WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHTY AND LEFTY GUITARS?
Shape, mostly. The guitars were (usually) designed with the comfort of the musician in mind. To determine the polarity of a guitar, hold it upright, with the strings facing you, and: • Check the cutaways (the part of the guitar, near the neck, which ‘dents’ the otherwise hourglass-shaped body). In a Les Paul or Telecaster style guitar, the cutaway is on the right side of the neck (viewed from the front). On a Stratocaster style, the longer ‘arm’ is to the left of the neck. If you’re looking at a SG-style guitar, or most acoustic guitars, you may want to keep reading. • Look at the knobs on the body. They are usually placed so as not to interfere with the strumming. Therefore, on a right handed guitar with the head at 12 o’clock, the knobs should be between 4 and 5 o’clock. • Observe yon strings. A right handed guitar will have the thickest string furthest to the left. • Dig that crazy pickguard (the deformed-teardrop piece of plastic next to the soundhole on acoustic guitars and the st
