Anyone ever switched from playing right-handed to left-handed guitar ?

Nope. I am left hand impaired. About the only thing I can do with my left hand is fret notes…. And that surprises me. I mean…. I can’t even use a screw driver or swing a hammer with my left hand.

I have watched my youngest switch back and forth. He is a lefty by nature. But plays guitar righty. Watched him pick up a lefty guitar one day and in a few minutes was playing it almost as good as he played righty. Called him a show off.
 
iblive said:
Nope. I am left hand impaired. About the only thing I can do with my left hand is fret notes…. And that surprises me. I mean…. I can’t even use a screw driver or swing a hammer with my left hand.

I have watched my youngest switch back and forth. He is a lefty by nature. But plays guitar righty. Watched him pick up a lefty guitar one day and in a few minutes was playing it almost as good as he played righty. Called him a show off.
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My brother is ambidextrous.. when we played little league baseball he was a pitcher. He would throw one lefty, then righty.. change it up right there one the mound !

Same thing when he went to the plate to bat.. left-handed one time, righty the next.

:ROFLMAO:
 
Thatbastarddon said:
I’d say, “go for it!” If you aren’t all sleeved by the possibility that you’re going to want to ditch all of your righty guitars…;)
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There's about a 95% chance this won't work.. :ROFLMAO: besides, a Dean ML is pretty symmetrical.

The bridge just sits atop the adjustable height bridge posts. I think if I just lift it off and flip it 180, the intonation will be correct.

Re-string it backwards and leave it setup this way so I can spend time everyday working at it.

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PLX said:
There's about a 95% chance this won't work.. :ROFLMAO: besides, a Dean ML is pretty symmetrical.

The bridge just sits atop the adjustable height bridge posts. I think if I just lift it off and flip it 180, the intonation will be correct.

Re-string it backwards and leave it setup this way so I can spend time everyday working at it.

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Don’t forget the nut…gotta re-cut.
 
PLX said:
My brother is ambidextrous.. when we played little league baseball he was a pitcher. He would throw one lefty, then righty.. change it up right there one the mound !

Same thing when he went to the plate to bat.. left-handed one time, righty the next.

:ROFLMAO:
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My oldest kid is very much a lefty. Baseball. Catches and throws left handed. For a while in little league he did try and switch hit. Fairly successful, but ultimately settled on batting left handed. Tennis…. Kid doesn’t have a backhand…. Only a forehand. So yes. He used both hands. Switched so seamlessly I never saw him do it when playing.
 
iblive said:
My oldest kid is very much a lefty. Baseball. Catches and throws left handed. For a while in little league he did try and switch hit. Fairly successful, but ultimately settled on batting left handed. Tennis…. Kid doesn’t have a backhand…. Only a forehand. So yes. He used both hands. Switched so seamlessly I never saw him do it when playing.
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My brother almost got a baseball scholarship because no one could hit off of him when he was on the mound.

He'd freak-out pitchers by switching left/right while standing at the plate, between pitches.

:ROFLMAO:
 
I knew a guy in Indiana, great player, who took a summer job in a box factory and accidentally cut all four fingers of his left hand completely off. Couldn’t be made functional again, so he bought a lefty Strat and a thumb pick, and within a year he had most of his chops back. He knew where all the notes were, he just needed to build a new set of muscle memories. I’m guessing it took a tremendous act of will to do it.
 
Seamus OReally said:
I knew a guy in Indiana, great player, who took a summer job in a box factory and accidentally cut all four fingers of his left hand completely off. Couldn’t be made functional again, so he bought a lefty Strat and a thumb pick, and within a year he had most of his chops back. He knew where all the notes were, he just needed to build a new set of muscle memories. I’m guessing it took a tremendous act of will to do it.
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That's what I'm reading.. the only thing you bring along is your fretboard knowledge. However, it's all mirrored.

Your dominant hand should always be your picking/strumming hand.
 
I'm Pretty ambidextrous myself, however I pick something up, that's how I do it.

I eat and write and shave lefty, play most sports righty, guns and guitars righty.

I could probably figure out how to play guitar lefty, but it would be a tremendous task at this stage in life..... When I was 16, it probably would have been pretty easy.
 
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