What's under the hat?
Yes a leftyWhat's under the hat?
I just realized, that's a left handed guitar. Cool.
I tried playing left-handed mainly trying to copy a blues hero of mine Albert King who played a Gibson flying V left-handed but it was strung as a right-handed guitar anyway I tried playing my flying V copy that way and it feels strange to say the least having the high E string on top and the low E string on the bottom?.Yes a lefty
That must feel weird. I'm glad they do more Left handed guitars now. Weren't they harder to get back in the day?I tried playing left-handed mainly trying to copy a blues hero of mine Albert King who played a Gibson flying V left-handed but it was strung as a right-handed guitar although it feels strange having the high E string on top and the low E string on the bottom?.
Yes I believe left-handed electric guitars were quite hard to find at least in England back in the 1960s & 1970s. Eric Clapton tells a story of 'coming across' a black left-handed Stratocaster in Denmark street (Tin Pan Alley) in London's west end in 1970 and buying it to give to Jimi Hendrix as left-handed 'Strats' were very rare to find but ultimately Hendrix died shortly after Eric had bought the guitar so it was never given to Jimi.That must feel weird. I'm glad they do more Left handed guitars now. Weren't they harder to get back in the day?
That sucks he died before he was given it. Couldn't Jimi play both left and right too?Yes I believe left-handed electric guitars were quite hard to find at least in England back in the 1960s & 1970s. Eric Clapton tells a story of 'coming across' a black left-handed Stratocaster in Denmark street (Tin Pan Alley) in London's west end in 1970 and buying it to give to Jimi Hendrix as left-handed 'Strats' were very rare to find but ultimately Hendrix died shortly after Eric had bought the guitar so it was never given to Jimi.
Obviously Jimi naturally played left-handed but I have read of various accounts of him maybe in a 'jam situation' with other musicians and not having a guitar with him so was handed a right-handed strung guitar and him then playing it left-handed but UP SIDE DOWN with the strings the wrong way around for him and still playing it well??. Totally mind blowing!!.That sucks he died before he was given it. Couldn't Jimi play both left and right too?
I read that too. Where he would flip it upside down.Obviously Jimi naturally played left-handed but I have read of various accounts of him maybe in a 'jam situation' with other musicians and not having a guitar with him so was handed a right-handed strung guitar and him then playing it left-handed but UP SIDE DOWN with the strings the wrong way around for him and still playing it well??. Totally mind blowing!!.
Fender guitars are great but I have a liking for Gibson guitars myself.