Easy mistake to make....I suppose (ebay & Chappers content)

JEM

Sarge said:

Ok it's a fair assumption to make considering 90% of people aren't cackhanded.

But... wouldn't it make more sense for righties to play lefty guitars, given that the left hand is doing more of the heavy lifting? 

 This is comes up quite often but plenty of 'cackhanded' (as you so delightfully put it) people play guitar right handed. Me included. I don't believe there's really that much difference of coordination required between left and right.

I don't know how old his son is but if it has only recently become apparent that he's left handed it's possible the sale is premature anyway. I'd say if you can play a right handed instrument you should just to avoid limiting the choice of guitars in future. 

mrkb

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roberty

JEM said:

Sarge said:

Ok it's a fair assumption to make considering 90% of people aren't cackhanded.

But... wouldn't it make more sense for righties to play lefty guitars, given that the left hand is doing more of the heavy lifting? 

 This is comes up quite often but plenty of 'cackhanded' (as you so delightfully put it) people play guitar right handed. Me included. I don't believe there's really that much difference of coordination required between left and right.

I don't know how old his son is but if it has only recently become apparent that he's left handed it's possible the sale is premature anyway. I'd say if you can play a right handed instrument you should just to avoid limiting the choice of guitars in future. 

I too am a righty playing lefty but some people do struggle. eg Paul McCartney made very little progress on the guitar until he flipped it over. Reaching for a famous example there to emphasise the point

strtdv

Sarge said:

Ok it's a fair assumption to make considering 90% of people aren't cackhanded.

But... wouldn't it make more sense for righties to play lefty guitars, given that the left hand is doing more of the heavy lifting? 

I'm a lefty and i play right handed. Left handed options were always more expensive and harder to get hold of, and you can't borrow a mates guitar if you play left handed

euan

Exactly. I tried for six months and couldn’t manage to fret open E, A and B7, the literal beginner chords without stopping to physically place each finger. 

When I got a left handed guitar I made more progress in a week than I ever did with a right handed one  

MagicPigDetective

Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) plays left handed, and uses right handed guitars upside down.. meaning that the heavier strings are where the lightest strings normally are, back to front. That’s another way to get around the lack of leftie guitars. 

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-gruff-rhys-lead-singer-and-guitarist-of-welsh-band-super-furry-animals-106420686.html

snowblind

How old is his kid? I have a teenage daughter who still switches between dexterous and downright sinister.

This discussion has in fact suggested she try her cello left-handed. Not something she has ever been granted the opportunity to do but it might help her playing. Could affect where she sits in the orchestra though. 

elstoof

Isn’t that the guitar he bought suspiciously soon after a gofundme raised money to cover the cost of his band’s stolen gear

elstoof

nero1701

elstoof said:

Someone being economical with the truth when selling a guitar, I'm shocked 

Roundwound

elstoof said:

That’s pretty dodgy, if the handedness excuse didn’t already sound a bit suspect. Hard pass.

robgilmo

Oh come on guys, chappers is Ok, he just has bad taste in guitars is all. And so what if his son is lefty and cant play a righty guitar, thats the least of his worries, what happens when he learns to drive? I mean, there are less left hand drive cars out there than there are guitars.
Leave the guy alone, let him do his thing.

Musical_Mystery_Tour

Funnily enough, both my parents were left-handed, but both my sister and I ended up right handed. What that meant was I grew up in a house with a lot of left-handed things, scissors and such. I did end up left-footed though, which was useful for footy.

On the subject of LHD versus RHD vehicles, at work, most of our vehicles are LHD, whereas my car is RHD and it never seems much of a problem to switch. Back with musical instruments however, an interesting one is, as many people have commented, why the left hand on right handed guitars is the one typically doing most of the intricate work, which is the complete opposite of piano, where the left hand is the one kind of on rhythm autopilot whilst the right hand does most of the melody.

But having said that, the toughest thing for me when learning to play guitar and sing at the same time, was getting my right hand to go on strumming and picking autopilot when singing something with a different melody or rhythm. Took me a long time to suss that one out.

Philly_Q

elstoof said:

And he said "she".  Case closed, he's a wrong 'un.

theatreanchor

What a weird thing to do. What if his son doesn't want to play guitar? Oh, he wasn't telling the truth. I see.

Musicman20

No doubt got it at almost cost price from Andertons/PRS?

S56035

Sorry, can't tell what he's done wrong from that picture?

digitalscream

S56035 said:

Sorry, can't tell what he's done wrong from that picture?

I think it's because the Instagram post says it's "my new axe", but the eBay ad says it was bought for his son.

He actually did a video on it when he bought it, saying that he wanted his son to have a "birth year" guitar in case he started playing one day.

elstoof

The birth year for his son claims was after questions were raised about the timing of his “new axe” post, coming as it was hot on the heels of a round of crowdfunding to pay for a load of gear he had stolen and insurance wouldn’t cover

Kittyfrisk

JEM said:

Sarge said:

Ok it's a fair assumption to make considering 90% of people aren't cackhanded.

But... wouldn't it make more sense for righties to play lefty guitars, given that the left hand is doing more of the heavy lifting? 

 This is comes up quite often but plenty of 'cackhanded' (as you so delightfully put it) people play guitar right handed. Me included. I don't believe there's really that much difference of coordination required between left and right.

I don't know how old his son is but if it has only recently become apparent that he's left handed it's possible the sale is premature anyway. I'd say if you can play a right handed instrument you should just to avoid limiting the choice of guitars in future. 

 I'd say you definitely are of a sinister persuasion...