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Left Handed Guitars
Guitars are one of the most common and popular musical instruments. The trend of playing guitars dates back to early centuries, however, after the invention of TV and music videos, the popularity of guitars soared high as more and more pop bands started using guitars in their music videos. Normally guitars are made and designed to be played by right hand, but for those who are left handed guitars were re-designed and many left handed guitars were made. These left handed guitars were specially made for those who would strum the strings with their left hand while their right hand is on the fret board.
Soon left handed guitars were becoming a sort of a trend and many guitar companies like Fender and Gibson started making left handed guitars. Few companies like Gaskell Guitars from Australia specialize in left handed guitars only. Many other popular brands started making left handed guitars when they saw that the trend for left handed guitars has hit the music market and they can cash on such opportunities. Apart from buying new left handed guitars one can also go ahead and convert the regular right handed guitars to left handed guitars by replacing the bridge and nut for the strings to fit with correct intonation. Many claim that left handed guitars have more advantages than the regular right handed guitars as the playing style requires more versatile and precise movements that would be complicated for those strumming the strings through their right hand.
Left Hand Guitar
Left hand guitar sounds common but you will not be able to find it in every music store because most of the store owners prefer to keep the standard right handed guitar which sell more compare to the left hand guitar that is being bought by selected players who are left handed. Initially, left hand guitar was not available in the music stores and guitarists who were left handed had no option but to go for a custom made left hand guitar that would suit their preferences and needs, but such customizations would often upset their pockets as custom made guitars are costly compare to the normal right handed guitars.
Also one of the other reasons is that most of the teaching lesson and music notes were designed and made as per the right hand guitar and changing them and re-writing them as per the intonations of left hand guitar was kind of a complex and frustrating things to do. However, many popular brands and guitar companies like Fender and Gibson came up with their new version of left hand guitar and gradually the craze for the left hand guitar was all over with many people even claiming that there are many advantages that left hand guitar has over the regular right hand guitar.
The construction of left hand guitar is exactly opposite to that of a right hand guitar. The thickest string of the guitar is reversed and the bridge and the nut have to be turned upside down to fit the strings correctly. Many claim that left hand guitar is really hard to play as everything in it is just the opposite of the normal right handed guitars. However, the left handed guitarists deny it saying that it is the dominant hand that decides how well the guitar can be played