Are left handed guitar players becoming more commonplace? This evening I happened across a really insightful video where ‘The Cars’ guitar player Elliot Easton talks about growing up as a left handed guitar player in the 1960s. This got me thinking…
In the video (see below) he chats about how he wasn’t even aware that such a thing as a left handed guitar existed when he first decided to start playing. Whilst listening to him talk it really hits home about how unconnected the world was as little as 50 years ago. He talks about getting little nuggets of information about guitars from other bands or from friends of friends.
Throughout the comments section for this video on YouTube there are several users who describe how they were in the same situation when they were younger and first getting into guitar. They either didn’t realise left handed guitars existed or they simply could not find one in stores. Another frequently mentioned theme in the comments is that all of these people are fiercely proud of being left handed, which is very cool!