Left handed playing a right handed guitar
Discussion
I am a left handed person and have tried as a youngster to play guitar left handed ( and failed mainly I seem to recall, because my fingers weren't quick enough to move on the frets)
I was wondering if I would be any better playing right handed as my left hand might be better suited and faster on the frets. It'll be an acoustic.
Anyone ever tried?
I know there are pros who have swopped hands.
I was wondering if I would be any better playing right handed as my left hand might be better suited and faster on the frets. It'll be an acoustic.
Anyone ever tried?
I know there are pros who have swopped hands.
gingerpaul said:
As a motivation for playing right handed you will have much more choice of guitars as and when you decide to chop and change. There never seem to be many left handed instruments in guitar shops. Just a thought. 
logical answer and very true but if I cannot master the basics due to lack of syncopation....now re-aquired my old '60s guitar which can be strung either way, complete with rust, and nylon strings.....
Now have another question.
The strings are fixed at the "bottom" in a steel "frame" but then pass over a wooden "bridge" before continuing up the soundbox and then frets. This wooden bridge is not fixed. What should the dimension be from the frets to the bridge? I'll get out the glue....
Tony H ( putting a new meaning to the word amateur......)
hi, floating bridge, so it could be meant to be like this?
String tension certainly holds it but you can slide it up and down the sound box if you so desire, but if i set it as you suggest, then don't keep fiddling with it I should be ok.
(and before someone points out, it's a guitar, not a fiddle and won't fit under my chin!)
Tony
String tension certainly holds it but you can slide it up and down the sound box if you so desire, but if i set it as you suggest, then don't keep fiddling with it I should be ok.
(and before someone points out, it's a guitar, not a fiddle and won't fit under my chin!)
Tony
no, nowt as flash as those.
TBH it wa a Christmas present from parents to a teenager back in the 60's, guess it was a pretty much bottom of the range (sorry mum and dad.)
The bridge just sort of sits there.....
It was right handed but I strung it left handed back in the 60's. Sister restrung it right handed in the 90's and i strung it back to left handed today......and snapped a string
TBH it wa a Christmas present from parents to a teenager back in the 60's, guess it was a pretty much bottom of the range (sorry mum and dad.)
The bridge just sort of sits there.....
It was right handed but I strung it left handed back in the 60's. Sister restrung it right handed in the 90's and i strung it back to left handed today......and snapped a string
Hi again, yes it has a cheap version of that steel "holder" at the base.
Strings are 3 steel, 2 nylon and one broken......my sister had it re converted to right hand and last night I tried to convert it back but 30 year old nylon strings don't hold any tension!!
Why 3 of each? Well when I was young back in the 60's and 70's the thinner steel strings used to play havoc with my delicate little fingers so replaced then with nylon. Now after nearly 40 years of DIY my fingers are like hardened sandpaper!
Tony H
Strings are 3 steel, 2 nylon and one broken......my sister had it re converted to right hand and last night I tried to convert it back but 30 year old nylon strings don't hold any tension!!
Why 3 of each? Well when I was young back in the 60's and 70's the thinner steel strings used to play havoc with my delicate little fingers so replaced then with nylon. Now after nearly 40 years of DIY my fingers are like hardened sandpaper!
Tony H
Hi, sorry, me back again.
I have now re strung the guitar with new strings and am finding that the floating bridge is moving around a lot while I practice, obviously putting the guitar out of tune.
Also the floating bridge leaves the strings about 8mm above the 12 fret and I am finding that a problem too.
Why should I not plane down slightly the bridge, and why shouldn't I stick it into place?
I have now re strung the guitar with new strings and am finding that the floating bridge is moving around a lot while I practice, obviously putting the guitar out of tune.
Also the floating bridge leaves the strings about 8mm above the 12 fret and I am finding that a problem too.
Why should I not plane down slightly the bridge, and why shouldn't I stick it into place?
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