As a lefty guitarist, I have felt the pain of trying to find a guitar that best suits what you like. They make them in limited variants, colors, or just plain out don't make them. The only company that literally makes all of their guitars with left-handed variants is Schecter, which is awesome if you're really into those guitars. Love the video!
Went to guitar Center a month ago to see what that had. Been about 4 years since my last visit. Not one left handed guitar in the store. Decided to put my dream guitar together myself. Bought all of the parts individually. Telecaster MIM body, neck, custom shop pickups, aluminum pickguard, good pots and switch, locking tuners. I switched the neck pickup cover to an open faced one. That thing is fantastic. Originally I wanted a copper colored pickguard and couldn’t find one. Called some pickguard manufacturers and they said no. Ended up ordering a right handed one off eBay from overseas. It was metal so I figured I would flip it over and be straight. Nope, it was aluminum with some shielding on the side I needed. Buffed it up and put it on. Damn thing looks amazing. Lefties do what we do. Make it work.😂
It’s so much cheaper for guitars! That’s why I tell folks who are lefty’s with writing, to just LEARN right handed, never mind your natural writing hand, you ain’t writing with a guitar
And the angle of the bridge pickup, too. Leo Fender moved the bass side of the bridge pickup away from the bridge to mellow out the wound strings, so you're getting really bright low strings and mellower high strings.
That definitely all impacted it…. But that would be the same if any of us righties played it, playing it backwards at the end of the day did have more attack/ I’d say attitude, just sounds different. All of your guys reasons are 100% correct but playing it that way just changes the way you’d comfortably play it giving that sound naturally. Also I’ve never tried playing like this but just speaking from what I saw. Also probably went a little to far with that explanation but it’s ok because I’m drunk lol
Reversing the pickups on anything inevitably will create a different sound. I personally love the lefty's crisp sound of the lower tones. The high E is already meant to be crisp. I dig this.
I´m a lefty and you get use to playing guitars upside down, and even turning the pickups around etc.More what i learnt over the years was to play guitars in the shop with the strings upside down was the way that if you turn your logic upside down you can play songs well the other way around... Crazy stuff. Love the channel..
I bought the "Hendrix" Strat specifically to get the effect of the reverse-slanted pickup and differences in string tension from High to Low E. They all seemed like sensible changes for me, especially the pickup, since I do not like a 'shrill' tone at all. But a totally flipped-over Strat (a flipped lefty for me also) is _just not comfortable to play..._ The Hendrix model is a great balance, IMO. Now that you've done this, you might give one a try, also. I'd love to see you compare and contrast the Hendrix righty model with a flipped lefty.
Which model do you have? The straight flipped version that has the cut out up top, or the reverse headstock version that has the pickup magnets and slant reversed? I have the latter and it is my go to strat
I started with a righty guitar as a lefty and can confirm, it's suffering. But it builds character. And by the time I bought my first proper lefty guitar, I definitely knew how to appreciate the ergonomics of a nice guitar in another level (especially since my first lefty guitar was an Ibanez with amazing ergonomics). Things like having that sculpt on the body to better ajust to your chest and forearm for example, really learned to appreciate that, and when I got my first les paul, it was the first thing I missed again since LPs don't have that.
I like that you went full out and took a righty. As a left handed player i remember the joy of my first true left handed guitar, followed by the irritation that it was 100 bucks more than the right handed version hanging on the wall right next to it.
That's kinda gone away in the past 15 years or so. Ibanez still has a markup, but Schecter, LTD, Fender, Gibson, and Kiesel don't upcharge for lefties.
@@Kylora2112 Hmm. I must be getting ripped off then. I've bought 3 guitars in the past 10 years from 2 of the companies listed and I paid an extra 100 for each one. Go check the prices.
I’m left-handed. I learned on a restrung Squier Strat when I was 13. When I got my first left-handed Telecaster which I still have, it took me awhile to break the habit of picking high (to avoid hitting controls on the strat) so my first tele is all scratched up above the neck pickup on the body.
I'll always remember sitting down on a stool in a guitar store when I was 16 and immediately holding a right handed guitar like a lefty would. Still amazes me to this day that I did that. I didn't even realized I play left handed at that point, it was just automatic the way I held it...lol. I had no idea about how to hold one and just held it like that. Then years later realizing that you can play it differently...ie strings reversed and such. Great video... ✌️
I'm a lefty that plays with reverse strings. I've played this way my whole life. It has its pros and cons, but the reaction I get from people when the notice is priceless 🤘
Congratulations, dude. I couldn't even begin to approach such a thing. Then again, I'm no Jimmy Haslip either. Neither is anybody else in the world for that matter.
@suchu_021 easier to bend strings and sounds unique. I wouldn't recommend doing it though. Makes it way more difficult when buying guitars. You have to put work into it and swap parts
As a lefty, I can say it is nowhere near as difficult finding left handed guitars as people think. The real problem is that all the big brand's fancier level guitars are usually only made right handed
Buying? Yes, much easier. But not being able to walk into any Guitar Center or local store and have a chance to even try said guitar before you commit to it? Still a major issue.
@@irishcommie That is the biggest thing ive noticed as a lefty... yes the internet has made it easy to BUY instruments, but if i even want to TRY a R9 Les Paul i have to commit thousands in to buying one... that or drive 12+ hours to find a shop that has one. Unlike a righty who can try out and choose from even upwards of 3+ r9's in a single shop.
NOBODY would notice what direction the guitar is facing or any pickup inversions in a mix. I pretty much doubt otherwise as well. You are getting a killer tone!
As far as the effect the pickups have, pick guards with reverse-angle bridge positions are available. Install them rotated 180º if the pole pieces are staggered. If the poles are flat, it doesn't matter.
I guess every lefty out there can feel like me, right now: being not only heard but also understood and represented by a righty is just touching. I AM CRYING, YOU RIGHTY DUDE 😢
Both sound the same except for slight variation in the bridge since it's slanted at an angle. Any other differences seem to be borne out of your pic attack dynamics, inherent in the requirement to change your playing style to accommodate the controls/input blocking your normal approach.
I heard a slight difference. Might be variations in the pups, pots, and wiring between guitars, as much as the pup placement. To get to the nitty gritty it would be interesting to swap electronics and do the same test Also, swap necks and see if that makes a difference, reverse and non-reverse headstock
First things first... Witchcraft! Even with the wonky hand gymnastics and input jack placement, both sounded great. Perhaps the Lefty moreso because the of the Hendrix mojo. Tyler, I've been a subscriber for a while now. I was surprised to not have seen a Music is Win video in my subscription feed for three months. After I searched for your channel, I found that I had missed several videos, but was still subscribed. I hadn't seen this happen before.
As a lefty that plays guitar lefty I appreciate this video so much. I have a decent amount of guitars. Never been able to pick the colors I want. Never really get to go to a store and try all the guitars on the wall and pick the “one”. The nearest guitar center has one left handed electric that’s a squire haha. Waited about a year each for my Gibson les Paul’s . Hell I’ve been playing over 20 years and just recently got a guitar with my first Floyd rose and it’s great!
A few years into playing I didn't use my little finger anywhere near enough and it was partly due to imitating/ learning Hendrix stuff- the difficulty of using your little finger with a flipped guitar makes a lot of sense now. To be honest I can't tell how much I'm imagining the differences or if they are actually there!
One of the best guitarists I ever had the privilege of knowing was a lefty who played like Eric Gales: with a right-handed guitar without flipping the strings. I'm told he just never knew any better until it was too late to change.
Last year I bought a lefty Epi Les Paul absolutely dirt cheap (was $300, marked down to $15 yes fifteen for clearance) at the pawn shop for spare parts for my other Epis but it was so good I converted it to play righty instead. Put on a new Graph Tech Tusq nut, made an elevated, curved wooden arm rest for the body (something like a violin's chin rest) so my right arm floats above the controls. Works great. Jack location proved to be no problem, which was a surprise. Put a PRS-style cutout scoop between the neck and pickup switch (now on the 'bottom' side) for better access to the high notes. Moved upper strap button to the horn. Finished the parts I woodworked to match the cherry red of the sunburst. It's unique, weird and wonderful and plays awesome. One thing that surprised me is the pots operate in the opposite direction for lefties so it's a little quirky but you get used to it quick enough. Of course the pickup switch is upside down but the switch doesn't care and neither do I.
11% here. When I first started playing in 1994, the shop recommended learning to play righty since there’s more righty guitars out there than lefty. That may no longer be true. I still play (air) drums lefty though (haven’t been around a kit I was allowed to flip in a long time.)
This seems to be a common suggestion from shops. Maybe if more lefties ignored this advice there would be more demand for lefty guitars and thus companies would male more.
So from a tone perspective , its forcing your palm further back and you are picking more over the bridge pickup , so the tone tends to be a slight bit more bass heavy. You actually get a slightly warmer tone , which for the style Jimi was playing , it totally would benefit the more heavy feeling of style he brought. Now from a R and B blues feel , you may want your hand at the back for some warmer tones on the thicker strings but R an B with lead thrown in , most of the time , you will want that more twangy bite on the middle and higher strings to get that teeth gritting power lead note on the bends. Jimi loved the richer warmer tones though for sure , probably one reason why his music is very hard to reproduce. Its unique , in such a way , its almost impossible to reproduce.
To me the left handed one sounds brighter I am guessing because of pick up angle. I have played many flipped strats over the years as a left handed guitar player.
@@Kylora2112 OK. So Telecaster's bridge pick up is angled. And, usually, a straight routed lipstick pickup up front. What has that got to do with left handers?
A left handed what? Stratocaster? Tele, what? If it wasn't for Curt Cobain, Fender wouldn't have given you the time of day. Fender didn't lift a finger when Jimi Hendrix was involved in it because they didn't have to. In fact, if it wasn't for Edward Van Halen with his radical modifications, and his throng of followers watching everything he did, Fender would still be in the doldrums they were in at the time. At that point, Fender had these independent builders right on their doorstep, creating instruments that actually worked and are superior. Fender, and all the rest of 'em, had to do something wih the dysfuntional junk in music stores or wherever. . Otherwise, somebody else will.
@@stratoleft The closer the pickup magnet is to the bridge, the brighter the tone. Reversing the strings will affect the brightness of the angled pickup (low strings will be brighter, high strings will be mellower). You'll have to ask Leo Fender exactly why he designed his guitars the way he did.
@@Kylora2112 I don't need you or anybody else to tell me about the principles of guitar, single coils, cheap lookin' soap bar pickups, that Gibson happily created and produced to replace such junk in their top-of-the-line instruments, most famously, the likes of the absolutely ONE-OF-A-KIND famous tone that only Mike Bloomfield has ever obtained from the instrument. I know why Fender does what they've done, or do. It all revolves around right handed people. Get it? The entire world of stringed instruments revolve around right handed people. I do get it. I know I've put in the wasted effort with right handed junk guitars as well as left handed rejects as well. I've already pointed out to you people the absolutely CRITICAL accuracy of the bridges, from end to end, and everything in/on the neck between. Do you people think that the builder or re-conditioner just guesses at the critical notches, depth, and angle at just the neck bridge alone? I don't expect stringed instrument manufacturers, or even the asians who are actually good at it, to cater to me. My question was, and still is, why left handers are even brought up in this freakin' subject to begin with? We were never an after thought to Fender, Gibson, or anybody else to begin with. Like I said. The asians, who have surprisingly upgraded their processes, do give left handers notice for some reason. For any left handers starting out, reading these goofy video blogs, forums, and such, about being left handed, here is my suggestion to them. I suggest you/they try to find the likes of Stratocaster expert, Dan Erlewine, if that's even possible, and learn something about guitar construction and finishing. Otherwise, I will call anybody's bluff on this predicament when it comes to being a left hander moping around in a in a world dominated by right handed stringed instruments. Anybody, any time.
Looks like an absolute nightmare to play. But hey, hendrix did it so it was only a matter of time until Tyler makes this video. Also I'm very happy to see that you got another guitar, Tyler. You really needed that😊
I'm left handed but started playing guitar right handed. I did have a left handed guitar when I was young and could play on it but I had gotten so used to play right handed, and because of that I was better right handed. Chords are okay left handed, but soloing just didn't go well. I did have a lot of problems with my rhythm for years. Maybe because of this. Luckily gotten better after 24 years of playing. Great video.
I strung my first guitar ever wrong and played it for a couple years. I had the gauges in the wrong order so the high E, G and B were backwards thickness wise but still in tune which made fretting a gatdamn chore
Some left-handed guitarists, such as Joe Perry of Aerosmith and Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, learned to play guitar right-handed. (Curiously enough, Joe actually did own a left-handed Stratocaster that he restrung to be played right-handed. I believe he used that on the recording of “Walk This Way”.)
@@jacksonredd_ me too mate, dad told me as a kid, 30 years back, learn right handed and youll always be able to buy the guitar you want. cheers for that by the way dad
Yeah me too, my dad is lefty and when he was a kid in the 60’s, affordable beginner left handed instruments didn’t really exist. I grew up watching him play right handed and learned on his guitars, it didn’t really strike me as odd but when I’ve tried a lefty guitar I can’t make it work, it just feels wrong.
I've wanted to do this for years. There was even a 60s Fender Strat LH on sale and when I mentioned what I wanted to do with the guitar, someone else in the shop must have liked the idea, because when I returned with the cash to make the necessary purchase, someone had offered the store more for it and bought it out f om under me. Well needless to say, that destroyed all faith the in that store and I didn't return to purchase anything from them evet again. Not that, that would have made a tremendous amount of difference but on a side note the store closed it's doors a couple of months later. Moral of the story, look after the players guitar stores. Their the ones that will keep your store alive when times are slow. Fail to look after them and start business practices like that and good luck. Thanks for sharing, there is definately a distinct and pleasant difference to the tone of the instrument and as expected the low E bass string had a pinch more depth and all that from a crappy phone speaker. Nice. 😀
It's more obvious in the middle position to me, but the flipped guitar sounded a little louder and chirpier, it had a little more high end, the standard guitar in all cases had noticably more bass and the overall tone sounded more rounded on all pickups where the flipped one was a bit slapper and punchier, 4th position helps to hear that too, i am listening with headphones on, love the video Tyler keep up the awesome work🤘👊
oh boy, never wanted to be in Nashville more than left now... but seriously, loved this because the lefty guitar player struggle is real. Thanks Tyler!
I've been saying this for a few years but reverse pickup on a strat sounds amazing, and 4 that way every time I buy a strat set of left handed strat pickup for a right handed
Oh yeah, I’m a Canadian poverty stricken guitar player who needs more than the one cheap Epiphone I have now, and would literally love anything I can get. Keep up the great work 😎
R.J. Ronquillo made a video about Hendrix's tone five years ago, and he explained how this was key to Hendrix's sound and feel. The reversed headstock makes the strings bass strings higher tension than usual, and reduces tension on the higher strings. Hendrix also used very light gauge strings. Anyway, it's awesome you brought this info to a new audience and got to try out something new.
I'll have to check it out, because as I said above in another comment, I've played RGs with standard and reverse headstocks for the better part for 20 years and have never noticed a difference between guitars that are otherwise identical. Different scale lengths do exist and this would be no different to taking the hardware from a short scale guitar and putting it on a longer scale, which from experience makes literally zero difference once the amp comes into play. I mean, I've got 24.75, 25 and 25.25" scale lengths all sitting right next to me, and have interchanged parts between all of them just last year before settling on the EMGs in my PRS, which was 100% about feel, because every guitar sounded exactly the same through an amp. However, the one thing that actually does make a real difference in this video is the fact that with the guitar flipped, the bridge pickup angle is reversed. Regardless of headstock position, that is going to make a difference.
As a lefty, I also started on a strat with inverted strings. It was... painful. Lots, and I mean LOTS of cables ruined because my arm rested against the input jack, turned down the volume all the time, reaching high frets was an issue, intonation was never quite right, and wearing a strap wasn't a thing (I didn't mod the guitar in any way, I just played sitting down). Learned to play like that anyway though. But getting my first actual lefty guitar was the best day of my life.
Good for you. If I had to do it all over again, or if I actually COULD do it all over again, I would have tried my best to get a set of drums. Then maybe, .. just maybe, at this point I could play ~somewhat~ like Tony Williams. Otherwise, I would have never gotten involved with your world of stringed instruments at all.
I'm a lefty who also plays a righty upside down, without reversing the strings. I tried a lefty once and just couldn't do it. I could however play the pants off that lefty the way you have it setup now! I used to struggle with the knobs too, now I just leave them off, they're less in the way and harder to turn without the plastic cover haha!
Pretty sure that unlike most pickups, strat pickups aren’t quite symmetrical, the pole piece height is different or something. So that they are about the only pickups that have a lefty version. So it would make sense that a lefty strung upside down would sound marginally different to the RH one.
To my ear, the righty guitar has much more of a boost to the higher strings but still with a very rounded sound. The lefty is bright everywhere, and the middle two strings just really POP with a very clear sound that matches the brightness of the highest two strings way more.
What fucks me up about that the most is that it was because that was the only replacement Strat bridge he could find. Like dude, I'm a lefty and I can't find replacement lefty parts half the time lol
@@Kylora2112 he said this? that’s gotta be a lie, he definitely did it because hendrix had the trem like that (even tho he had to). plus it’s gold just like all his hardware on #1
the higher strings on the left handed guitar seemed warmer, maybe because of the bridge pickup? maybe something for those that are really chasing Jimi's tone to think about
I'm so glad I play right-handed. After a lifetime of always having to find left-handed versions of stuff, I feel like I finally caught a break. A brief glimpse of what it's like to be normal for once. I think it makes more sense. Why wouldn't I fret with the same hand I write with?
The two guitars definitely sound different. But it’s extremely subtle. Being a left-handed guitar player who grew up playing a backwards strat like Hendrix. I’ve come to realize the difference is the flipped pickups. It’s not an extreme change. But it is definitely audible. Wish I lived close, would love a nice new start! Thing sounds great! 🤘🏼✌🏼
Back in the day I used to play a HM series Strat re-strung like this - I got round the issue of the controls being in the way by just removing them - set all the knobs to 10 then stuff them inside the control cavity. It wasn't the most versatile of guitars but it solved the problem! I had a pedal on the floor with volume set to 0 so I could shut the signal off between songs.
I play left handed (due to a physical problem with my left hand, rather than innate handedness), and I avoid restringing right handed guitars for the reasons you demonstrated. Knobs get in the way, the high frets are hard to reach, and it's a right pain to do the setup. I would if I had to, but I prefer not to. My mom was left handed, and she had to restring her guitars, and she always complained about. She also found the "right handed world" to be quite oppressive. I've always wondered about left handed guitars... from 10 to 12 percent of the population in general is left handed, but most guitar shops have fewer than 5 percent of their inventory in lefties. A lot of guitar manufacturers make very few of their models left handed, also a low percentage. It seems like those numbers ought to match up better, but maybe I don't understand the economics of it.
This doesn't happen because in the economy there is a dilemma between efficiency and equity, where it is very difficult to reconcile the two things. In the case of guitar stores, they're much more likely to sell a higher percentage of right-handed guitars because they know the demand for those guitars is much higher. Consequently, smaller groups end up suffering the consequences, unfortunately ☹ PS: sorry for my english, I'm brazilian haha
As a right handed player i never liked the volume knob in my way, i made some spacers and a plate for the pots to submerge in the cavity then cut the knobs down to 1/8" thick, problem solved
Great video! I’m a lefty and it’s almost impossible to find vintage guitars(I play mostly fenders). My dream would be to find a lefty 69 comp blue mustang, like Cobain’s but I’ve never seen one online anywhere. I have played many righty guitars flipped and restrung and I’m glad you see how the controls can get in the way and affect the way you strum and pick. If you can’t find that guitar a home, I would love to add it to my collection!
String length on E is longer witch helps. Longer from saddle to tuner. Or just get reverse neck same effect. And pickups angled opposite as on the Jake e Lee model
I play l right handed guitars left handed. Flip it over and done. You develop a different way of playing. I’m so used to the knobs getting in the way, that I’ve developed a tic, where any moment I can, I’m turning the volume up whether it needs it or not. Tried lefty guitars strung right handed, but I’m just too used to having the controls where they are now.
It goes deeper than just being able to find a lefty! Companies like Epiphone don't QC their leftys very well and you often end up with volume and tone controls that arent wired correctly and are mismatched to the direction of the knobs. Or worse, they use right handed pots but wire them left handed, basically turning them into on/off switches.
Finally! You're not just another one of the throng of dimwits on the internet trying to schmooze over the fact that the world of stringed instruments always have, and always will be, catered to right handed people. It's quite that simple.
My first two or three guitars were righty’s strung Hendrix style. I don’t know how I ever made it through that. It’s always been a struggle to find a lefty that was affordable. I’ve just always stuck with the few I’ve found and liked.
I've tried both back to back, and for me, a left-hander flipped over feels better. I lo e the sound of strats but I hate that the controls and middle pickup are right where i dont want them to be. Flipping one over solved the controls issue at least, and didnt really affect my wrist.
This video speaks to me. I’m a lefty, I learned on a righty (Hendrix style) except I didn’t flip the strings the right way around. I don’t still play that way but it is a cool party trick to pull out every once in a while lmao
I'm right handed but my strat has always been Lefty strung right. Not because of Jimi it just feels better to have the controls on the top instead of the bottom. Way easier than having to reach down for me. Plus it looks better and the bridge pickup has a smoother tone
That makes absolutely no freakin' sense whatsoever, right hander. Let me clue you, and the rest of you right handers in on the historic predicament. It NEVER has been fun, or a novelty walkin' into a music store, or anywhere else, with guitars hanging in my face, or sitting on the floor, that are designed and manufactured for you right handers. You nitwits can try and twist it anyway you want. I know better.
As a lefty. Did this to a righty Tele. It definitely felt played and sounded different after the flip. Definitely different tone when you don't flip the pickups or set the height accordingly
I did the whole flipping a right-handed strat to play lefty, and can say that it has a difference. Mostly on just how the sound of the string vibrations on the pickup if you don't flip them too. I can say though, playing an actual lefty is amazing. Sure, it's a pain finding a big name brand lefty without actually buying one online and hoping you'll like it but it also has let me see lesser known brands that are more lefty-friendly
The difference in tone is coming from the pickups. It's more prominent with the bridge pickup since it's slanted the other way, but you hear it with the neck and middle since the pickups are flipped anyway. It's something to do with the staggering of the pole pieces in the pickup. It sounds cool though, brighter and spankier.
Very cool experiment! And thanks for giving that guitar away. As a lefty, we are always left out of the guitar giveaways, so very cool that some luck lefty will get it!
As a lefty with two older (right handed) musician brothers, I was told to try playing right handed when I started out at age 10. I borrowed my brother’s old telecaster and couldn’t for the life of me coordinate my hands/fingers. It just didn’t work. Everything felt wrong, picking, fretting, etc. I tried learning basic chords and simple melodies, kept stumbling over the strings with both hands. Finally my brother agreed to restringing his old tele to lefty and as soon as I got it in my hands it all made sense. I could now hit the strings I wanted to with the pick, and my fretting hand did what I wanted it to. I’m impressed by those lefties who learn the ”wrong” way, for me it just wasn’t an option.
just take the lefty neck and put it on a righty body, then get another pick guard so you can put the bridge pickup in the same angle as a lefty angle. Bass side closer to the bridge
One thing I always wondered if it was possible, and I think you’re the guy to test it out. Take the righty guitar, flip the nut, string it up AS a lefty, but tune it righty. So, EADGBE, but your high strings are low, low strings high. Probably need a weird gauge to do it, but I’m curious what this would sound like with normal chord shapes, lead lines, etc.
As a lefty, it feels more like we are the 1/2 percent sometimes. I can’t tell you the last time i went into a music store and bought a guitar. I could have 2k hanging from my back pocket, and it wouldn’t matter, because I’m not interested in a 2011 squire telecaster with and inch of dust on it, and strings from the depression era… Btw, I’m in Lexington, KY- so I’m not that far away!!!
I am a lefty but around 2months in I realized there are not many left handed guitars compared to right so I just stopped and completely relearned but with my right
I was always under the impression that Jimi never restrung his guitars, he just played a right handed guitar upside down. Which is a total mindfuck for me to even think about playing.
Seems like I read that he was able to do that. Paul McCartney was too, which some people took as evidence that he was a fake Paul I knew a guy several years ago who played left handed bass, and it was fun trying to play left handed, or right handed upside down. I would imagine a lefty from back then was accustomed to making do with a right hand guitar on occasion, and I’m honestly surprised that there aren’t more lefties who play upside down
@@honkytonkinson9787 Lefty bassist here - and pretty close to being from back then. The ergonomics is what kept a lot of lefties from playing upside down - you spend as much time overcoming that as playing.
I have had many right handed guitars that I had to flip over due to I could never find a left handed guitar. Later in life I was able to find and afford left handed guitars. One thing that has stuck with me from that time is that I love reverse headstocks. My Ltds all had reverse headstocks.
My 1997 Hendrix tribute strat is awesome, and helped me understand why Jimi preferred it to a lefty type, which he could have had too. The only downside is the reach on high notes, but how often do you play up there anyways, and Hendrix had huge hands so no problem for him. Yes its a very cool guitar, but....I'm not a strat guy, so.......I'll keep it anyways!
1st and 2nd position should sound less warm on the low end cuz the bridge pickup is now bent toward the bridge on the low strings and toward the neck on the high strings. The other 3 positions should sound the same as a right handed guitar
I'm lefty, play lefty and own lefty and righty strats. Maybe I'm deaf but they sound the same to me, even when doing fancy Hendrix things. I get the same sounds out of either. Maybe it's because I set each guitar up to sound and play according to what I like. Upside down just makes it a pain because... it's upside down.
I am a lefty. For years I switched guitars to "the right way" (lol) until I found a lefty Martin Sigma,(94) and my 99 Mexi-Strat, I did, however, buy a righty Hofner bass and turn it over.
I bought all of them new. My Hofner is 3 years old now. I started playing in 1987 after SRV did the SKY IS CRYING album. I put away my saxophone and trumpet from high school and got a real instrument.
Man, so many things to think about this subject. I've had many problems and conclusions being a lefty guitarist.i learned with the guitar literally flipped, then after a few years I bought a lefty Epiphone and had to re-learn it all. I'm just glad that lefties are being more considered in the debate!
There is no "debate", dude. The entire world of stringed instruments is, always has been, and always will be, catered to right handed people. It's just that blatantly obvious and simple.
