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Yes the market for lefties is certainly very small. With 10% of the general population being left-handed I am wondering what the left-handed market is for lefties that play guitar?
From our incomplete register the estimate is about 2 percent.

I am wondering what special problems exist in the production of left-handing models?

admin wrote:Yes the market for lefties is certainly very small. With 10% of the general population being left-handed I am wondering what the left-handed market is for lefties that play guitar?

I've heard the figure of 1.5% before. Obviously most lefties learn to play right handed instruments.

As an aside to this, in past years, about 10% of our lefties were ordered with right hand stringing, taking care of those that learned to play with a flipped over right hand guitar. I used to record with someone that played that way and I have to say, especially on an acoustic guitar, it made for an interesting sound as chords were played little strings first.

Thanks John. It is good to know that the lefties that remain have a unique contribution.

johnhall wrote:Obviously most lefties learn to play right handed instruments.

I resemble that remark: write & throw left-handed, baseball bat, golf clubs, guitars & basses right-handed.

iiipopes wrote:

johnhall wrote:Obviously most lefties learn to play right handed instruments.

I resemble that remark: write & throw left-handed, baseball bat, golf clubs, guitars & basses right-handed.

Me too, but somehow I seem to be able to do most things with either hand...

iiipopes wrote:

johnhall wrote:Obviously most lefties learn to play right handed instruments.

I resemble that remark: write & throw left-handed, baseball bat, golf clubs, guitars & basses right-handed.

I write left-handed, but do most things righty. Here's a pretty weird exception though:

johnhall wrote:
I've heard the figure of 1.5% before. Obviously most lefties learn to play right handed instruments.

True, but there were some that couldn't learn to play right handed such as Hendrix, Cobain and a certain gentleman whom I believe you presented a lefty bass to back in 64'.

I'm just glad this Southpaw decided that the left hand belonged up on the neck!!

epitreture wrote:True, but there were some that couldn't learn to play right handed such as Hendrix, Cobain and a certain gentleman whom I believe you presented a lefty bass to back in 64'.

If you said "didn't" instead of "couldn't" I'd agree with you.

"Gibson, is much stranger since they just overload the market with dozens of different lefty LPs and SGs,with little or nothing else available lefty. The prices are the same whether lefty or righty for LPs and SGs but are incredibly inflated for any other rare LH models."

FWIW Gibson is making most models, guitar and bass, available in 2013. Some have already shipped. Not mine tho'. Waiting on my lefty SG Bass.

"As an aside to this, in past years, about 10% of our lefties were ordered with right hand stringing, taking care of those that learned to play with a flipped over right hand guitar. I used to record with someone that played that way and I have to say, especially on an acoustic guitar, it made for an interesting sound as chords were played little strings first."

That's my situation.

johnhall wrote:

epitreture wrote:True, but there were some that couldn't learn to play right handed such as Hendrix, Cobain and a certain gentleman whom I believe you presented a lefty bass to back in 64'.

If you said "didn't" instead of "couldn't" I'd agree with you.

I see your point. I should have said "didn't".

SoundAffectsMusic wrote:Just been told that we are getting Leftys this week 330s and 4003s - yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tim

How many are you gonna get?