I am left handed, should I purchase a left handed guitar?
There is no right or wrong answer to this question and there are many different points of view on the subject. One teacher might say that there are no left handed pianos, saxophones, etc. and that left handed guitars are a gimmick. Many famous right handed guitar players are actually left handed in other activities. It is the left hand that does a lot of the work anyway when a right handed guitarist plays so why switch to left handed? Then there are left handed players who passionately argue these points and swear that they could never play a right handed guitar and that the left handed guitar feels natural to them. I personally am right handed and when I try to play a left handed guitar, well lets just say that its not pleasant! I once taught a student who was left handed and started out on a right handed guitar. He then convinced himself about six months later that he would be a much better player on a left handed guitar and purchased one. He struggled for a while and eventually retu
