Hi from a first-time Rick owner

[Memphis Blue]

It's a beaut Peter! Welcome from another lefty!

[lefty360]

Hey Jeff,

I'm always real happy to hear from fellow lefties!

Actually, lurking the forums here I'm pleasantly surprised how many lefty-related threads there are.

[jimk]

I'm a sinistrous person too. But you'd never know it. There wasn't anybody around to tell me to turn the guitar over when I started playing, so I learned to play right handed.
JimK

[winston]

Welcome to the forum Peter. If there were any left handed guitars available when I was learning to play guitar at a decent price I might have been a lefty too as my left hand was my dominant hand at the time. As it turns out, now I am somewhat ambidextrous. After 46 years or so of playing guitar I doubt that I could play left handed now though.

[admin]

Thanks for sharing, Peter and may I also add my welcome to the growing list. As you know by now, there is much to talk about when it comes to Rickenbackers.

[lefty360]

I've added some more pics in the register for those that may be interested. By the way, I need to give credit to the original owner of the guitar for these pictures. I haven't taken any of my own yet.

Brian, learning to play righty never felt like an option for me, completely unnatural. I learned to play on a converted righty Les Paul copy but once I got my first proper lefty (a Fender Strat) I never went back to righties (except for acoustics). I really admire any lefty who can persevere in learning to play righty though; I know a couple of folks like this.

[jingle_jangle]

Peter M., I'm a lefty who learned guitar righty, simply because there were no lefty guitars available in my neighborhood when I was a kid. It didn't feel like perseverance; just naturally as difficult as learning any other new task.

I think there are a lot of folks out there in the same situation.

(it also gives me an excuse for ****** playing!)

[jimk]

A friend of mine, who happens to be the Exec. Director of the Americana Music Academy (where I teach) is a left handed player. He'd like to find a left handed Rick, but he doesn't think he can, at a price he could afford. I keep telling him about the RRF, and to keep an eye out, that he might find a deal. (I secretly think he's a little envious of me )

JimK

[BuddyDog]

I'm with Paul W., a southpaw who plays guitar right handed. It feeIs "unnatural" to try to do some things left handed to me. I also batted righty, golfed righty, but shoot lefty and kick lefty.

Come to think of it, I suck at those right handed skills, too!

Thanks for a legitimate excuse for poor playing, Paul!

[cjj]

Hey, now I've got an excuse too! Thanks!

Yeah, I'm a lefty who plays righty too. I've been of the opinion that the standard right handed instruments were actually designed for lefties. I mean, what you do with your left hand, chord formations, etc. generally requires a lot more dexterity than what you do with your right hand (well, not in the case of Flamenco and other complex picking styles). So, it just seems like a lefty would be better adapted to a standard guitar...

[ken_j]

I know of a lefty who can play left handed, Right handed, and a guitar strung right handed lefty. How can he keep it all straight?

[jingle_jangle]

I know of a lefty who can play left handed, Right handed, and a guitar strung right handed lefty. How can he keep it all straight?

He's fibbing to you. He's ambidextrous.

[wmthor]

... I'm always real happy to hear from fellow lefties!

Welcome aboard Peter. Always nice to hear from another lefty. That's great looking 360 LH MG.

[jps]

I know of a lefty who can play left handed, Right handed, and a guitar strung right handed lefty. How can he keep it all straight?

John Simmons can do all that.

In fact, he's a lefty that can play a righty instrument lefty far better than most righties can play a righty instrument!

Say that three times really fast!

[doctorwho]

Welcome Peter!

Now just stay away from confluences,12 strings and solid bodies and you won't want another Rick (NOT!)

+1!