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Should I Learn Guitar Right or Left Handed?

So you want to take up learning guitar but you’re unsure if you should be playing right or left handed? Take a read through this article to hopefully find the answer to this tricky question!

8 Annoying Things About Being a Left Handed Guitarist

Being a left handed guitarist is pretty awesome, but it certainly has its challenges! Here are 8 annoying things that only left handed guitar players will understand.

Sinistrophobia – The Fear of Left-Handedness

Believe it or not, there is an actual medical condition called Sinistrophobia – a fear of left handed people, or objects and things on the left side. Find out more!

9 Perfect Left Handed Gifts

Shopping for left handed gifts? Keep reading to discover my top 9 inexpensive gift ideas for left handed people.

Do Lefty Players Make the Best Guitar Teachers?

The Mirror Effect and Learning Guitar Left Handed

Due to the mirror effect, I’ve always found it easier learning from a right handed teacher. I’ve often wondered if the opposite is true in that right handed players would find it easier learning from a lefty teacher? I see no reason why not…

Black Guitars – The Scourge of the Left Handed Guitarist?

Is it just me, or is it safe to say that the majority of southpaws are sick to death of being force fed budget, gloss black guitars? Judging by your feedback it would seem that I am not the only one who feels this way.

Myth Busted! Learning Left Handed Guitar Is Harder?

There seems to be a lot of false information floating around the internet in regards to learning to play left handed guitar. This article will hopefully serve to clear up some of these misconceptions which unfortunately seem to be fairly widespread.

Left Handed Guitarist Observations – As Pie Charts

Who doesn’t love a good old pie chart? Here are a few observations that left handed guitar players maybe able to associate with – in the form of pie charts!

Left Handed Guitar Players On the Increase?

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!