha I only fired one guy in my career....and i still regret it to this day! Time to get some waves....and then play some surf music. Wait a minute......Danny, where's your bass player? Aint he goofy? Spud also wrote:"Heh, good to see you've got a sense of huma about it all" some "huma" and a bit of cheez.......mmmm yummy.
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mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5304
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Oct 10 2007 06:59 AM
Spud
I have a bunch of left handed hammers and screwdrivers for sale.
Also one slightly used bag of skyhooks.
and i thought sky hooks were only used here in north carolina. 
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11053
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Oct 10 2007 07:49 AM
Ron-Rhoades
......Danny, where's your bass player? Aint he goofy? .
Very astute Ron. Yes, and I can't begin to tell you what joy it is doing synchronized guitar moves next to a left handed player 
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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blazinsaddle5
Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 19
Highlands Ranch, CO
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Posted on Oct 10 2007 09:28 AM
Ron-Rhoades
blazinsaddle5: can you post a picture of your Strat?
I'll try to take some pictures tonight and post them.
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