After multiple years, and a few surgeries, there's no way I can play fretted instruments fretting with my left hand. Still fine on anything with a tone bar, just can't fret. But I really miss playing Axillary Axe (that's armpit guitar!)
So yesterday I bit the bullet and got a left handed American Telecaster, and spent the night trying to play it. This is not going to be easy, but some progress was made, and given that I had been playing the other way for 54 years, I suspect it may take a while to develop some fluency.
Anybody else ever gone this route? Any suggestions?
Anybody got a left handed L5 they're dying to get rid of?
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You're gutsy, Ken! Good luck with the transition.
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Turns out playing with a flatpick in my left hand hammers the crap out of my ulnar nerve, which was already a major part of the problem. One more surgery in store: left ulnar nerve transposition, for late January. Six weeks after that I can figure out whether I can go left.
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There is a Beatles tribute band named 1964. The musician that plays Paul's parts is right handed and had to learn to play bass and guitar left handed.
Although they haven't updated their website in years, it's still worth a visit to check out their instrument vault. http://1964web.com/
Note you will get a warning because the website is http instead of the now common https.
Although they haven't updated their website in years, it's still worth a visit to check out their instrument vault. http://1964web.com/
Note you will get a warning because the website is http instead of the now common https.
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